Hezekiah Butterworth

Hezekiah Butterworth
Hezekiah Butterworth
Short Name: Hezekiah Butterworth
Full Name: Butterworth, Hezekiah, 1839–1905
Birth Year: 1839
Death Year: 1905

Butterworth, Hezekiah, was born at Warren, Rhode Island, Dec. 22, 1839. He wrote The Story of the Hymns, American Tract Society, 1875. He is the author of "0 Church of Christ, our blest abode" (The Church) in Root's cantata, Under the Palms, and of "Jesus, I Thee believe" (Jesus All in All) in the cantata Faith Triumphant.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Butterworth, Hezekiah, was born at Warren, R.I., Dec. 22, 1839, and died in 1905. His hymn, "Little ones of God are we" (Christ's Lambs), in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and other collections, is dated 1870.

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

Wikipedia Biography

Hezekiah Butterworth (December 22, 1839 – September 5, 1905) was an American author and poet.

Texts by Hezekiah Butterworth (50)sort ascendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Ye who love the republic, remember the claimHezekiah Butterworth (Author)2
Ye people, rise and singHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
Where dwell the poor, where fall the weakHezekiah Butterworth (Author)2
When rose the temple on the sacred mountainHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
When, in the gates of ZionHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
When by Moab's mountainHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
We meet with gladness on each lipHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
We are marching home to Zion, we are marching day by dayHezekikah Butterworth (Author)English5
We are marching home to Zion, To the blessed land aboveHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
To the Lord our SaviorH. Butterworth (Author)English4
Thou art going out of the church tonightHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
Thou art going now from our friendly sightHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
The light that once in Judah shoneHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English5
¡Pequeñitos de Jesús! Ya venimos a cantarH. Butterworth (Author)Spanish2
Our Anniversary day beholdHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
O radiant morn that breaks the nightHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
O hearts young and faithful, what harmonies moveHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
O church, pursue thy marchHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
O church of Christ, our blest abodeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English5
O church of Christ, JerusalemHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
O children's day in the summer's prizeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English5
O blest are they whose lives are nobly endedHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Now upon the earth are beamingHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
My peace I leave theeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
My Lord is mine from day to dayHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
Little ones of God are weH. Butterworth (Author)English3
Like Paul at Troas Hearing the Macedonian callHezekiah Butterworth (Author)3
Jesus, I Thee believeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
In youth I have my Savior foundHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Ich stand einst am grünen HügelHezekiah Butterworth (Author)German2
I have a hope that makes life sweetHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
I am singing, always singingHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
How blessed the lot of the ChristianH. Butterworth (Author)English2
How amiable God's altars wereHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Hail, morn of the angelHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
Form, form your mission bandsHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English5
For us, O Lord, the year has broughtHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Fair morn of the ages, the sealed tomb is brokenHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
"Dost thou love me?" said Jesus to Simon that dayHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
By your soul's best interests standHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
By what I owe a mother's loveHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
At my work I'm always singingHezekiah Butterworth (Adapter)English3
At early morn when I awakeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
I walked through the woodland meadowsHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English38
Arise with joy and singHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Arise, O church of JesusHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
Again the rounded year has broughtHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
Abana was a riverHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
A voice in the air and a star in the skyHezekiah Butterworth (Author)3
A star is in the air, And its light is trailing lowHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2

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