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Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 Composer and/or Arranger: W. H. Walter, Mus. Doc. Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 33212 34335 43221 Used With Text: Holy Father, great Creator

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Holy Father, great Creator

Author: Bp. A. V. Griswold Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Appears in 61 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Holy Father, great Creator, Source of mercy, love, and peace, Look upon the Mediator, Clothe us with His righteousness; Heavenly Father Through the Saviour hear and bless. 2 Holy Jesus, Lord of glory, Whom angelic hosts proclaim, While we hear Thy wondrous story, Meet and worship in Thy Name, Dear Redeemer in our hearts Thy peace proclaim. 3 Holy Spirit, Sanctifier, Come with unction from above, Raise our hearts to raptures higher, Fill them with the Saviour's love. Source of comfort, Cheer us with the Saviour's love. 4 God the Lord, through every nation Let Thy wondrous mercies shine! In the song of Thy salvation Every tongue and race combine! Great Jehovah, Form our hearts and make them Thine. Amen. Topics: General Used With Tune: [Holy Father, great Creator]

When of old the Jewish mothers

Appears in 22 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: NEELY

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Holy Father, great Creator

Author: Bp. A. V. Griswold Hymnal: The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #386 (1894) Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Lyrics: 1 Holy Father, great Creator, Source of mercy, love, and peace, Look upon the Mediator, Clothe us with His righteousness; Heavenly Father Through the Saviour hear and bless. 2 Holy Jesus, Lord of glory, Whom angelic hosts proclaim, While we hear Thy wondrous story, Meet and worship in Thy Name, Dear Redeemer in our hearts Thy peace proclaim. 3 Holy Spirit, Sanctifier, Come with unction from above, Raise our hearts to raptures higher, Fill them with the Saviour's love. Source of comfort, Cheer us with the Saviour's love. 4 God the Lord, through every nation Let Thy wondrous mercies shine! In the song of Thy salvation Every tongue and race combine! Great Jehovah, Form our hearts and make them Thine. Amen. Topics: General Languages: English Tune Title: [Holy Father, great Creator]

Holy Father, great Creator

Author: Bishop Griswold Hymnal: The New Children's Hymnal #107 (1892) Languages: English Tune Title: [Holy Father, great Creator]

When of old the Jewish mothers

Hymnal: The Church Porch #94 (1899) Languages: English Tune Title: NEELY

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William H. Walter

1825 - 1893 Person Name: William Henry Walter Composer of "NEELY (Walter)"

Alexander V. Griswold

1766 - 1843 Person Name: Bp. A. V. Griswold Author of "Holy Father, great Creator" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 Griswold, Alexander Viets, D.D., born at Simsbury, Connecticut, in 1766. After being for some time rector at Bristol, Rhode Island, he was consecrated bishop of the "Eastern Diocese," in 1811. He was subsequently Bishop of Massachusetts. He died in 1843, and his memoirs were published by Dr. J. S. Stone. His well-known hymn:— Holy Father, great Creator. Holy Trinity. Was written probably in 1835. It appeared in that year in his Family Prayers, in 4 st. of 6 1. and entitled "Hymn to the God of Christians." With some alterations by Bishop Coxe, it was given in Hymns for Church and Home, &c, Phila., 1860, No. 153. It was repeated in the Hymnal .... of the Protestant Episcopal Church , 1871, No. 145.[Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)