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Mediator of a Better Covenant

Author: George Richards Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Thy covenant, O Lord, In all things ordered sure

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Thy covenant, O Lord, in all things ordered sure

Author: George Richards Hymnal: Hymns for the Use of the Society of United Christian Friends Professing the Faith of Universal Salvation #d411 (1817) Hymnal Title: Hymns for the Use of the Society of United Christian Friends Professing the Faith of Universal Salvation Languages: English

Thy covenant, O Lord, in all things ordered sure

Author: George Richards Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #A35 (1808) Hymnal Title: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Mediator of a better Covenant

Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #CLXXXIV (1792) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Hymnal Title: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs First Line: Thy covenant, O Lord Lyrics: 1 Thy covenant, O Lord, In all things order'd sure, And founded on a stedfast hope, Forever shall endure. 2 Thy word is giv'n, "I will:" And who shall let thy hand? The purpose of eternal grace, It must establish'd stand. 3 Israel shall know the Lord, The Gentiles trust in thee, And nations, kindreds, peoples, tongues, The great salvation see. 4 Thy grace thy mercy, truth, Demand the grateful song; Let earth begin the blessed theme, And heav'n the strain prolong. Topics: The Intercession of the great High Priest; Merciful and Faithful Scripture: Hebrews 7:6-13 Languages: English

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George Richards

1755 - 1814 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "Mediator of a Better Covenant" 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)