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By thy birth, and by thy tears

Author: Robert Grant
Tune: REDHEAD NO. 76
Published in 61 hymnals

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Author: Robert Grant

Grant, Sir Robert, second son of Mr. Charles Grant, sometime Member of Parliament for Inverness, and a Director of the East India Company, was born in 1785, and educated at Cambridge, where he graduated in 1806. Called to the English Bar in 1807, he became Member of Parliament for Inverness in 1826; a Privy Councillor in 1831; and Governor of Bombay, 1834. He died at Dapoorie, in Western India, July 9, 1838. As a hymnwriter of great merit he is well and favourably known. His hymns, "O worship the King"; "Saviour, when in dust to Thee"; and "When gathering clouds around I view," are widely used in all English-speaking countries. Some of those which are less known are marked by the same graceful versification and deep and tender feeling. The… Go to person page >

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REDHEAD NO. 76

REDHEAD 76 is named for its composer, who published it as number 76 in his influential Church Hymn Tunes, Ancient and Modern (1853) as a setting for the hymn text "Rock of Ages." It has been associated with Psalm 51 since the 1912 Psalter, where the tune was named AJALON. The tune is also known as P…

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Instances (61)	First Line	Refrain First Line	Authors	Publication Date
A Collection of Choral Hymns for the ... Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Congregation #d21	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1874
A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d30	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1879
Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages: a collection of hymns and tunes adapted to all occasions of social worship #107	By thy birth, and by thy tears	Saviour, look with pitying eye		1864
Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d99	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1871
Coronation Hymns and Songs: for praise and prayer meetings, home and social singing #118	By Thy birth, and by Thy tears			1879
Cottage Melodies; a hymn and tune book, for prayer and social meetings and the home circle #102	By thy birth, and by thy tears	Saviour, look with pitying eye		1859
Devotional Melodies: or, a collection of original and selected tunes and hymns, designed for congregational and social worship. (2nd ed.) #107	By thy birth and by thy tears	Saviour, help me, or I die!		1859
Devotional Melodies; or, a collection of original and selected tunes and hymns, designed for congregational and social worship. (3rd ed.) #107	By thy birth and by thy tears	Saviour, look with pitying eye		1859
Dew Drops of Sacred Song: gathered for the use of Sabbath schools #120a	By thy birth, and by thy tears			1870
Echoes of Eden #d20	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1884
Family and Social Melodies #d50	By thy birth, and by thy tears	Savior, look with pitying eye	Robert Grant	1853
Free Methodist Hymnal #d77	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1915
Good News in Song. Rev. ed. #d18	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1891
Great Hymns of the Church, Selected from the Methodist Hymnal #d16	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1927
Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #348	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1902
Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #284	By thy birth, and by thy tears		R. Grant, alt.	1882
Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #348	By thy birth and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1889
Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #237	By thy birth, and by Thy tears		Sir Robert Grant	1897
Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #417	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Sir Robert Grant	1878
Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #417	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Sir Robert Grant	1891
Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Bible Schools #d22	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1885
Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship: with tunes #513	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Grant	1874
Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d65	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1876
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #395	By thy birth, and by thy tears			1849
Hymns of Grace and Glory #d17	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1901
Hymns of the Millennial Dawn, with Music: a Choice Collection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d26	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1921
Hymns of Worship and Songs of the Gospel #d38	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1906
Hymns of Worship: Designed for Use Especially in the Lecture Room, the Prayer Meeting and the Family #452	By thy birth and by thy tears			1858
Joy to the World: or, sacred songs for gospel meetings #186	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1878
Methodist Social Hymn Book #91	By thy birth, and by thy tears			1856
New Hymn and Tune book: an Offering of Praise for the Methodist Episcopal Church #339a	By thy birth, and by thy tears			1866
New Hymn and Tune Book: an Offering of Praise for the Use of the African M. E. Zion Church of America #339a	By thy birth, and by thy tears			1889
Our New Hymnal #208	By thy birth, and by thy tears			1893
Poems and Hymns of Dawn #26	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1890
Sacred Hymns and Tunes: designed to be used by the Wesleyan Methodist Connection (or Church) of America #180	By thy birth, and by thy tears	Savior, look with pitying eye	Sir Robert Grant	1902
Sacred Melodies for Social Worship #229	By thy birth, and by thy tears	Saviour, look with pitying eye		1859
Select Songs No. 2: for the singing service in the prayer meeting; Sunday school; Christian Endeavor meetings #203	By Thy birth, and by Thy tears	Saviour, look with pitying eye	Sir Robert Grant	1893
Songs of Redemption #d24	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1899
Songs of the Soul #d12	By thy birth, and by thy tears	Savior, look with pitying eye	Robert Grant	1885
Songs of the Soul #d20	By thy birth, and by thy tears	Savior, look with pitying eye	Robert Grant	1889
Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School #106b	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1878
Standard Revival Songs, and Bible Readings #d8	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1903
The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #d73	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1957
The Chapel Hymn Book #d48	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1868
The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d81	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1882
The Gospel in Song, combining Sing the Gospel, Echoes of Eden, and Other Selected Songs and Solos #259	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robt. Grant	1885
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 #308a	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1865
The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #369	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1891
The Methodist Hymnal #d69	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1939
The Methodist Hymnal #280	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1905
The Methodist Hymnal, Official Hymnal of the Methodist Church #d69	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1966
The Methodist Hymnal, Official Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church South, Methodist Protestant Church #d69	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1935
The More Perfect Gospel Hymnal, a Revision of the Cross and Resurrection in Song #d34	By thy birth, and by thy tears	Savior, look with pitying eye	Robert Grant	1946
The People's Hymnal: for use in public and social worship #130b	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1890
The People's Hymnal: for use in public and social worship #130a	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1890
The Singing Pilgrim #d22	By thy birth, and by thy tears	Savior, look with pitying eye	Robert Grant	1866
The Song Book of the Salvation Army #d97	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1953
The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #421	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1873
The Voice of Triumph (19th ed.) #271	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1903
The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #d73	By thy birth, and by thy tears		Robert Grant	1910
Winnowed Hymns: a collection of sacred songs, especially adapted for revivals, prayer and camp meetings #124f	By thy birth, and by thy tears			1873

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