We pray no more, made lowly wise

Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer

Hosmer, Frederick Lucian, B.A., was born at Framingham, Mass., in 1840, and educated at Harvard, where he graduated B.A. in 1869. Entering the Unitarian Ministry in 1872 he has held charges in Quincy, Ill., 1872-77; Cleveland, Ohio, 1878-92; St. Louis, 1894-99; and since 1899, at Berkeley, Cal. His Way of Life, 1877, was a compilation of Prayers and Responsive Services for Sunday Schools. Of Unity Hymns and Carols, 1880, he was joint editor with W. C. Gannett and J. V. Blake. His hymns were published jointly by him and W. C. Gannett (q.v.), as The Thought of God in Hymns and Poems (Boston: Little, Brown & Co.), 1st Series, 1885; 2nd Series, 1894. Of his 56 hymns in this work the following have come into common use, for the most part during… Go to person page >

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First Line: We pray no more, made lowly wise
Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1879)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN (Vulpius)

Melchior Vulpius (PHH 397) composed this short chorale tune, published as a setting for the anonymous funeral hymn "Christus, der ist mein Leben" ("For Me to Live Is Jesus") in Vulpius's Ein Schön Geistlich Gesangbuch (1609). Johann S. Bach (PHH 7) based his Cantata 95 on this tune and provided two…

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Hymnal for Christian Science Church and Sunday School Services #35

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Hymns for the Celebration of Life #d267

Hymns of Hope and Courage #48

Hymns of the Christian Life #d463

Hymns of the Christian Life #d458

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Hymns of the Christian Life #302

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #274

Jubilate Deo #283

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Sacred Songs For Public Worship #58

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Sacred Songs For Public Worship #58

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Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #342

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Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy #392

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Songs for the Chapel #48

Songs of Praise #302

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Sursum Corda #422

The Beacon Song and Service book #38

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The Golden Hymn Book #174

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The Harvard University Hymn Book #233

The Oxford American Hymnal for Schools and Colleges #d371

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The People's Hymn Book #389

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #51

Unity Hymns and Chorals. Rev and enl. with Service Elements #d315

Universal Hymns #43

University Hymn Book for use in the Chapel of Harvard University #d262

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Worship Song #267

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