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Ye servants of the living God Let praise your hearts employ

Ye servants of the living God Let praise your hearts employ

Author: William Hiley Bathurst
Published in 14 hymnals

Author: William Hiley Bathurst

Bathurst, William Hiley , M.A., son of the Rt. Hon. Charles Bragge (afterwards Bathurst) some time M.P. for Bristol, born at Clevedale, near Bristol, Aug. 28, 1796, and educated at Winchester, and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1818. From 1820 to 1852 he held the Rectory of Barwick-in-Elmet, near Leeds. Resigning the Rectory in the latter year, through his inability to reconcile his doctrinal views with the Book of Common Prayer, he retired into private life, and died at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire, Nov. 25, 1877. His works include, The Georgics of Virgil: Translated by W. H. B., 1849; Metrical Musings; or, Thoughts on Sacred Subjects in Verse, 1849; and Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Use, 1831 (2nd ed. 1842). This last… Go to person page >

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First Line: Ye servants of the living God Let praise your hearts employ
Author: William Hiley Bathurst
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for ... Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d385

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of the Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d389

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Christian Melodies #55

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Christian Melodies #55

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Church Psalmist #P126c

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Church Psalmist #P126c

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Church Psalmist #P126c

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Church Psalmody #316

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a167

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #615

The Christian Lyre #d512

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The Harp #479

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a479

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The Jubilee Harp #167

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