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God merciful and righteous is

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 116:5 Used With Tune: KILMARNOCK Text Sources: Scottish Psalter 1650 alt.
God merciful and righteous is

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KILMARNOCK

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 83 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Neil Dougall 1776-1862 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13565 33216 51651 Used With Text: God merciful and righteous is
KILMARNOCK

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God merciful and righteous is

Hymnal: Australian Hymn Book #350 (1977) Languages: English
God merciful and righteous is

God merciful and righteous is

Hymnal: The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement #350 (1977) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Scripture: Psalm 116:5 Tune Title: KILMARNOCK
God merciful and righteous is

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Neil Dougall

1776 - 1862 Person Name: Neil Dougall 1776-1862 Composer of "KILMARNOCK" in The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement Born: De­cem­ber 9, 1776, Green­ock, Ren­frew­shire, Scot­land. Died: Oc­to­ber 1, 1862, Green­ock, Scot­land. Buried: Green­ock, Scot­land. Neil’s fa­ther, wheel­wright Neill Dou­gall, was draft­ed in­to the ar­my, and died in Cey­lon (now Sri Lanka) when his son was on­ly four years old. At age 15, Neil be­came an ap­pren­tice on the ship Bri­tan­nia. In 1795, while he was load­ing a gun to fire the se­cond vol­ley of a sa­lute to com­mem­o­rate Lord Howe’s vic­to­ry over the French, an ex­plo­sion blind­ed him and took his arm. Af­ter re­cov­er­ing, he be­gan his mu­sic­al ca­reer. In 1798, he at­tend­ed a sing­ing class un­der Ro­bert Dun­can, and in the fall of the next year opened his own class, which he ran un­til 1844. He gave an­nu­al con­certs in Green­ock from 1800 [sic, Frost] to 1860. --www.hymntime.com/tch
Neil Dougall
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