Eleazar Thompson Fitch

Short Name: Eleazar Thompson Fitch
Full Name: Fitch, Eleazar Thompson, 1791-1871
Birth Year: 1791
Death Year: 1871

Fitch, Eleazar Thompson, D.D. Born at New Haven, Jan. 1, 1791, and graduated at Yale College, 1810. In 1817 he was appointed Professor of Divinity in Yale, and retained the Professorship to 1863. Died Jan. 31, 1871. His published works include Sermons, &c.

With Dr. Bacon and others he compiled the Connecticut Congregational Psalms & Hymns, 1845, and contributed to it 3 psalm versions and 3 hymns. Of these the following are in use: (1) "Lord, at this closing hour." (Close of Divine Service. ) This is extensively used in America, and is also found in the English Presbyterian Psalms & Hymns, 1867. (2) "The God of Peace, Who from the dead." (Close of Divine Service.) (3) "By vows of love together bound." (Holy Matrimony.) [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)


Texts by Eleazar Thompson Fitch (7)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Blest is the man whose liberal heartEleazar Thompson Fitch (Author)2
By vows of love together boundEleazar Thompson Fitch (Author)5
Friends of God in every landEleazar Thompson Fitch (Author)2
Lord, at this closing hourE. T. Fitch (Author)English90
Plead, O God, my cause with thoseEleazar Thompson Fitch (Author)1
The God of peace who from the deadEleazar Thompson Fitch (Author)English12
To God, the only wise, in everyEleazar Thompson Fitch (Author)2
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