O Thou, that hearest the prayer of faith

O Thou, that hearest the prayer of faith

Author: Augustus Toplady
Tune: PURLEIGH
Published in 189 hymnals

Author: Augustus Toplady

Toplady, Augustus Montague, the author of "Rock of Ages," was born at Farnham, Surrey, November 4, 1740. His father was an officer in the British army. His mother was a woman of remarkable piety. He prepared for the university at Westminster School, and subsequently was graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. While on a visit in Ireland in his sixteenth year he was awakened and converted at a service held in a barn in Codymain. The text was Ephesians ii. 13: "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." The preacher was an illiterate but warm-hearted layman named Morris. Concerning this experience Toplady wrote: "Strange that I, who had so long sat under the means of grace in England, should b… Go to person page >

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First Line: O Thou, that hearest the prayer of faith
Author: Augustus Toplady

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A Choice Collection of Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, designed for the devotions of Israel, in prayer, conference, and camp-meetings...(2nd ed.) #18Image
A Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs: designed for the use of the pious #XLVIIImage
A Collection of Hymns #264Image
A Collection of Hymns: Supplementary to the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #208Image
A Compilation of Genuine Church Music. 4th ed. #d223
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 #377Image
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 #174Image
A New Selection of Seven Hundred Evangelical Hymns ... intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Tunes #174Image
A Selection of Hymns: including a few originals, designed to aid the friends of Zion in their private and social worship #245Image
Additional Hymns, Designed as a Supplement to Dwight's Psalms & Hymns #d135
American Psalmody: a collection of sacred music, comprising a great variety of psalm, and hymn tunes, set-pieces, anthems and chants, arranged with a figured bass for the organ...(3rd ed.) #171Image
Baptist Chorals: a tune and hymn book designed to promote general congregational singing; containing one hundred and sixty four tunes adapted to about four hundred choice hymns #310Image
Book of Common Praise #d426
Book of Hymns and Tunes, comprising the psalms and hymns for the worship of God, approved by the general assembly of 1866, arranged with appropriate tunes... by authority of the assembly of 1873 #344bImage
Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #496Image
Carmina Sacra: or, Boston Collection of Church Music: comprising the most popular psalm and hymn tunes in eternal use together with a great variety of new tunes, chants, sentences, motetts... #175aImage
Carmina Sacra: or, Boston Collection of Church Music: comprising the most popular psalm and hymn tunes in eternal use together with a great variety of new tunes, chants, sentences, motetts... #176bImage
Carmina Sanctorum: a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #338Image
Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #338Image
Chapel Hymns #d422
Choice Hymns: for social and private devotion, Lord's Day schools and revivals. (2nd ed.) #276Image
Choral Harp for Sunday Schools #d110
Christian Melodies: a selection of hymns and tunes designed for social and private worship in the lecture-room and the family #329Image
Christian Melodies: a selection of hymns and tunes designed for social and private worship in the lecture-room and the family (2nd ed.) #329Image
Christian Praise: hymns and tunes for public worship #214Image
Christian Praise: hymns and tunes for the use of the Baptist churches #214Image
Church Chorals and Choir Studies #184Image
Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d817
Church music: with selections for the ordinary occasions of public and social worship, from the Psalms and hymns of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America #CCXXIIIImage
Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #217Image
Church Psalmist: or Psalms and Hymns Designed for the Public, Social, and Private Use of Evangelical Christians ... with Supplement. 53rd ed. #749Image
Church Psalmist: or, psalms and hymns, for the public, social and private use of Evangelical Christians. With Supplement. (50th ed.) #749Image
Church Psalmody: a Collection of Psalms and Hymns adapted to public worship #H303Image
Church Psalmody: a Collection of Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship #303Image
Cole's Pocket Edition of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Containing Most of the Tunes Used in Different Churches #d107
Congregational Hymn and Tune Book; containing the Psalms and Hymns of the General Association of Connecticut, adapted to Suitable Tunes #932Image
Cottage Melodies; a hymn and tune book, for prayer and social meetings and the home circle #414Image
Evangelical Musick: or, The Sacred Minstrel and Sacred Harp United: consisting of a great variety of psalm and hymn tunes, set pieces, anthems, etc. (10th ed) #186Image
Faith Hymns #d118
Faith Hymns (New ed.) #34Image
Familiar Hymns, Alphabetically Arranged. #d194
Fulton Street Hymn Book, for the use of union prayer meetings, Sabbath schools and families #201Image
Hallowed Songs: a collection of the most popular hymns and tunes, both old, and new, designed for prayer and social meetings, revivals, family worship, and Sabbath schools #60Image
Harmonia Ecclesiae: or, Companion to the Christian Minstrel #d182
Harmonia Sacra, being a Compilation of Church Music. 10th ed #d245
Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #171Image
Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book: with accompanying tunes #397Image
Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #397Image
Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church #211Image
Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship #255Image
Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #255Image
Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #525Image
Hymns and Tunes: for those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. #145Image
Hymns for Church and Home #255Image
Hymns for the Camp. (3rd ed. rev. and enl.) #58Image
Hymns for the use of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, by the Authority of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania #364Image
Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d215
Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d822
Hymns of the Ages for Public and Social Worship #565Image
Hymns of the Ages for Public and Social Worship, Approved and Recommended ... by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. 2nd ed. #d405
Hymns of the Church Militant #459Image
Hymns: selected and original, for public and private worship (30th ed.) #821Image
Liturgy and Hymns for Sunday Schools #d118
Manly's Choice #d165
Manual of Christian Psalmody: a collection of psalms and hymns for public worship #303Image
Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes #215
Melodies of the Church: a collection of psalms and hymns adapted to publick and social worship, seasons of revival, monthly concerts of prayer, and various similar occasions... #d781
New Praises of Jesus #d100
Parish Hymns: a collection of hymns for public, social, and private worship; selected and original #258Image
Parish Psalmody #d618
Parish Psalmody #d630
Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #393Image
Praises of Jesus #d68
Prison Hymn Book #d258
Psalmista: or, Choir Melodies #d189
Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship, and Approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America #H386Image
Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship, and Approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America #P51cImage
Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship: and approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America: the latter being arranged according to subjects... #232Image
Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d632
Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. #d639
Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H277Image
Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d618
Public, Parlour, and Cottage Hymns. A New Selection #II.94Image
Revival Hymns #79Image
Sabbath School and Social Hymns of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the U.S.A. #d191
Sacred Melodies #d192
Sacred Songs for Social Worship #251Image
Selections from the Book of Worship with Tunes #d73
Social Hymn and Tune Book: for the Lecture Room, Prayer Meeting, Family Circle, and Mission Church #d306
Social Hymn Book: Being the Hymns of the Social Hymn and Tune Book for the Lecture Room, Prayer Meeting, Family, and Congregation (2nd ed.) #223Image
Social Hymns, Original and Selected #d134
Songs for Social and Public Worship #682Image
Songs for Social and Public Worship. Rev. ed. #d313
Songs for the Lord's House #d347
Songs for the New Life #d503
Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #ad847
Songs for the Sanctuary: or hymns and tunes for Christian worship #543Image
Songs for the Sanctuary: or hymns and tunes for Christian Worship #543Image
Songs for the Sanctuary: or hymns and tunes for Christian Worship #543Image
Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #543Image
Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #543Image
Songs of Asaph; consisting of original Psalm and hymn tunes, chants and anthems #44Image
Songs of Asaph; consisting of original Psalm and hymn tunes, chants and anthems #45Image
Songs of Pilgrimage: a hymnal for the churches of Christ (2nd ed.) #893Image
Songs of Praise with Tunes #213Image
Songs of the Church: or, hymns and tunes for Christian worship #321Image
Songs of Zion: a manual of the best and most popular hymns and tunes, for social and private devotion #80Image
Songs of Zion Enlarged: a manual of the best and most popular hymns and tunes, for social and private devotion #122Image
Spicy Breezes: a book of praise for the sabbath-school #147Image
Supplement to Watts: a Selection of More than Five Hundred Hymns, from the Most Approved Authors on a Great Variety of Subjects ... #d321
Sursum Corda: a book of praise #375Image
Temple Melodies: a collection of about two hundred popular tunes, adapted to nearly five hundred favorite hymns, selected with special reference to public, social, and private worship #292Image
Templi Carmina #d175
The American Sabbath School Singing Book: containing hymns, tunes, scriptural selections and chants, for Sabbath schools #87Image
The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d296
The American Vocalist: a selection of tunes, anthems, sentences, and hymns, old and new: designed for the church, the vestry, or the parlor; adapted to every variety of metre in common use. (Rev. ed.) #143aImage
The Baptist Harp: a new collection of hymns for the closet, the family, social worship, and revivals #423Image
The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book: being "The Plymouth Collection" enlarged and adapted to the use of Baptist churches #393Image
The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #206.401Image
The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #401Image
The Baptist Hymn Book #401Image
The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #299bImage
The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #299aImage
The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d440
The Baptist Praise Book #676Image
The Baptist Psalmody: a selection of hymns for the worship of God #455Image
The Bible Harp #d189
The Book of Common Praise #d442
The Book of Praise: or, Hymns for Public and Social Worship #d597
The Boston One-Line Psalmist: embracing Day and Beal's New Musical Notation #d120
The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #324Image
The Chapel hymn book, with tunes: for the worship of God #330Image
The Chapel Hymnal with Tunes #d130
The Choir: or, Union collection of church music. Consisting of a great variety of psalm and hymn tunes, anthems, &c. original and selected. Including many beautiful subjects from the works.. (2nd ed.) #189Image
The Choir: or, Union collection of church music. Consisting of a great variety of psalm and hymn tunes, anthems, &c. original and selected. Including many beautiful subjects from the works.. (2nd ed.) #191Image
The Choral Friend #d59
The Choralist #d264
The Christian Melodist: a new collection of hymns for social religious worship #T71Image
The Christian Minstrel: a New System of Musical Notation with a Collection of Psalm Tunes, Anthems, and Chants. 3rd ed. #d206
The Christian Minstrel: a New System of Musical Notations; with a Collectionof Psalm Tunes, Anthems, & Chants ... 104th ed. #d234
The Church-Book #d339
The Church Hymn Book #d409
The Church Praise Book: a selection of hymns and tunes for Christian worship #292Image
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. #193Image
The College Hymnal: for divine service at Yale College in the Battell Chapel #364Image
The Congregational Hymn Book: for the service of the sanctuary #506Image
The Devotional Hymn and Tune Book: for social and public worship #96Image
The Devotional Hymn Book #d357
The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d551
The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #291Image
The Evergreen #d72
The Gospel Praise Book #d322
The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d237
The Harp #461Image
The Key-Stone Collection of Church Music: a complete collection of hymn tunes, anthems, psalms, chants, & c. to which is added the physiological system for training choirs and teaching singing schools #157Image
The Modern Harp: or, Boston Sacred Melodist. #d185
The Modern Psalmist #d238
The National Psalmist #d141
The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book: for churches and Sunday-schools #171Image
The New Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, for Public, Social and Private Worship #485Image
The Olive Branch #d106
The Palm: a collection of sacred music, for choirs, singing schools and conventions #170bImage
The People's Praise Book or Carmina Sanctorum #d460
The Presbyterian Hymnal #281Image
The Presbyterian Hymnal #281Image
The Psalmist: a new collection of hymns for the use of Baptist churches; with a supplement #498Image
The Psalmist: a New Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Baptist Churches #498Image
The Psalmody: a collection of hymns for public and social worship #448Image
The Psaltery #d209
The Reformed Church Hymnal: with tunes #93Image
The Revival Helper #d117
The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book, for the Service of Song in the House of the Lord #349bImage
The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d816
The Sacred Harp or Eclectic Harmony: a collection of church music, consisting of a great variety of psalm and hymn tunes, anthems, sacred songs and chants...(New ed., Rev. and Corr.) #110Image
The Sacred Lyre: a new collection of hymns and tunes, for social and family worship #214
The Sacrifice of Praise. psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs designed for public worship and private devotion, with notes on the origin of hymns. #349Image
The Service of Praise #d229
The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d437
The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d690
The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #470Image
The Southern Psalmist #d631
The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d662
The Temple Harp #d240
The Vestry Hymn Book #d342
Union Hymns: adapted to Social Meetings and Family Worship Selected from Church Psalmody, with Additional Hymns #d301
Vestry Songs #d150
Waters' Choral Harp: a new and superior collection of choice hymns and tunes, mostly new, written and composed for Sunday schools, missionary, revival, and social meetings, and for church worship #119aImage
Zion's Delight: for revival meetings, prayer meetings, young people's meetings, and Sunday school #15Image
Zion's Delight: for revival meetings, prayer meetings, young people's meetings, and Sunday school #208aImage