O God of Abram [Abraham], hear

O God of Abram [Abraham], hear

Author: Thomas Hastings
Published in 23 hymnals

Author: Thomas Hastings

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >

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First Line: O God of Abram [Abraham], hear
Author: Thomas Hastings
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Instances (23)TextImageAudioScore
Additional Hymns, Adopted by the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America, at their Session, June 1846, and authorized to be used in the churches under their care #260Image
Church Melodies: collection of psalms and hymns, with appropriate music. For the use of congregations. #156Image
Church Psalmist: or Psalms and Hymns Designed for the Public, Social, and Private Use of Evangelical Christians ... with Supplement. 53rd ed. #464Image
Church Psalmist: or psalms and hymns for the public, social and private use of evangelical Christians (5th ed.) #464Image
Church Psalmist: or, psalms and hymns, for the public, social and private use of Evangelical Christians. With Supplement. (50th ed.) #464Image
Cottage Melodies; a hymn and tune book, for prayer and social meetings and the home circle #163Image
Hymns for Youth, Suitable to be Used in Sabbath and Parochial Schools #251Image
Massachusetts Sabbath School Hymn Book #d130
Methodist Social Hymn Book #339Image
Mother's Hymn Book . New ed. #d88
Social Psalmist: or hymns, selected for the private use and social meetings of evangelical Christians #464Image
Spiritual Songs for Social Worship: adapted to the use of families and private circles in seasons of revival, to missionary meetings, to the monthly concert, and to other occasions... (3rd ed.) #288Image
Spiritual Songs for Social Worship: adapted to the use of families and private circles in seasons of rivival, to missionary meetings, to the monthly concert, and to other occasions of special interest #288Image
Spiritual Songs for Social Worship: adapted to the use of families and private circles, to missinary meetings, to monthly concert, and to other occasions of special interest.(Rev. and Enl. Ed.) #288Image
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 #426Image
The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs": for public, social and family worship and private devotions at the Sanitarium, Clifton Springs, N. Y. #989Image
The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #625Image
The Mother's Hymn Book: compiled from various authors and private manuscripts: for the use of maternal associations, and for special occasions of social and private worship #64Image
The Mother's Hymn Book. (Third stereotyped ed. Rev. and enl.) #85Image
The Presbyterian Hymnal #665Image
The Presbyterian Hymnal #665Image
The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H224Image
The Reformed Church Hymnal: with tunes #264Image
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