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What joy, while thus I view the day

What joy, while thus I view the day

Author: James Merrick
Published in 3 hymnals


Author: James Merrick

Merrick, James , M.A., was born in 1720, and educated at Oxford, where he became a Fellow of Trinity College. He entered Holy Orders, but his health would not admit of parish work. He died at Reading, 1769. His publications include:— (1) Messiah, a Divine Essay. Humbly dedicated to the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Visitors of the Free School in Reading. By James Merrick, Ætat. 14, Senior Scholar of the School at their last Terminal Visitation, the 7th of October, 1734. Reading. (2) The Destruction of Troy. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus into English Verse, with Notes, &c. 1742. (3) Poems on Sacred Subjects. Oxford . 1763. (4) The Psalms of David Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse… Go to person page >

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First Line: What joy, while thus I view the day
Author: James Merrick
Copyright: Public Domain
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Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons 3rd Am. from 9th London ed. #d252

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons 3rd Am. from 9th London ed. #d252

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons #d233

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons #d233

The Providence Selection of Hymns, Supplementary to Dr. Watts. #d257

The Providence Selection of Hymns, Supplementary to Dr. Watts. #d257
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