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Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu

Author: Henry Alline
Published in 18 hymnals

Author: Henry Alline

Alline, Henry. (Newport, Rhode Island, January 14, 1748--January 28, 1784, Northampton, New Hampshire). Congregationalist/"New Light". In 1760 his family took up land near Hampden, Nova Scotia, far from any school or church; hence the spiritual experience which, in 1775, impelled him to begin preaching found him with the drive and magnetism, but without the solid grounding, of a Wesley or a Whitefield. His stress on the "new light," and the revival meetings which he conducted all over Nova Scotia had no connection with the American Revolution beyond coincidence in time; yet that was enough to alarm the authorities. He had sermons, tracts, and probably sheets of hymns printed at Halifax before the peace treaty of 1783 allowed him to cross th… Go to person page >

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Author:	Henry Alline
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The Psalmody: a collection of hymns for public and social worship (1853), p.311

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Instances (1 - 18 of 18)	Title	First Line	Author	Meter	Date	Subject
A Choice Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of Christians #388	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1819
Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d980	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1856
General Collection of Hymns, Original and Selected, for Use of Christians #d337	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1826
Hymns and Psalms, Original and Modern, Selected and Revised #d334	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1862
Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d396	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1834
Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed.) #B132	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu		C. M.	1838	The danger and vanity of the world \|
Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (8th ed.) #b132	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1840
Hymns and Spiritual Songs. 1st Canadian ed. #d303	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1849
Hymns for Christian Melody #306	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1835
Hymns, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed. corr.) #129	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1812
Hymns, Original and Selected, for the use of Christians #d263	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1805
Hymns, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. 8th ed. #d289	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1817
Revival Hymns #60	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu			1839
Spiritual Melodies #d326	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1869
Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d382	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1870
The Christian Hymn Book #d660	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1846
The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d662	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Henry Alline		1855
The Psalmody: a collection of hymns for public and social worship #429	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Vain world, vain world, I bid adieu	Alline		1853

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