Arise, and bless the Lord

Arise, and bless the Lord

Author: James Montgomery
Published in 30 hymnals

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: Arise, and bless the Lord
Author: James Montgomery
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Instances (30)TextImageAudioScore
Choice Hymns: a Collection of Hymns from the Free Methodist Hymnal #d14
Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship: a collection compiled by a committee of the Cheshire Pastoral Association (11th ed.) #122Image
Dew Drops of Sacred Song: gathered for the use of Sabbath schools #111dImage
Free Methodist Hymnal #d38
Hymnal Adapted to the Doctrines and Usages of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Revised Edition #31Image
Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship: with tunes #36Image
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #14Image
New Hymn and Tune book: an Offering of Praise for the Methodist Episcopal Church #213cImage
New Hymn and Tune Book: an Offering of Praise for the Use of the African M. E. Zion Church of America #213cImage
Songs for Worship: in the Sunday-school, social-meeting, and family #144aImage
Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations: a collection of psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with music for chuch services, prayer and conference meetings, religious conventions, and family worship. #294Image
The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book: adapted to the doctirnes and usages of the church (6th ed.) #31Image
The Association Hymn Book #d6
The Canadian Baptist Hymnal for the use of Churches and Families #d32
The Chapel Hymn Book #d23
The Choral: a Collection of Church Music, Adapted to the Worship of All Denominations #d9
The Gospel Hymnal #d28
The Harp #119Image
The Heart and Voice: or, Songs of Praise for the Sanctuary: hymn and tune book, designed for congregational singing in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for congregations generally #224bImage
The Helping Hand: extended and dedicated to Sunday schools and praise meetings #156cImage
The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #5Image
The Modern Harp: or, Boston Sacred Melodist. #d15
The Philharmonia, a Collection of Tunes, Adapted to Public and Private Worship #d28
The Psalmist: a new collection of hymns for the use of Baptist churches; with a supplement #87Image
The Psalmist: a New Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Baptist Churches #87Image
The Psalmody: a collection of hymns for public and social worship #34Image
The Song Service, a Manual of Choice and Favorite Hymns #d6
The Tabernacle #d15
The Victory #d15
The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #d36
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