The cause that is for me too hard

The cause that is for me too hard

Author: John Fawcett
Tune: PETERBOROUGH (Harrison)
Published in 11 hymnals

Author: John Fawcett

An orphan at the age of twelve, John Fawcett (b. Lidget Green, Yorkshire, England, 1740; d. Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, 1817) became apprenticed to a tailor and was largely self-educated. He was converted by the preaching of George Whitefield at the age of sixteen and began preaching soon thereafter. In 1765 Fawcett was called to a small, poor, Baptist country church in Wainsgate, Yorkshire. Seven years later he received a call from the large and influential Carter's Lane Church in London, England. Fawcett accepted the call and preached his farewell sermon. The day of departure came, and his family's belongings were loaded on carts, but the distraught congregation begged him to stay. In Singers and Songs of the Church (1869), Josiah Miller te… Go to person page >

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First Line: The cause that is for me too hard
Author: John Fawcett
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 11 of 11)
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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #142

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Baptist Hymn Book #a394

Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune book #33

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Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #33

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The Baptist Hymn Book #394

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The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems #CCCLXVII

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The Primitive Baptist Hymnal #125

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