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Mediator of the New Testament

Author: George Richards Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: All gracious Lord, we sing thy love

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All gracious Lord, we sing thy love

Hymnal: Hymns for the Use of the Society of United Christian Friends Professing the Faith of Universal Salvation #d7 (1817) Hymnal Title: Hymns for the Use of the Society of United Christian Friends Professing the Faith of Universal Salvation Languages: English

All gracious Lord, we sing thy love

Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #A36 (1808) Hymnal Title: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Mediator of the New Testatment

Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #CLXXXV (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Hymnal Title: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs First Line: All gracious Lord, we sing thy love Lyrics: 1 All gracious Lord, we sing thy love, A love more strong than death: The testament divine was seal'd, With thy expiring breath. 2 Hail, Mediator, Saviour, hail! We bless the ransom giv'n; For us, for all, was freely paid, The richest blood of heav'n. 3 By thee, O Christ, from death redeem'd, Thy blood must sure prevail; Nor death in bondage to the foe, Shall cause our life to fail. 4 Wake then a song, the noblest song— Let heav'n and earth rejoice, The dead shall live—the graves shall hear Salvation in thy voice. Topics: The Intercession of the great High Priest; Merciful and Faithful Scripture: Hebrews 9:15-17 Languages: English

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George Richards

1755 - 1814 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "Mediator of the New Testament" Richards, George, born near Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1755. For some years he was Purser and Chaplain in the United States Navy, and also taught a school in Boston. In 1789 he became an Universalist preacher, ministered at Portsmouth, New Haven, 1793-1809, and from 1809 in Philadelphia, where, his mind having given way under trouble, he died by his own hand, March 16, 1816. With S. Lane he edited the Universalist Hymn Book, published at Boston, 1792. This was one of the earliest collections of that body. It contained 49 of Richards's hymns. In 1801 he published A Collection of Hymns, Dover, New Hampshire, which contained 6 additional hymns by himself, and in 1806, also at Dover, a second edition of the same, greatly enlarged, with another 26 hymns. Of these the following are in common use at the present time:— 1. 0 Christ, what gracious words. The Gospel Message. This hymn appeared in the Boston Collection, 1792, and is the best of the early Universalist hymns. In the Andover Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858, it is given as "Saviour, what gracious words." In this form and also in the original, it is found in several collections. 2. Long as the darkening cloud abode. Easter. This hymn in modern collections, as the Songs of the Sanctuary, 1865, No. 687, is composed thus: stanza i. and ii., 11. 1-4, are from Richards, and the rest of the hymn, 3 stanzas of 8 lines in all, is anonymous. Additional hymns by Richards, from both the Boston and the Dover collections, are in modern Universalist hymn-books. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)