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![]() | Great God, with heart and tongueAuthor: John FawcettPublished in 27 hymnals |
Fawcett, John, D.D., was born Jan. 6, 1739 or 1740, at Lidget Green, near Bradford, Yorks. Converted at the age of sixteen under the ministry of G. Whitefield, he at first joined the Methodists, but three years later united with the Baptist Church at Bradford. Having begun to preach he was, in 1765, ordained Baptist minister at Wainsgate, near Hebden Bridge, Yorks. In 1772 he was invited to London, to succeed the celebrated Dr. J. Gill, as pastor of Carter's Lane; the invitation had been formally accepted, the farewell sermon at Wainsgate had been preached and the wagons loaded with his goods for removal, when the love and tears of his attached people prevailed and he decided to remain. In 1777 a new chapel was built for him at Hebden Brid… Go to person page >| First Line: | Great God, with heart and tongue |
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Great God, with heart and tongue . This is an altered form of J. Fawcett's "With humble heart and tongue," p. 373, ii.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
