Father of our feeble race

Father of our feeble race

Author: John Taylor
Published in 78 hymnals

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1 Father of our feeble race,
Wise, beneficent, and kind!
Spread o'er nature's ample face,
Flows Thy goodness unconfined.

2 Lord, what offerings shall we bring,
At Thine altars when we bow?
Grateful loving hearts, the spring
Whence the kind affections flow:

3 Willing hands to lead the blind,
Bind the wounded, feed the poor;
Love, embracing all our kind;
Charity, with liberal store.

4 Teach us, O Thou heavenly King,
Thus to show our grateful mind;
Thus the accepted offering bring,
Love to Thee and all mankind.

Source: Church Book: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran congregations #476

Author: John Taylor

Taylor, John, born July 30, 1750, was the son of Richard Taylor, of Norwich, and grandson of Dr. John Taylor (1694-1761, the eminent Hebrew scholar, who was for many years minister of the Octagon Chapel, Norwich, and afterwards Divinity tutor at the Warrington Academy. Dr. Taylor published A Collection of Tunes in Various Airs, one of the first collections of its kind, and his grandson was one of the most musical of Unitarian hymn-writers). Young Taylor, after serving his apprenticeship in his native place, was for two years in a banking house in London, at which time he was an occasional poetical contributor to the Morning Chronicle. In 1773 he returned to Norwich, where he spent the rest of his life, first as a manufacturer, and afterward… Go to person page >

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First Line: Father of our feeble race
Author: John Taylor
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #342

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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #342

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d100

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #344

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #344

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #344

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #344

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #344

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #344

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship #LVI

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Publick Worship (2nd ed.) #LVI

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #CCLVI

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #344

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #27

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #12

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #184

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #184

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #177

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #97

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #12

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #12

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #27

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Christian Hymns #376

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Church Book #476

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Church Book #476

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Church Harmonies #874

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Freedom's Lyre #190

Grammar School Hymn Book #d56

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #456

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a456

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #764

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #764

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Hymns for Public Worship #464

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Hymns for Schools #71

Hymns for Social and Private Worship, Altered to a Devotional Form #d26

Hymns for the Hospital Chapel, Worcester #d55

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #384

Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d126

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d151

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #376

Sacred Melodies #d74

Sacred poetry #d112

Sacred Poetry #d6

Sacred Poetry #d111

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School and Parish Hymnal #239

Songs of the Unity #d50

Supplement to Watts #d125

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d217

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The American School Hymn Book #VII

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The American School Hymn Book. (New ed.) #VII

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The Book of Worship #420

The Christian Psalter #d126

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The Church Hymnary #58

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The Disciples' Hymn Book #317

The Hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. Text ed. #d118

The Hymns for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Congregations #d96

The Middlesex Hymn Book #d19

The Middlesex Hymn Book #d24

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #510

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #510

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The Psalmist #19

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The Psalmist #19

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The School Hymn-Book #98

The School Psalter #d66

University Hymn Book for use in the Chapel of Harvard University #d49

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