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Display Title: We come to thee, dear Savior First Line: We come to thee, dear Savior Meter: Irr Date: 1874
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We come to Thee, sweet [dear] Savior, Just because we need Thee so
We come to Thee, sweet [dear] Savior, Just because we need Thee so
Author: Frederick W. FaberPublished in 16 hymnals
Author: Frederick W. Faber
Raised in the Church of England, Frederick W. Faber (b. Calverly, Yorkshire, England, 1814; d. Kensington, London, England, 1863) came from a Huguenot and strict Calvinistic family background. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and ordained in the Church of England in 1839. Influenced by the teaching of John Henry Newman, Faber followed Newman into the Roman Catholic Church in 1845 and served under Newman's supervision in the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. Because he believed that Roman Catholics should sing hymns like those written by John Newton, Charles Wesley, and William Cowpe, Faber wrote 150 hymns himself. One of his best known, "Faith of Our Fathers," originally had these words in its third stanza: "Faith of Our Fathers! Mary'… Go to person page >Instances
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Golden Songs #133
Display Title: O, bountiful salvation First Line: We come to thee, dear Saviour Date: 1874
Golden Songs #133
The Reward, for Sunday Schools #d80
Display Title: O, bountiful salvation First Line: We come to thee, dear [sweet] Savior Author: Frederick W. Faber Date: 1874
The Reward, for Sunday Schools #d80
Goodly Pearls for the Sunday School #d135
Display Title: O, bountiful salvation First Line: We come to thee, dear [sweet] Savior Author: Frederick W. Faber Date: 1875
Goodly Pearls for the Sunday School #d135
The Christian Hymnal #461
Display Title: We come, we come, dear Savior First Line: We come to thee, dear [sweet] Savior Author: Frederick W. Faber Date: 1877
The Christian Hymnal #461
Our Sunday School #4
Display Title: Jesus, Saviour, save Thou me! First Line: We come to thee, dear Saviour Date: 1879
Our Sunday School #4
The Sunday School Hymnal #71
Display Title: We Come to Thee First Line: We come to Thee, dear Saviour Tune Title: [We come to Thee, dear Saviour] Date: 1880
The Sunday School Hymnal #71
The Wells of Salvation #77
Display Title: We come to Thee, Dear Saviour First Line: We come to thee, dear Saviour Tune Title: [We come to thee, dear Saviour] Author: Faber Date: 1881
The Wells of Salvation #77
Songs of Praise and Prayer #179
Display Title: We come to Thee! dear Saviour First Line: We come to Thee! dear Saviour Tune Title: WE COME TO THEE, DEAR SAVIOUR Author: F. W. Faber Date: 1883
Songs of Praise and Prayer #179
Pilgrim Songs #36
Display Title: O bountiful salvation! First Line: We come to Thee, sweet Saviour Tune Title: [We come to Thee, sweet Saviour] Date: 1886
Pilgrim Songs #36
The Durham Mission Tune Book #114
Display Title: O bountiful salvation First Line: We come to Thee, sweet Saviour! Tune Title: TEIGNTON REGIS Date: 1888
The Durham Mission Tune Book #114
Songs of Praise and Prayer #179
Display Title: We come to Thee! dear Saviour First Line: We come to Thee! dear Saviour Tune Title: WE COME TO THEE, DEAR SAVIOUR Author: F. W. Faber Date: 1889
Songs of Praise and Prayer #179
Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #182
Display Title: O bountiful salvation! First Line: We come to thee, sweet Saviour! Date: 1905
Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #182
Hymns for the Children of the Church #272
Display Title: O bountiful salvation! First Line: We come to Thee, sweet Saviour Tune Title: SALVATION Date: 1907
Hymns for the Children of the Church #272
American Catholic Hymnal #246
Display Title: O bountiful salvation! First Line: We come to Thee, sweet Saviour! Author: Rev. Fr. Faber Date: 1913
American Catholic Hymnal #246
Diocesan Hymnal #d150
Display Title: O, bountiful salvation First Line: We come to thee, dear [sweet] Savior Author: Frederick W. Faber Date: 1928
Diocesan Hymnal #d150
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