Permit thy suppliants, gracious Lord

Permit thy suppliants, gracious Lord

Author: George Richards
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: George Richards

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 anothe… Go to person page >

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First Line: Permit thy suppliants, gracious Lord
Author: George Richards
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the use of Universalist Societies and Families (13th ed.) #34

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #34

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #A51

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