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Eternal Father, God of peace, We bow before thy throne

Author: Alexander Ramsay Thompson Appears in 3 hymnals

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Eternal Father, God of peace

Author: Alexander R. Thompson Hymnal: Universalist Hymn Book #d99 (1843)

Eternal Father, God of peace

Hymnal: The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #487 (1829)

Eternal Father, God of peace

Hymnal: The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #487 (1833) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Installation or Ordination

1822 - 1895 Author of "Eternal Father, God of peace, We bow before thy throne" Thompson, Alexander Ramsay, D.D., a minister of the American Reformed Dutch Church, was born at New York, Oct. 22, 1822, and graduated at the New York University, 1842, and the Princeton Seminary, 1845. He was Reformed Dutch Pastor at various places, including East Brooklyn, St. Paul's (R. P. D.), New York City, North Reformed Church, Brooklyn (1874), and others. Dr. Thompson was joint editor of the Reformed Dutch Hymns of the Church, N. Y., 1869, and the Hymns of Prayer and Praise, 1871. He has contributed original hymns and translations from the Latin to these collections, to Schaff’s Christ in Song, 1869, and to the Sunday School Times, Philadelphia, 1883, &c. In addition two original hymns:— 1. 0 Thou Whose filmed and fading eye. Good Friday. 2. Wayfarers in the wilderness. Life a Pilgrimage. are in the Hymns of the Church, 1869, with the signature "A. R. T." [Rev F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)