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52 Hymns of the Heart #20
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: ROLLAND Author: R. Palmer Date: 1885
52 Hymns of the Heart #20
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Eternal Father, Thou Hast Said
Eternal Father, Thou hast said
Author: Ray PalmerTune: WIMBORNE
Published in 74 hymnals
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Author: Ray Palmer
Ray Palmer (b. Little Compton, RI, 1808; d. Newark, NJ, 1887) is often considered to be one of America's best nineteenth-century hymn writers. After completing grammar school he worked in a Boston dry goods store, but a religious awakening prodded him to study for the ministry. He attended Yale College (supporting himself by teaching) and was ordained in 1835. A pastor in Congregational churches in Bath, Maine (1835-1850), and Albany, New York (1850-1865), he also served as secretary of the American Congregational Union (1865-1878). Palmer was a popular preacher and author, writing original poetry as well as translating hymns. He published several volumes of poetry and hymns, including Sabbath Hymn Book (1858), Hymns and Sacred Pieces (1865… Go to person page >Arrangements
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Bells of Heaven #d94
Display Title: Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1898
Bells of Heaven #d94
Bells of Heaven #d83
Display Title: Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1898
Bells of Heaven #d83
Christian Chorals #285
Display Title: Eternal Father! Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father! Thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1885
Christian Chorals #285
Church Harmonies #390
Display Title: Eternal Father! thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father! thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1876
Church Harmonies #390
College Hymnal #300
Display Title: Eternal Father! Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father! Thou hast said Tune Title: PARK STREET Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1897
College Hymnal #300
Devotional Hymns for Church, Revival, Sunday School #d44
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1908
Devotional Hymns for Church, Revival, Sunday School #d44
Epworth Songs #130
Display Title: The Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, thou hast said] Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1893
Epworth Songs #130
Evangelical Hymnal #469
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Author: Rev. Ray Palmer Date: 1897
Evangelical Hymnal #469
Free Methodist Hymnal #651
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1915
Free Methodist Hymnal #651
Gloria in Excelsis #d141
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1905
Gloria in Excelsis #d141
Gloria in Excelsis #d80
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1905
Gloria in Excelsis #d80
Gospel Hymn Selections for Male Voices #79
Display Title: Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, Thou hast said] Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1896
Gospel Hymn Selections for Male Voices #79
Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #469
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Author: Rev. Ray Palmer Date: 1897
Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #469
Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #685
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1882
Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #685
Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #921
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1878
Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #921
Hymni Ecclesiae #206
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: WIMBORNE Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1911
Hymni Ecclesiae #206
Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #1113
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Author: Rev. Ray Palmer, 1808- Date: 1874
Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #1113
Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #1026
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1874
Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #1026
Hymns of the Church #277
Display Title: Eternal Father! Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father! Thou hast said Tune Title: MENDON Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1912
Hymns of the Church #277
Joyful Praise #196
Display Title: Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, thou hast said] Date: 1902
Joyful Praise #196
Life-Time Hymns #175
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: WIMBORNE Author: Rev. Ray Palmer Date: 1896
Life-Time Hymns #175
Living Praise #d33
Display Title: Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1902
Living Praise #d33
Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d166
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1894
Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d166
Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #275
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: WALTON Author: Dr. R. Palmer, 1808-1887 Date: 1917 Subject: Christ | Conqueror; Christ | Triumph of; Church | Prayer for; Church | Triumphant; Conqueror, Christ the | ; Gospel | Power of; Gospel | Spread of; Gospel | Triumphs of ; Kingdom of Christ (See Missions) | Progress and triumph of ; Missions (See also Kingdom of Christ) | ; Power | Of the Gospel; The Church and the Kingdom of God | Missions; Triumph, of Christ | ; Triumph, of the Gospel |
Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #275
Missionary Hymns #57
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1874
Missionary Hymns #57
Missionary Hymns and Responsive Scripture Readings #18
Display Title: The Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, Thou hast said] Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1907
Missionary Hymns and Responsive Scripture Readings #18
Missionary Services and Hymnal #59
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Date: 1895
Missionary Services and Hymnal #59
Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d104
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1923
Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d104
Sacred Trio #363
Display Title: Eternal Father First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: WIMBORNE Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1889
Sacred Trio #363
School Carols #d60
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1914
School Carols #d60
Showers of Blessing #45
Display Title: Eternal Father First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: WIMBORNE Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1888
Showers of Blessing #45
Sifted Wheat #95
Display Title: Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, Thou hast said] Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1898
Sifted Wheat #95
Song Praises #207b
Display Title: Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, Thou hast said] Date: 1906
Song Praises #207b
Songs for the Lord's House #472
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: DUKE STREET Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1880
Songs for the Lord's House #472
Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #1129
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1872
Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #1129
Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #1129
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1869
Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #1129
Songs for the Sanctuary #1129
Display Title: Eternal Father! thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father! thou hast said Scripture: Luke 4:19 Date: 1868 Subject: Jubilee | ; The Church | Progress and Missions
Songs for the Sanctuary #1129
Songs for the Sanctuary #1129
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1871
Songs for the Sanctuary #1129
Songs for the Sanctuary #1129
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1875
Songs for the Sanctuary #1129
Songs of Redeeming Love #150-20
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: ROLLAND Author: R. Palmer Date: 1882
Songs of Redeeming Love #150-20
Songs of the Church #668
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1879
Songs of the Church #668
Songs of the New Life #H20
Display Title: Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: ROLLAND Author: R. Palmer Date: 1883
Songs of the New Life #H20
Songs of Worship #205
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, Thou hast said] Author: R. Palmer Date: 1887
Songs of Worship #205
Special Songs #95
Display Title: Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, Thou hast said] Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1898
Special Songs #95
Sunshine #61
Display Title: Battle Hymn of Missionis First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, Thou hast said] Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1895
Sunshine #61
The Ark of Praise #120
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: ROLLAND Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1882
The Ark of Praise #120
The Baptist Praise Book #1210
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1872
The Baptist Praise Book #1210
The Choral Hymnal #203
Display Title: Eternal Father! Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father! Thou hast said Tune Title: ROCKINGHAM Author: The Rev. R. Palmer, D.D. Date: 1888
The Choral Hymnal #203
The Church Hymnal #d79
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1915
The Church Hymnal #d79
The Church Praise Book #627
Display Title: Eternal Father! Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father! Thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1881
The Church Praise Book #627
The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #1328
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Author: Rev. Ray Palmer, 1808- Date: 1881
The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #1328
The Cyber Hymnal #1324
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou Hast Said First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: BATTLE HYMN Author: Ray Palmer Source: Poetical Works (New York: 1876)
The Cyber Hymnal #1324
The Epworth Hymnal No. 2 #184
Display Title: Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, thou hast said] Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1891
The Epworth Hymnal No. 2 #184
The Epworth Hymnal No. 3 #211
Display Title: Eternal Father First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: WIMBORNE Author: Rev. Ray Palmer Date: 1900
The Epworth Hymnal No. 3 #211
The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d154
Display Title: The approaching triumph First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1882
The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d154
The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #465
Display Title: Eternal Father! Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father! Thou hast said Tune Title: Rockingham Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1880
The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #465
The Finest of the Wheat #1
Display Title: The Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, thou hast said] Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1890
The Finest of the Wheat #1
The Gospel Chorus #141
Display Title: Eternal Father First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Author: Rev. Ray Palmer Date: 1902
The Gospel Chorus #141
The Gospel Trumpet #31
Display Title: The Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, Thou hast said] Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1890
The Gospel Trumpet #31
The Home and School Hymnal #320
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: MARKEN Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1894
The Home and School Hymnal #320
The Hymnal of Praise #421
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: VICTORIA Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1913 Subject: The World | World-wide Missions
The Hymnal of Praise #421
The Pilgrim Hymnal #378
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: KOENIG Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1904
The Pilgrim Hymnal #378
The Pilgrim Hymnal #508
Display Title: The Jubilee First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: KOENIG Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1912 Subject: Christian Missions |
The Pilgrim Hymnal #508
The Praise Hymnal #343
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, Thou hast said Tune Title: WIMBORNE Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1896
The Praise Hymnal #343
The Quartet #150-20
Display Title: Eternal Father, Thou First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: ROLLAND Author: R. Palmer Date: 1884
The Quartet #150-20
The Sacred Trio #363
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1892 Subject: Missionary |
The Sacred Trio #363
The Standard Church Hymnal #320
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: THE BATTLE HYMN Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1888
The Standard Church Hymnal #320
The Standard Sunday School Hymnal #116
Display Title: The Battle Hymn of Missions First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: [Eternal Father, thou hast said] Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1888
The Standard Sunday School Hymnal #116
The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #651
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: WIMBORNE Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1910
The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #651
Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #921
Display Title: The triumph near First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Meter: L. M. Date: 1891 Subject: Christ | Triumph of; Church | Prayer for the; God | Decrees of; Missions | Prayer for; Missions | Success of; Prophecy | ; Watchmen |
Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #921
Methodist Hymn-Book #712
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Author: Ray Palmer Meter: L. M. Date: 1884 Subject: The Kingdom of Christ |
Methodist Hymn-Book #712
Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #1129
Display Title: Eternal Father! thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father! thou hast said Meter: L. M. Scripture: Luke 4:19 Date: 1868 Subject: Jubilee | ; The Church | Progress and Missions
Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #1129
Methodist Tune Book #36
Display Title: Eternal Father, thou hast said First Line: Eternal Father, thou hast said Tune Title: OSSETT Meter: L.M. Date: 1881
Methodist Tune Book #36
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