Almighty God, in humble prayer

Almighty God, in humble prayer

Author: James Montgomery
Published in 103 hymnals

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Almighty God, in humble prayer,
To Thee our souls we lift,
Do Thou our waiting minds prepare
For Thy most needful gift.

We ask not golden streams of wealth,
Along our path to flow,
We ask not undecaying health,
Nor length of years below.

We ask not honours which an hour
May bring or take away;
We ask not pleasure, pomp, or power,
Lest we should go astray.

We ask for wisdom:--Lord, impart
The knowledge how to live;
A wise and understanding heart
To all before Thee give.

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For we, like children, born in sin
Know not till Thou hast taught,
How to go out, or how come in,
By word, or deed, or thought.

The young remember Thee in youth,
Before the evil days;
The old be guided by Thy truth
In Wisdom's pleasant ways.

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Author: James Montgomery

Montgomery, James, son of John Montgomery, a Moravian minister, was born at Irvine, Ayrshire, Nov. 4, 1771. In 1776 he removed with his parents to the Moravian Settlement at Gracehill, near Ballymena, county of Antrim. Two years after he was sent to the Fulneck Seminary, Yorkshire. He left Fulneck in 1787, and entered a retail shop at Mirfield, near Wakefield. Soon tiring of that he entered upon a similar situation at Wath, near Rotherham, only to find it quite as unsuitable to his taste as the former. A journey to London, with the hope of finding a publisher for his youthful poems ended in failure; and in 1792 he was glad to leave Wath for Shefield to join Mr. Gales, an auctioneer, bookseller, and printer of the Sheffield Register newspap… Go to person page >

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First Line: Almighty God, in humble prayer
Author: James Montgomery
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
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Almighty God, in humble prayer. J. Montgomery. [For Wisdom.] This hymn is in the "M. MSS.," but undated. It was published in Montgomery's Christian Psalmist, 1825, No. 498, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines and entitled "Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom." It is repeated, without alteration, in his Original Hymns, 1853, No. 70. In modern collections it is usually given in an abbreviated form, as in Windle's Metrical Psalter & Hymnal, No. 11, Harland's Church Psalter, No. 199, the American Sabbath Hymn Book, &c.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Book of Hymns and Tunes: for the Sunday-School, the Congregation and Home: 2nd ed. #85Image
A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #43Image
A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #43Text
A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, to which are added prayers for families and individuals (New and Enl. Stereotype Ed.) #578Image
A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #121Image
A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ: taken from the most approved authors, and adapted to public and private worship #498Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #405Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #405Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #405Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #405Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #405Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #405Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #548Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #414Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the use of Universalist Societies and Families (13th ed.) #401Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #401Image
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Hymnal Amore Dei #75Image
Boston Sunday School Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d4
Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship: a collection compiled by a committee of the Cheshire Pastoral Association (11th ed.) #404Image
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Church Psalmist: or Psalms and Hymns Designed for the Public, Social, and Private Use of Evangelical Christians ... with Supplement. 53rd ed. #436Image
Church Psalmist: or psalms and hymns for the public, social and private use of evangelical Christians (5th ed.) #436Image
Church Psalmist: or, psalms and hymns, for the public, social and private use of Evangelical Christians. With Supplement. (50th ed.) #436Image
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Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d20
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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d21
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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #589Image
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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #604Image
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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #359Image
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Hymns for Christian Devotion: especially adapted to the Universalist denomination #459Image
Hymns for Christian Devotion: especially adapted to the Universalist denomination. (New ed.) #459Image
Hymns for Christian Melody #663Image
Hymns for Mothers #d5
Hymns for Public Worship #192Image
Hymns for Schools: with appropriate selections from scripture and tunes suited to the metres of the hymns (3rd ed.) #30Image
Hymns for Social Worship. 6th ed. #d9
Hymns for Social Worship and Private Devotion #d5
Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #215Image
Hymns for the Sanctuary #305Image
Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship: with tunes #782Image
Hymns for the use of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, by the Authority of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania #498Image
Hymns of the Spirit #90Image
Oberlin social & sabbath school hymn book #58Image
Offices of Worship and Hymns: with tunes, 3rd ed., revised and enlarged #119Image
Portsmouth Sunday School Hymn Book #d4
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The Chapel Hymn Book [for Warren and Pitt St. Chapels, Boston]. 4th ed. #d13
The Christian Hymn Book #d18
The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d19
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The Gospel Psalmist #325Image
The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #415Image
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The Psalms of Life: A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns, Chants, Anthems, &c. Embodying the Spiritual, Progressive and Reformatory Sentiment of the Present Age #434Image
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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book, for the Service of Song in the House of the Lord #410aImage
The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d26
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