O gracious Redeemer, O Jesus our Lord

O gracious Redeemer, O Jesus our Lord

Author: Samuel Wolcott
Tune: O GRACIOUS REDEEMER
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Samuel Wolcott

Wolcott, Samuel, D.D., was born at South Windsor, Connecticut, July 2, 1813, and educated at Yale College, 1833, and Andover Theological Seminary, 1837. From 1840 to 1842 he was a missionary in Syria. On his return to America he was successively pastor of several Congregational congregations, including Belchestown, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; Chicago, &c. He was also for some time Secretary of the Ohio Home Missionary Society. He died at Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Feb. 24, 1886. His hymnwriting began late in life, but has extended to more than 200 hymns, many of which are still in manuscript. Those of his hymns which have come into common use include:— 1. All thy realms in midnight shrouded. Mission. In the Oberlin Manual… Go to person page >

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First Line: O gracious Redeemer, O Jesus our Lord
Author: Samuel Wolcott
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Hail to God's holy Son
Copyright: Public Domain

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Songs of Praise and Prayer #39

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Songs of Praise and Prayer #39

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