Great God, how vast is thine abode

Great God, how vast is thine abode

Author: Thomas Jervis
Published in 17 hymnals

Author: Thomas Jervis

Jervis, Thomas, son of a Presbyterian Minister of the same name, was born at Ipswich in 1748, and educated for the Ministry at Hoxton. In 1770 he was appointed classical and mathematical tutor at the Exeter Academy. From 1772 to 1783 he was tutor to the sons of the Earl of Shelburne, at Bowood, where Dr. Priestley was librarian. In the latter year Jervis succeeded Dr. A. Rees at St. Thomas's Southwark, moving in 1796, after the death of Dr. Kippis, to the Princes' St. Chapel, Westminster. From 1808 to 1818 he was minister at the Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds. After his retirement he lived in the neighbourhood of London, and died there in 1833. Jervis was one of the four editors of A Collection of Hymns & Psalms for Public & Private Worship, Londo… Go to person page >

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First Line: Great God, how vast is thine abode
Author: Thomas Jervis
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (2nd ed. Enl. and Imp.) #93

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #93

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #93

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #93

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #130

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d174

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The Christian Psalmist #59

The Universalist Hymn Book #d161

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #LXX

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #187

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #130

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, Embracing all the Varieties of Subjects #H15

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #130

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The Universalist Hymn-Book #202

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