'Twas not to make Jehovah's love

'Twas not to make Jehovah's love

Author: John Kent
Published in 13 hymnals

Author: John Kent

Kent, John, was born at Bideford, Devonshire, Dec. 1766, and died Nov. 15, 1843. As a working shipwright his opportunities for acquiring the education and polish necessary for the production of refined verse were naturally limited. His hymns are strongly worded, very earnest and simple, and intensely Calvinistic. A few were published in Samuel Reece's Collection, 1799. The first edition of his Collection of Original Gospel Hymns, was published in 1803, and the 10th edition, with "The Author's Experience," in verse, 264 hymns, 15 longer pieces, and a Life by his Son in 1861. The Calvinistic teaching so prominent in his hymns has restricted their use to a limited number of collections. The greatest use made of them in modern hymnbooks has bee… Go to person page >

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First Line: 'Twas not to make Jehovah's love
Author: John Kent
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d810

Hymns for Social Worship, Compiled for the Use of Canadian Baptist Churches #d308

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The Baptist Hymn Book #184

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #758

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The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems #CCCXXIV

The Good Old Songs #d592

The Good Old Songs #d592

The Primitive Hymns #d611

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