God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit, Three in One, Spare us, Holy Trinity (Baker)

God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit, Three in One, Spare us, Holy Trinity (Baker)

Author: H. W. Baker
Tune: LITANY, NO. 3
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: H. W. Baker

Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart., eldest son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, born in London, May 27, 1821, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Taking Holy Orders in 1844, he became, in 1851, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire. This benefice he held to his death, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1877. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1851. Sir Henry's name is intimately associated with hymnody. One of his earliest compositions was the very beautiful hymn, "Oh! what if we are Christ's," which he contributed to Murray's Hymnal for the Use of the English Church, 1852. His hymns, including metrical litanies and translations, number in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 33 in all. These were cont… Go to person page >

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First Line: God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit, Three in One, Spare us, Holy Trinity (Baker)
Author: H. W. Baker
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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