Author of good, we rest on thee

Author of good, we rest on thee

Author: James Merrick
Published in 67 hymnals

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Author of good, we rest on Thee;
Thine ever watchful eye
Alone our real wants can see,
Thy hand alone supply.

In Thine all-gracious providence
Our cheerful hopes confide;
O, let Thy power be our defence,
Thy love our footsteps guide!

And since, by passion’s force subdued,
Too oft, with stubborn will,
We blindly shun the latent good,
And grasp the specious ill,—

Not what we wish, but what we want,
Thy mercy still supply!
The good unasked, O Father, grant;
The ill, though asked, deny!



Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #260

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Author: James Merrick

Merrick, James , M.A., was born in 1720, and educated at Oxford, where he became a Fellow of Trinity College. He entered Holy Orders, but his health would not admit of parish work. He died at Reading, 1769. His publications include:— (1) Messiah, a Divine Essay. Humbly dedicated to the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Visitors of the Free School in Reading. By James Merrick, Ætat. 14, Senior Scholar of the School at their last Terminal Visitation, the 7th of October, 1734. Reading. (2) The Destruction of Troy. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus into English Verse, with Notes, &c. 1742. (3) Poems on Sacred Subjects. Oxford . 1763. (4) The Psalms of David Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse… Go to person page >

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #260Image
A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #260Text
A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches: to which are added prayers for families and individuals #212Image
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.) #212Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #421Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #421Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #421Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #421Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #421Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #421Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #XVIImage
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship (2nd ed.) #XVIImage
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #136Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #136Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns: from Watts, Doddridge, and others (4th ed. with an appendix) #354Image
A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #259Image
A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, Embracing all the Varieties of Subjects #H56Image
A Selection of Sacred Poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns from Watts, Doddridge, Merrick, Scott, Cowper, Barbauld, Steele, and others (2nd ed.) #354Image
A Selection of Sacred Poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns, from Watts, Doddridge, Merrick, Scott, Cowper, Barbauld, Steele ...compiled for the use of the Unitarian Church in Philadelphia #354Image
Family and Social Melodies #d33
Grammar School Hymn Book #d19
Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #261Image
Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d43
Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #583Image
Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #548Image
Hymn Book for Christian Worship #578Image
Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #548Image
Hymn Service No.2 #d7
Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #617Image
Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #617Image
Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d38
Hymns for Public Worship #387Image
Hymns for Social and Private Worship, Altered to a Devotional Form #d7
Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #244Image
Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #178Image
Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #178Image
Hymns for the Sanctuary #416Image
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #633Image
Hymns for the Use of the New Jerusalem Church #d23
Hymns of the Spirit #464Image
Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of the Unitarian Church in Washington #d15
Massachusetts Sabbath School Hymn Book #d13
National Hymn and Tune Book: for congregations, schools and the home #221Image
New Hymn and Tune book: an Offering of Praise for the Methodist Episcopal Church #103eImage
New Hymn and Tune Book: an Offering of Praise for the Use of the African M. E. Zion Church of America #103eImage
Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #785Image
Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d42
Sacred Poetry and Music Reconciled; or a Collection of Hymns, Original and Compiled #244Image
Selection from Tate and Brady's Version of the Psalms; with Hymns by Various Authors, for the Church in Brattle-Square #d21
Social Hymn and Tune Book: for the Lecture Room, Prayer Meeting, Family Circle, and Mission Church #d29
Social Hymn Book: Being the Hymns of the Social Hymn and Tune Book for the Lecture Room, Prayer Meeting, Family, and Congregation (2nd ed.) #263Image
Social Hymns and Tunes, for the Conference and Prayer Meeting, and the Home with services and prayers #126Image
The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book: being "The Plymouth Collection" enlarged and adapted to the use of Baptist churches #785Image
The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d34
The Chapel Hymn Book [for Warren and Pitt St. Chapels, Boston]. 4th ed. #d35
The Christian Psalter #d36
The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs": for public, social and family worship and private devotions at the Sanitarium, Clifton Springs, N. Y. #907Image
The Disciples' Hymn Book: a collection of hymns and chants for public and private devotion #222Image
The Gospel Hymnal #d40
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 #167cImage
The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #512Image
The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies: compiled from approved authors, with variations and additions (9th ed.) #371Image
The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies: compiled from approved authors, with variations and additions. Second Ed. #371Image
The Philadelphia Hymn Book; or, a selection of sacred poetry, consisting of psalms and hymns from Watts...and others, adapted to public and private devotion #354Image
The Psalms of Life: A Compilation of Psalms, Hymns, Chants, Anthems, &c. Embodying the Spiritual, Progressive and Reformatory Sentiment of the Present Age #390Image
The School Hymn-Book: for normal, high, and grammar schools #84Image
Universalist Hymn Book #d33
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