O God of Bethel, by Whose hand

Representative Text

1 O God of Bethel, by whose hand
thy people still are fed,
who through this weary pilgrimage
hast all our fathers led;

2 Our vows, our prayers, we now present
before thy throne of grace;
God of our fathers, be the God
of their succeeding race.

3 Through each perplexing path of life
our wandering footsteps guide;
give us each day our daily bread,
and raiment fit provide.

4 O spread thy covering wings around
till all our wanderings cease,
and at our Father's loved abode
our souls arrive in peace.

Source: Ancient and Modern: hymns and songs for refreshing worship #744a

Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

Notes

O God of Bethel, by Whose hand, p. 832, i,, iii. E. Darracott's version of this hymn was included in The Star of the West, being Memoirs of the Life of the late Bisdon Darracott, London, 1813, pp. 40,41, as a hymn written after his marriage, which took place in Dec. 1741. Hence has arisen the modern claim for Darracott as the author of the hymn, as against the claims of Doddridge. The Darracott version, as the editor of the Memoirs remarks, excites "no high idea of his poetic genius." Besides rewriting the hymn to adapt it to his circumstances in 1741, Darracott added the following concluding stanza:—

"For if, O Lord,
Thou ours wilt be,
We can give up the rest,
Our souls possess'd alone of Thee,
Are infinitely blest."

[Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Tune

DUNDEE (Ravenscroft)

DUNDEE first appeared in the 1615 edition of the Scottish Psalter published in Edinburgh by Andro Hart. Called a "French" tune (thus it also goes by the name of FRENCH), DUNDEE was one of that hymnal's twelve "common tunes"; that is, it was not associated with a specific psalm. In the Psalter Hymnal…

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SALZBURG (Haydn)


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A Church Hymn Book #118

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #58

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A Collection of Hymns #39

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

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #71

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #418

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A Liturgy and Hymns for Church Sunday Schools #120

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A Manual of Devotion for Soldiers and Sailors #97

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A Missionary Hymn Book #200

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A Pastor's Selection of Hymns and Tunes #184

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #261

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #261

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #252

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #228

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Every Sunday ... Diocese of Quebec #d87

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #50c

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #808

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Alexander's Hymns No. 4 #68

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Ancient and Modern #744a

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Ancient and Modern #744b

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #545

At Worship, a hymnal for young churchmen #d182

Australian Hymn Book #49

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Book of Praise for the Sunday School #89[146]

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Book of Worship #138

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d642

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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #402

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Carmina Sanctorum #402

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Celestial Songs #891

Chapel Hymns #d405

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Children's Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church in Canada #92

Christian Hymnal #d330

Christian Hymns #74

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Christian Hymns #84

Christian Praise #d245

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Christian Praise #339

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d664

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Christian Song #88a

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Christian Song #88b

Christian Worship and Praise #225

Christian Worship #174

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Church Harmonies #232

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Church Hymnal #365

Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #657

Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #506

Church Hymnal, Third Edition #496

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #268

Church Hymns and Services, Published under License of the Church Pension Fund #d161

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Church Hymns and Tunes #395

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Church Hymns #483

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d768

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Church music #CXXXV

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Church Psalmist #430

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Church Psalmist #430

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Church Psalmist #430

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Church Psalmody #H323

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Church Psalmody #323

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Church Psalmody #411

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Common Praise (1998) #555

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Common Praise #536a

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Common Praise #536b

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Common Praise #127

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Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #491a

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Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #491b

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Complete Mission Praise #907

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Conference Hymnal #61

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CPWI Hymnal #420

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Devotional hymns #169

Divine Service Book for the Armed Forces #d143

E. A. C. C. Hymnal #198

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Evangel Songs #211

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Every Sabbath #143e

Family and Social Melodies #d239

Favorite Hymns #d85

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Gloria Deo #97

Gloria in Excelsis #d472

Gloria in Excelsis #d292

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Glory Songs #103

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Gospel Melodies #142

Great Songs of the Church #d244

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #140

Great Songs of the Church #458

Harmony in Praise #d143

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Helps for Worship #69

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d364

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #30

Hymnal for Christian Worship #d191

Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #214

Hymnal for Colleges and Schools. 3rd ed. #d206

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