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| Short Name: | Alexander Ramsay Thompson |
| Full Name: | Thompson, Alexander Ramsay, 1822-1895 |
| Birth Year: | 1822 |
| Death Year: | 1895 |
Thompson, Alexander Ramsay, D.D., a minister of the American Reformed Dutch Church, was born at New York, Oct. 22, 1822, and graduated at the New York University, 1842, and the Princeton Seminary, 1845. He was Reformed Dutch Pastor at various places, including East Brooklyn, St. Paul's (R. P. D.), New York City, North Reformed Church, Brooklyn (1874), and others. Dr. Thompson was joint editor of the Reformed Dutch Hymns of the Church, N. Y., 1869, and the Hymns of Prayer and Praise, 1871. He has contributed original hymns and translations from the Latin to these collections, to Schaff’s Christ in Song, 1869, and to the Sunday School Times, Philadelphia, 1883, &c. In addition two original hymns:—
1. 0 Thou Whose filmed and fading eye. Good Friday.
2. Wayfarers in the wilderness. Life a Pilgrimage.
are in the Hymns of the Church, 1869, with the signature "A. R. T." [Rev F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
| Texts by Alexander Ramsay Thompson (47) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| A garden near the cross, and there | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| By Jacob's ancient well | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Casting down their crowns before thee | Alexander R. Thompson (Author) | 2 | |
| Cheerful Light of holy glory | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Translator) | 1 | |
| Eternal Father, God of peace, We bow before thy throne | Alexander R. Thompson (Author) | 2 | |
| God's help is sure: across our way | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Here the King hath spread his table | Alexander R. Thompson (Author) | 2 | |
| Jehovah is my Shepherd, I | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Versifier) | 1 | |
| Lamb of God, Holy and spotless One! | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Lamb of the cross, Thy one oblation | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Lift up your heads ye heavenly gates | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Lo! from Edom comes a Stranger | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Lord of angels, Saviour Jesus | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Miracle of heavenly kindness | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Mizpah! God be the Watcher | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Morn is breaking, night is flying | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Now; for a season; only now | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Now the shades of eventide | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| O blessed Lord, so well Thy work | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| O stars of God, what did ye see | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Oh the golden light adorning | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Oft, like the Psalmist, do we cry | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Out in the fields near Bethlehem | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Saviour gentle, Saviour lowly | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Sing aloud, children, sing to the glorious King | Alexander R. Thompson (Author) | 3 | |
| The Lamb's great festival | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Translator) | 1 | |
| The night the King was born, the stars | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Thou art here! no symbol-cloud | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| Wayworn pilgrim, weak and weary | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 1 | |
| We keep the festival of the slain Lamb | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Author) | 3 | |
| Blessed city, vision true | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Translator) | English | 1 |
| Broken are the gates of death! | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Translator) | English | 1 |
| Hail, Kingly Jesus, to Thy feet | Alexander R. Thompson (Author) | English | 8 |
| Heavenly food for men wayfaring | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Translator) | English | 1 |
| Lay aside thy sorrow, Mary | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Translator) | English | 1 |
| May I enter Sion's portal | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Translator) | English | 1 |
| O God why did'st Thou put aside | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Translator) | English | 1 |
| O Jesus, to remember Thee | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Translator) | English | 1 |
| O Thou, whose filmed and failing eye | Rev. Alexander Ramsay Thompson, 1822- (Author) | English | 9 |
| Praise our glorious King and Lord | Rev. Alexander Ramsay Thompson (1822- ) (Author) | English | 13 |
| Praise the Lord, His glories show | Rev. Alexander R. Thompson (Author (v 3)) | English | 3 |
| Sing a hymn of glory, waking | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Translator) | English | 1 |
| The morning purples all the sky | Alexander Ramsay Thompson. b. 1822 (Translator) | English | 32 |
| To arms ye Christian soldiers | Alexander Ramsay Thompson (Translator) | English | 3 |
| Wayfarers in the wilderness | Alexander R. Thompson (Author) | English | 6 |
| When from out the shining gateway | Alexander R. Thompson (Author) | English | 2 |
| Zion, to thy Savior singing | Alexander R. Thompson, b. 1822 (Translator) | English | 15 |
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