My God, my Father, blissful name

My God, my Father, blissful name

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 261 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 My Father! cheering name!
O may I call Thee mine!
Give me with humble hope to claim
A portion so divine.

2 Whate'er Thy will denies,
I calmly would resign;
For Thou art just, and good, and wise,
O bend my will to Thine!

3 Whate'er Thy will ordains,
O give me strength to bear;
Still let me know a Father reigns,
And trust a Father's care.

4 Thy ways are little known
To my weak, erring sight;
Yet shall my soul, believing, own
That all Thy ways are right.

Source: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #519

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

Notes

My God, my Father, blissful Name. Anne Steele. [Humility and Trust.] Appeared in her Poems on Subjects chiefly Devotional, 1760, vol. i. p. 114, in 8 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed "Humble Reliance." It was repeated in the 2nd edition of the Poems, 1780, and in Sedgwick's reprint of her Hymns, 1863, p. 70. In its full original form it is not usually found in common use; but the following centos therefrom are given in several hymnbooks in Great Britain and America:—
1. My God, my Father, blissful Name. Composed of stanzas i.-iv., vi.-viii. in the Baptist New Selection, 1828; the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858; the New Congregational Hymn Book, 1859, &c.
2. My God, my Father, charming Name. This is usually No. 1, with the alteration of the opening line.
3. Lord, what Thy providence denies. Composed of stanzas iii., iv., vii., viii. in the 1863 Appendix to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Psalms & Hymns, and others.
4. My God, whate'er Thy will ordains. In Kennedy, 1863, No. 1211, is a cento from this hymn and Miss Steele's "Dear Refuge of my weary soul."

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Tune

NAOMI (Nägeli)

NAOMI was a melody that Lowell Mason (PHH 96) brought to the United States from Europe and arranged as a hymn tune; the arrangement was first published in the periodical Occasional Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1836). Some scholars have attributed the original melody to Johann G. Nageli (PHH 315), but there…

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A Book of Hymns and Tunes #37

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #318

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #318

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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #318

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A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #275

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A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #50

A Collection of Hymns for the Sanctuary. Rev.ed. with a Supplement #d50

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d214

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #289

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #621

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #254

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #352

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #12

A Liturgy for the New Church #d64

A Liturgy for the New Church. 3rd ed. #d64

A Prayer Meeting and Revival Hymn Book . 27th ed. #d297

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (2nd ed. Enl. and Imp.) #151

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #157

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #157

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #151

A Selection of Hymns, from the Best Authors, Designed as a Supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #d402

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #352

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #352

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #703

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A Service Book #153a

A. M. E. C. Hymnal #62

A.M.E. Hymnal #d241

Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver #d163

Association Songs No.1 #d96

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #445

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Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #522

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Book of Worship #445

Boston Sunday School Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d82

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d560

Cantica Laudis #d182

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Carmina Sacra #117b

Chapel Hymns #d356

Choicest Gems #d45

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #191

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Christian Praise #427

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Christian Praise #200

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Christian Praise #434

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Christian Praise #200

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Church Harmonies #201

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Church Harmonies #604

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Church Hymnal, Mennonite #392

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #392

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #d333

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d672

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Church Melodies #233

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Church Psalmist #P31c

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Church Psalmist #P31c

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Church Psalmist #P31c

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Church Psalmody #H318

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Church Psalmody #318

Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Worship. 4th ed. #d177

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d454

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Conference Hymns #16

Congregational Singing Book #d38

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Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #a340

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Evangelical Hymnal #541

Evangelical Lutheran Hymn Book with Tunes #d274

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #356

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #519

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal #424

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Evangelical Lutheran hymnal #424

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal. 9th ed. #a424

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnbook (Lutheran Conference of Missouri and Other States) #d211

Familiar Hymns, Alphabetically Arranged. #d165

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d411

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #240

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Hymn and Tune Book for Use in Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches #267

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Hymn and Tune Book for Use in Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches #627

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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #182

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #520

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a520

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #357

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #357

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #619

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #619

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #541

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #72

Hymnal, Church of the Brethren #d257

Hymns and Psalms, Original and Modern, Selected and Revised #d220

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship #468

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #468

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #125

Hymns and Tunes for the Sunday School, the Congregation and the Home #d103

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Hymns and Tunes #340

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d278

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #102

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