O May The Gospel Swiftly Spread

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O may the Gospel swiftly spread

Author: Benjamin Beddome
Tune: EISENACH (Gesius)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Oh may the Gospel swiftly spread,
Revive the living, raise the dead;
A glorious work be now begun,
And millions tell what God has done.

2 Let those who never felt before,
Now feel the Gospel’s vital power.
And languid souls who own Thy love,
Receive fresh visits from above.

3 Arise, Thou sun of righteousness
With light and life the nations bless;
In Zion, long the sinner’s scorn,
Be numerous sons and daughters born.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15799

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O may the Gospel swiftly spread
Title:	O May The Gospel Swiftly Spread
Author:	Benjamin Beddome
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Source:	Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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EISENACH (Gesius)

MACHS MIT MIR was first published in the collection of music Das ander Theil des andern newen Operis Geistlicher Deutscher Lieder (1605) by Bartholomäus Gesius (b. Münchenberg, near Frankfurt, Germany, c. 1555; d. Frankfurt, 1613). A prolific composer, Gesius wrote almost exclusively for the churc…

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