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Hymns and Chorales #79
Display Title: Thou, Whom chiefest I desire First Line: Thou, Whom chiefest I desire Tune Title: [Thou, Whom chiefest I desire] Author: A. M. Toplady, 1740-1778 Date: 1892
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Thou whom chiefest I desire
Author: Augustus M. Toplady
Toplady, Augustus Montague, the author of "Rock of Ages," was born at Farnham, Surrey, November 4, 1740. His father was an officer in the British army. His mother was a woman of remarkable piety. He prepared for the university at Westminster School, and subsequently was graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. While on a visit in Ireland in his sixteenth year he was awakened and converted at a service held in a barn in Codymain. The text was Ephesians ii. 13: "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." The preacher was an illiterate but warm-hearted layman named Morris. Concerning this experience Toplady wrote: "Strange that I, who had so long sat under the means of grace in England, should b… Go to person page >Arrangements
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The Oxford Hymn Book #310
Display Title: Thou whom chiefest I desire First Line: Thou whom chiefest I desire Meter: 77 77 D Date: 1925
The Oxford Hymn Book #310
The Oxford Hymn Book #310
Display Title: Thou whom chiefest I desire First Line: Thou whom chiefest I desire Tune Title: DEMMIN Author: Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1788) Date: 1920
The Oxford Hymn Book #310
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