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Assist us, Lord, to act, to be

Author: Henry Moore Appears in 12 hymnals Used With Tune: HEBRON

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HEBRON

Appears in 629 hymnals Incipit: 53565 67117 23176 Used With Text: Assist us, Lord, to act, to be

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Assist us, Lord, to act, to be

Author: Henry Moore Hymnal: Melodies and Hymns for Divine Service in Appleton Chapel #a124 (1870) Languages: English
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Assist us, Lord, to act, to be

Author: Henry Moore Hymnal: Sacred Songs For Public Worship #20 (1883) Languages: English Tune Title: HEBRON
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Assist us, Lord, to act, to be

Author: Henry Moore Hymnal: Sacred Songs For Public Worship #20 (1899) Languages: English Tune Title: HEBRON

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Henry Moore

1732 - 1802 Author of "Assist us, Lord, to act, to be" in Sacred Songs For Public Worship Moore, Henry, 1732-1802. Son of a Presbyterian minister of the same name at Plymouth. Educated at Doddridge's Academy at Northampton, from 1757 to 1788 minister at Modbury, and then at Liskeard. Author of Lyrical and Miscellaneous Poems, published posthumously with a memoir by Dr. Aikin. Of his hymns, which are frequent in the books later than Kippis, the Dukinfield Collection, 1822, gives 5. 1. All earthly charms, however dear. The unfading beauty of holiness. 2. Amidst a world of hopes and fears. A prayer for guidance. 3. Assist us, Lord, to act, to be. Divine Help Solicited. 4. My God, thy boundless love I praise. The divine Love. 5. Soft are the fruitful showers that bring. A song of spring and New Life. 6. Supreme and universal light. Prayer for spiritual excellence. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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