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Why do I thus perplex

Author: Thomas Scott

Thomas Scott was born at Norwich, and was the son of a Dissenting minister. After his education he began his ministerial life at Wartmell, in Norfolk, adding also the labours of school-teaching. Subsequently he changed his pastoral relations several times, spending the last years of his life at Hupton, in Norfolk, where he died in 1776. He was the author of some prose works, several poems, and a few hymns. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872… Go to person page >

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First Line: Why do I thus perplex
Author: Thomas Scott
Copyright: Public Domain
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (2nd ed. Enl. and Imp.) #191

A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (2nd ed. Enl. and Imp.) #191
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #199

A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #199
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #199

A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #199
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #191

A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #191

Selection from Tate and Brady's Version of the Psalms; with Hymns by Various Authors, for the Church in Brattle-Square #d342

Selection from Tate and Brady's Version of the Psalms; with Hymns by Various Authors, for the Church in Brattle-Square #d342

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d423

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d423

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d416

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d416
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