When, as returns this solemn day

When, as returns this solemn day

Author: Anna L. Barbauld
Published in 126 hymnals

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1 When, as returns this solemn day,
Man comes to meet his God,
What rites, what honors shall he pay?
How spread his praise abroad?

2 From marble domes and gilded spires
Shall clouds of incense rise?
And gems, and gold, and garlands deck
The costly sacrifice?

3 Vain, sinful man! creation's Lord
Thy offerings well may spare;
But give thy heart, and thou shalt find
Thy God will hear thy prayer.



Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #10

Author: Anna L. Barbauld

Barbauld, Anna Laetitia, née Aikin, daughter of the Rev. John Ailrin, D.D., a dissenting minister, was b. at Kibworth-Harcourt, Leicestershire, June 20, 1743. In 1753 Dr. Aikin became classical tutor at a dissenting academy at Warrington. During her residence there she contributed five hymns to Dr. W. Enfield's Hymns for Public Worship, &c, Warrington, 1772. In the following year these were included in her Poems, Lond., J. Johnson, 1773. In May, 1774, Miss Aikin was married to the Rev. Rochemont Barbauld, a descendant of a French Protestant family, and a dissenting minister. For some years Mr. Barbauld conducted, in addition to his pastoral work, a boarding school at Palgrave, Suffolk. From this he retired in 1785. In 1786 he undertook t… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: When, as returns this solemn day
Author: Anna L. Barbauld
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

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A Collection of Hymns #120

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #27

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #27

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #27

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #27

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #27

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #27

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #XVI

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #74

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #18

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #109

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #109

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #23

A Selection of Hymns #d313

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (2nd ed. Enl. and Imp.) #9

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #9

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #9

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #9

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #23

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #23

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #53

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A Service Book #46

A. M. E. C. Hymnal #36

A.M.E. Hymnal #d426

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d996

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Carmina Sacra #246

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #14

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d1022

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Church Choral-Book #86

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Church Harmonies #33

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d1131

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Church Melodies #202

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Church Psalmist #503

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Church Psalmist #503

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Church Psalmist #503

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Church Psalmody #H467

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Church Psalmody #467

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d795

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #82

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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #36

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #17

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a17

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d478

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #70

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #70

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Hymns for Public Worship #6

Hymns for Public Worship Part II, for the Use of the Church in Brattle Street #d22

Hymns for Social Worship. 6th ed. #d271

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #39

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #39

Hymns for the Hospital Chapel, Worcester #d231

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #56

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d1263

Hymns, Collects, Anthems and Selections #d277

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of the Unitarian Church in Washington #d167

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Laudamus #21

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #467

Melodies of the Church #d1084

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New Manual of Praise #72

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Plymouth Collection #a14

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #14

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d780

Prison Hymn Book #d386

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Psalms and Hymns #503

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Sacred Poetry #193

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Sacred Songs For Public Worship #15

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Sacred Songs For Public Worship #15

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Seamen's Hymns #503

Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d671

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Service Hymnal #21

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Social Psalmist #503

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #197

Songs for the New Life #d707

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #91

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #91

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #91

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Songs for the Sanctuary #91

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Songs for the Sanctuary #91

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Songs for the Sanctuary #91

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Songs of Pilgrimage #773

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Songs of the Church #870

The Baptist Hymn and Praise Book #d534

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #50

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #16.50

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #14

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The Baptist Hymn Book #50

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The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #28

The Baptist Hymnal #28

The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d645

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The Baptist Psalmody #850

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The Baptist Standard Hymnal #21

The Christian Hymn Book #d681

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d683

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The Christian Hymnal #181

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The Christian Psalmist #460

The Christian Psalter #d626

The Church Hymn Book #d608

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d992

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