Great God of earth and heaven, To Thee our songs we raise

Author: Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield

Hatfield, Edwin Francis, D.D., was born at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, Jan. 9, 1807, and educated at Middlcbury College, Vermont, and at Andover. From 1832 to 1835 he was pastor of the 2nd Presbyterian Church, St. Louis. In 1835 he removed to New York, where he was at first pastor of 7th Presbyterian Church, and then of the North Presbyterian Church (1856-63) in the same city; and in 1864 he was appointed special agent to the Union Theological Seminary, New York. He also held from 1846 the appointment of Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian General Assembly. He died at Summit, New Jersey, Sept. 22, 1883. His hymnological knowledge was extensive. His publications include:— (1) Freedom's Lyre; or, Psalms, Hymns, and Sacred Songs, for the Slave… Go to person page >

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First Line: Great God of earth and heaven, To Thee our songs we raise
Author: Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

OLD HUNDREDTH

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below. According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…

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Instances

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Church Hymns and Tunes #D8

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Evangelical Hymnal #D15

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #D15

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #D10

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #D21

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The Chapel Hymnal #D4

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The Chapel Hymnal #D4

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The Haverford School Hymnal #380d

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