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John Haynes Holmes

John Haynes Holmes
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Short Name: John Haynes Holmes
Full Name: Holmes, John Haynes, 1879-1964
Birth Year: 1879
Death Year: 1964

Born: November 29, 1879, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Died: April 3, 1964, New York City.
Buried: Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist, New York City.

Holmes graduated from Harvard University, Phi Beta Kappa. His grandfather, John Cummings Haynes, manager of the Oliver Ditson music publishing house, helped pay his Harvard tuition. Holmes was ordained in 1904, and became minister of the Unitarian Third Congregational Church, Dorchester, Massachusetts. In February 1907, he became junior minister at the Church of the Messiah in New York City. His works include:

I Speak for Myself, 1959
Collected Hymns, 1960

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by John Haynes Holmes (23)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
ஆ வானிலே புன்னகைத்தே (Ā vāṉilē puṉṉakaittē)John Haynes Holmes (Author)Tamil1
All hail the pageant of the yearsJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)English6
Almighty God, beneath whose eyeJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)English2
America triumphant, Brave land of pioneersJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)English15
God of the nations, near and farJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)English33
God of the searching mindJohn Haynes Holmes, 1879- (Author)English1
ക്ഷണിക്കും ദൈവ ശബ്ദം കേള്‍ക്കുന്നീക്കാലത്തും (Kṣaṇikkuṁ daiva śabdaṁ kēḷkkunnīkkālattuṁ)John H. Holmes (Author)Malayalam1
Now give heart's onward habitJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)1
O, Father, Thou who givest allJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)English43
O Father, while I live, I prayJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)English1
O God, whose law from age to ageJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)English16
O God, whose love is over allJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)English26
O God, whose smile is in the skyJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)English20
O Lord of stars and sunlightJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)1
O thou, whose presence moved beforeJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)English1
Over continent and oceanJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)English3
Show us Thy way, O GodJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)English3
The voice of God is calling Its summons unto menJohn Haynes Holmes, 1879- (Author)English65
This land of bursting sunriseJohn Haynes Holmes, 1879-1964 (Author)English1
Thou God of all, whose spirit movesJohn Haynes Holmes, 1879-1964 (Author)English4
Thou God, whose living voice was heardJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)1
Though man, the fiery element, sinkJohn Haynes Holmes (Author)1
വൻ കൃപയിൻ മക്കൾ ഞ-ങ്ങ-ൾ മേൽ (Van kr̥payin makkaḷ ña-ṅṅa-ḷ mēl)John Haynes Holmes (Author)Malayalam1
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