The Messiah is come

The Prince of peace is come, And clothed himself in clay

Author: Henry Alline
Published in 10 hymnals

Author: Henry Alline

Alline, Henry. (Newport, Rhode Island, January 14, 1748--January 28, 1784, Northampton, New Hampshire). Congregationalist/"New Light". In 1760 his family took up land near Hampden, Nova Scotia, far from any school or church; hence the spiritual experience which, in 1775, impelled him to begin preaching found him with the drive and magnetism, but without the solid grounding, of a Wesley or a Whitefield. His stress on the "new light," and the revival meetings which he conducted all over Nova Scotia had no connection with the American Revolution beyond coincidence in time; yet that was enough to alarm the authorities. He had sermons, tracts, and probably sheets of hymns printed at Halifax before the peace treaty of 1783 allowed him to cross th… Go to person page >

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First Line: The Prince of peace is come, And clothed himself in clay
Title: The Messiah is come
Author: Henry Alline
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Choice Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of Christians #99

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of Christians #M.XXVII

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #217

Family Singing Book. Rev ed. with Supplement #d268

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Hymns, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed. corr.) #95

Hymns, Original and Selected, for the use of Christians #d239

Hymns, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. 8th ed. #d261

The Choral #d208

The Universalist Hymn Book #d430

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