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Almighty, Merciful and Wise

Author: J. Edmund Barss, 1871- Appears in 4 hymnals Hymnal Title: Hymns for Schools and Colleges Used With Tune: ST. ANNE

Appears in 799 hymnals Hymnal Title: Christian Song Tune Sources: The melody is from Supplement to the New Version, 1708 Incipit: 53651 17151 5645 Used With Text: Almighty, Merciful and Wise

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Almighty, Merciful and Wise

Author: J. Edmund Barss (1871-) Hymnal: Christian Song #237 (1926) Hymnal Title: Christian Song Languages: English Tune Title: ST. ANNE

Almighty, Merciful and Wise

Author: J. Edmund Barss, 1871- Hymnal: Hymns for Schools and Colleges #175 (1913) Hymnal Title: Hymns for Schools and Colleges Languages: English Tune Title: ST. ANNE

Almighty, merciful and wise

Author: J. E. Barss Hymnal: The Chapel Hymnal #d9 (1931) Hymnal Title: The Chapel Hymnal

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John Edmund Barss

1871 - 1944 Person Name: J. Edmund Barss, 1871- Hymnal Title: Hymns for Schools and Colleges Author of "Almighty, Merciful and Wise" in Hymns for Schools and Colleges John Edmund Barss was born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia on June 21, 1871. He graduated from Acadia College in Wolfville with a B.A. in 1891. He received a second B.A. from Harvard in 1892 and an M.A. from Harvard in 1893. He taught for a year at Roxbury Latin School in Boston, then at The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, and at Loomis School in Windsor Connectictut. He also poetry as well as Latin textbooks. Dianne Shapiro, from "Who's How in New England" by Albert Nelson Marquis, 2nd ed., 1916, A. N. Marquis & Company, 1916, and http://www.mpoets.org/Barss.htm, accessed online 12/31/2017

William Croft

1678 - 1727 Person Name: William Croft, 1678-1727 Hymnal Title: Hymns for Schools and Colleges Composer of "ST. ANNE" in Hymns for Schools and Colleges William Croft, Mus. Doc. was born in the year 1677 and received his musical education in the Chapel Royal, under Dr. Blow. In 1700 he was admitted a Gentleman Extraordinary of the Chapel Boyd; and in 1707, upon the decease of Jeremiah Clarke, he was appointed joint organist with his mentor, Dr. Blow. In 1709 he was elected organist of Westminster Abbey. This amiable man and excellent musician died in 1727, in the fiftieth year of his age. A very large number of Dr. Croft's compositions remain still in manuscript. Cathedral chants of the XVI, XVII & XVIII centuries, ed. by Edward F. Rimbault, London: D. Almaine & Co., 1844