Incumbent on the bending sky

Incumbent on the bending sky

Author: James Merrick
Tune: WINCHELSEA (Prelleur)
Published in 8 hymnals

Author: James Merrick

Merrick, James , M.A., was born in 1720, and educated at Oxford, where he became a Fellow of Trinity College. He entered Holy Orders, but his health would not admit of parish work. He died at Reading, 1769. His publications include:— (1) Messiah, a Divine Essay. Humbly dedicated to the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Visitors of the Free School in Reading. By James Merrick, Ætat. 14, Senior Scholar of the School at their last Terminal Visitation, the 7th of October, 1734. Reading. (2) The Destruction of Troy. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus into English Verse, with Notes, &c. 1742. (3) Poems on Sacred Subjects. Oxford . 1763. (4) The Psalms of David Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse… Go to person page >

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First Line: Incumbent on the bending sky
Author: James Merrick
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American Psalmody #141a

Sacred poetry #d226

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Sacred Poetry #aXVIIIb

Sacred Poetry #d225

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Sacred Poetry #XVIIIb

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Selah #49b

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The American Vocalist #43b

The Christian Minstrel #d123

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