Create, O God, my powers anew

Create, O God, my powers anew

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 25 hymnals

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

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First Line: Create, O God, my powers anew
Author: Anne Steele
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #XLIX

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #178

Cantica Laudis #d64

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Carmina Sacra #179

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Carmina Sacra #182a

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d207

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Church Psalmody #H417

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Church Psalmody #417

Harmonia Ecclesiae #d51

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #417

Melodies of the Church #d195

Supplement to Watts #d87

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The Choir #284b

The Christian Minstrel #d52

The Christian Minstrel #d63

The Modern Psalmist #d52

The New Village Harmony #d21

The Psaltery #d48

The Temple Harp #d70

Union Hymns #d89

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