'Tis not the skill of human art

'Tis not the skill of human art

Author: Madame Guyon
Tune: GOODMANHAM
Published in 10 hymnals

Author: Madame Guyon

Guyon, Madame. (1648-1717.) Jeanne Marie Bouyieres de la Mothe was the leader of the Quietist movement in France. The foundation of her Quietism was laid in her study of St. Francis de Sales, Madame de Chantal, and Thomas รค Kempis, in the conventual establishments of her native place, Montargis (Dep. Loiret), where she was educated as a child. There also she first learned the sentiment of espousal with Christ, to which later years gave a very marked development. She was married at sixteen to M. Guyon, a wealthy man of weak health, twenty-two years her senior, and her life, until his death, in 1676, was, partly from disparity of years, partly from the tyranny of her mother-in-law, partly from her own quick temper, an unhappy one. Her public… Go to person page >

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First Line: 'Tis not the skill of human art
Author: Madame Guyon
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #606

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #606

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Hymns of the Ages #37

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Plymouth Collection #a508

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #508

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Revival Hymns #282

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #508

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The Baptist Praise Book #866

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Worship Song #335

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