Great Ruler of the earth and skies

Great Ruler of the earth and skies

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 83 hymnals

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was born at Broughton, Hampshire, in 1717. Her father was a timber merchant, and at the same time officiated as the lay pastor of the Baptist Society at Broughton. Her mother died when she was 3. At the age of 19 she became an invalid after injuring her hip. At the age of 21 she was engaged to be married but her fiance drowned the day of the wedding. On the occasion of his death she wrote the hymn "When I survey life's varied scenes." After the death of her fiance she assisted her father with his ministry and remained single. Despite her sufferings she maintained a cheerful attitude. She published a book of poetry "Poems on subjects chiefly devotional" in 1760 under the pseudonym "Theodosia." The remaining works were published… Go to person page >

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Great Ruler of the earth and skies. A word of Thy, &c. Anne Steele. [National Thanksgiving for Peace.] First published in her Poems on Subjects chiefly Devotional, 1760, vol. i. p. 38, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled, "Praise for National Peace." In 1787 it was given in Rippon's Baptist Selection, No. 531, and subsequently in a large number of hymn-books in Great Britain and America, including the Cooke & Denton Hymnal, 1853; Stowell's Psalms & Hymns, 1831 (15th edition, 1877), &c. Original text in D. Sedgwick's reprint of her Hymns, &c, 1863.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches: to which are added prayers for families and individuals #467Image
A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, to which are added prayers for families and individuals (New and Enl. Stereotype Ed.) #467Image
A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ: taken from the most approved authors, and adapted to public and private worship #872Image
A Collection of Hymns, More Particularly Designed for the Use of the West Society in Boston. (2nd ed. with Additions) #CXIImage
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #552Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #552Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #552Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #552Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #552Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #552Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #P.XLVIaImage
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #CLXImage
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #CLXImage
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship (2nd ed.) #P.XLVIaImage
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #CXIImage
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #437Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #437Image
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns: from Watts, Doddridge, and others (4th ed. with an appendix) #536Image
A New Selection of Hymns; designed for the use of conference meetings, private circles, and congregations, as a supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #447Image
A New Selection of Nearly Eight Hundred Evangelical Hymns, from More than 200 Authors in England, Scotland, Ireland, & America, including a great number of originals, alphabetically arranged #448bImage
A Selection of Hymns, adapted to the devotions of the closet, the family, and the social circle; and containing subjects appropriate to the monthly concerns of prayer for the success... #210Image
A Selection of Hymns and Psalms: for social and private worship (3rd ed. corr.) #339Image
A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #352Image
A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (2nd ed. Enl. and Imp.) #339Image
A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #352Image
A Selection of Hymns, from the Best Authors, Designed as a Supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #d212
A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors.: including a great number of originals: intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. (Woodward's rev. and corr. ed.; Sterotype ed.) #531Image
A Selection of Psalms and Hymns: done under appointment of the Philadelphian Association (2nd ed) #212Image
A Selection of Psalms and Hymns: done under the appointment of the Philadelphian Association (4th ed.) #212Image
A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, Embracing all the Varieties of Subjects #P129Image
A Selection of Psalms and Hymns: done under the appointment of the Philadelphian Association #CCXIIImage
A Selection of Sacred Poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns from Watts, Doddridge, Merrick, Scott, Cowper, Barbauld, Steele, and others (2nd ed.) #536Image
A Selection of Sacred Poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns, from Watts, Doddridge, Merrick, Scott, Cowper, Barbauld, Steele ...compiled for the use of the Unitarian Church in Philadelphia #536Image
Chapel Hymns #d197
Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship: a collection compiled by a committee of the Cheshire Pastoral Association (11th ed.) #712Image
Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #661Image
Congregational Hymn and Tune Book; containing the Psalms and Hymns of the General Association of Connecticut, adapted to Suitable Tunes #1143
Hymn Book for Christian Worship #714Image
Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #1101Image
Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #1101Image
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #1027Image
Hymns Selected #d73
Hymns Selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge and Various Other Writers #d73
Hymns, Selected from the Most Approved Authors, for the use of Trinity Church, Boston #32Image
New Hymn and Tune book: an Offering of Praise for the Methodist Episcopal Church #205aImage
New Hymn and Tune Book: an Offering of Praise for the Use of the African M. E. Zion Church of America #205aImage
Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #963Image
Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H611Image
Psalms and Hymns, for the Use of the German Reformed Church, in the United States of America. (2nd ed.) #379Image
Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs ... for the Use of the United Church of Christ, Commonly Called Free Will Baptist #d86
Sacred Poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns, adapted to Christian devotion, in public and private, selected from the best authors, with variations and additions #XLVIaImage
Sacred Poetry: Consisting of Psalms and Hymns, adapted to Christian Devotion, in Publick and Private. New Ed. #d161
Sacred poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns adapted to Christian devotion in publick & private. New ed. #d162
Selection from Tate and Brady's Version of the Psalms; with Hymns by Various Authors, for the Church in Brattle-Square #d110
Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns. (1st Am. ed.) #DXXXIImage
Supplement to Watts: a Selection of More than Five Hundred Hymns, from the Most Approved Authors on a Great Variety of Subjects ... #d161
The American Hymn and Tune Book #d232
The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book: being "The Plymouth Collection" enlarged and adapted to the use of Baptist churches #963Image
The Baptist Hymn Book: original and selected: in two parts #703Image
The Baptist Psalmody: a selection of hymns for the worship of God #1115Image
The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #d216
The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns: with copious selections from other sources; the whole carefully revised and arranged, with directions for musical expression #541Image
The Christian Psalter #d189
The Halifax Selection of Hymns: intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #d163
The Heart and Voice: or, Songs of Praise for the Sanctuary: hymn and tune book, designed for congregational singing in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for congregations generally #9aImage
The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #784Image
The Modern Harp: or, Boston Sacred Melodist. #d81
The Philadelphia Hymn Book; or, a selection of sacred poetry, consisting of psalms and hymns from Watts...and others, adapted to public and private devotion #536Image
The Pocket Selection of Hymns for the Use of Evangelical Churches and Religious Assemblies in the U. S. lst ed. #d90
The Psalmody: a collection of hymns for public and social worship #906Image
The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #1249Image
The Psalms and Hymns: with the catechism, confession of faith and liturgy of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America #111Image
The Psalms and Hymns, with the Catechism, Confession of Faith, and Liturgy, of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America #111Image
The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H677Image
The Psalms of David ... New ed. #d76
The Psalms of David: with hymns and spiritual songs: also, the catechism, confession of faith, and liturgy of the Reformed Church in the Netherlands #H85Image
The Soldier's Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #d76
The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #489Image
The Tribute of Praise: a collection of hymns and tunes for public and social worship, and for the use in the family circle and Sabbath school #125Image
The Tribute of Praise: a collection of hymns and tunes for public and social worship, and for use in the family circle #125Image
The Tribute of praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book. #125Image
The Virginia Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs: from the most approved authors; adapted to the various occasions of public and social meetings (New Ed. Enl. and Imp.) #643Image
The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #760Image
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