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How sweet on thy bosom to rest

Author: Ambrose Searle Appears in 28 hymnals
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Hymnal: The Harp. 2nd ed. #a621 (1860)
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Hymnal: Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a529 (1868) Languages: English
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Author: Ambrose Searle Hymnal: The Mother's Hymn Book #20 (1836)
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Ambrose Serle

1742 - 1812 Person Name: Ambrose Searle Author of "How sweet on thy bosom to rest" Serle, Ambrose, a Commissioner in the Government Transport Office, was b. Aug. 30, 1742, and d. Aug. 1, 1812. He published Horae Solitariae: or Essays upon some remarkable Names and Titles of Jesus Christ, &c, 1786. In this work short hymns are appended to some of the articles, and of these, "Jesus commissioned from above" (Redemption), and "Thy ways, O Lord, with wise design" (Providence), have passed into several collections. Serle was also the author of other works. The Rev. E. Bickersteth published Selections from the Works of Ambrose Serle, in 1833. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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