We, O Jesus, claim thy special care

We, O Jesus, claim thy special care

Author: James Allen
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: James Allen

Allen, James, born at Gayle, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, June 24, 1734, and educated with a view to taking Holy Orders, first with two clergymen at different times, and then for one year at St. John's Coll., Cambridge. Leaving the University in 1752 he became a follower of Benjamin Ingham, the founder of the sect of the Inghamites, but subsequently joined himself to the Sandemanians; and finally built a chapel on his estate at Gayle, and ministered therein to the time of his death; died 31st Oct., 1804. He published a small volume, Christian Songs, containing 17 hymns, and was the editor and a principal contributor to the Kendal Hymn Book, 1757, and Appendix to the 2nd edition, 1761. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)  Go to person page >

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First Line: We, O Jesus, claim thy special care
Author: James Allen
Copyright: Public Domain

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #513

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The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #767

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