Savior, hear us, through Thy merit

Savior, hear us, through Thy merit

Author: Hastings
Published in 18 hymnals

Author: 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: Savior, hear us, through Thy merit
Author: Hastings
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Instances (18)TextImageAudioScore
Chapel Hymns: a selection of hymns, with appropriate tunes; adapted to vestry or other social religious meetings #76Image
Evangelical Hymns: original and selected: designed for the use of families and private circles; for social prayer meetings, seasons of revival or oother occasions of special interest #80Image
Hymnal Adapted to the Doctrines and Usages of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Revised Edition #564Image
Methodist Social Hymn Book #172Image
Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #ad936
Songs for the Sanctuary: or hymns and tunes for Christian Worship #765Image
Songs for the Sanctuary: or hymns and tunes for Christian Worship #765Image
Songs for the Sanctuary: or hymns and tunes for Christian worship #765Image
Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #765Image
Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #765Image
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.) #161Image
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 #161Image
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.) #161Image
The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book: adapted to the doctirnes and usages of the church (6th ed.) #564Image
The Christian Melodist: a new collection of hymns for social religious worship #127Image
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 #371Image
The Richard Allen A.M.E. Hymnal, with Responsive Scripture Readings. Rev. #d330
The Sacred Lyre: a new collection of hymns and tunes, for social and family worship #204
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