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True Love for the Word

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: O Lord, Thy perfect righteousness Lyrics: 1 O Lord, Thy perfect righteousness Is in thy judgments shown; In Thy unchanging faithfulness Thy truth Thou hast made known. 2 Because Thy foes forget Thy law My soul is greatly stirred; Thy servant loves the purity Of Thy most holy word. 3 Tho' I am humble and despised, I strive Thy will to do; Eternal is Thy righteousness, And all Thy law is true. 4 Delight amid distress and pain Do Thy commandments give; Thy word is righteous evermore, Teach me that I may live. Topics: Christian Activity; Bible Perfect and Pure; Christ Righteousness of; God Hearer of Prayer; God Justice of; God Righteousness of; Gospel Fulness of ; Humility; Law of God; Obedience; Truth; Zeal True Scripture: Psalm 119 Used With Tune: CHURCH
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LAMBETH

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 295 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Schulthes Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 33347 67112 35432 Used With Text: O Lord, Thy Perfect Righteousness
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BURFORD

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 82 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edward Miller Tune Sources: A. Williams Supplement to Psalmody c. 1780 Tune Key: f minor Incipit: 11234 54327 12345 Used With Text: O LORD, Thy Perfect Righteousness
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CHURCH

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 33 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph P. Holbrook Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55312 52321 35342 Used With Text: True Love for the Word
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O LORD, Thy Perfect Righteousness

Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #119R (2023) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 O Lord, Thy perfect righteousness is in Thy judgments shown; in Thy unchanging faithfulness Thy truth Thou hast made known. 2 Because Thy foes forget Thy law my soul is greatly stirred; Thy servant loves the purity of Thy most holy Word. 3 Though I am humble and despised, I strive Thy will to do; eternal is Thy righteousness, and all Thy law is true. 4 Delight amid distress and pain do Thy commandments give; Thy word is righteous evermore, teach me that I may live. Topics: Instruction Scripture: Psalm 119:137-144 Languages: English Tune Title: BURFORD
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O Lord, Thy Perfect Righteousness

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #267 (1934) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 O Lord, Thy perfect righteousness Is in Thy judgments shown; In Thy unchanging faithfulness Thy truth Thou hast made known. 2 Because Thy foes forget Thy law My soul is greatly stirred; Thy servant loves the purity Of Thy most holy Word. 3 Though I am humble and despised, I strive Thy will to do; Eternal is Thy righteousness, And all Thy law is true. 4 Delight amid distress and pain Do Thy commandments give; Thy Word is righteous evermore, Teach me that I may live. Topics: Faithfulness of God; Fear of God; Humility; Justice of God; Law of God; Meditation; Righteous And Wicked Contrasted; God our Teacher; Truth; Will of God; Word of God Scripture: Psalm 119 Languages: English Tune Title: LAMBETH
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O Lord, Thy Perfect Righteousness

Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #5156 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1. O Lord, Thy perfect righteousness Is in Thy judgments shown; In Thy unchanging faithfulness Thy truth Thou hast made known. 2. Because Thy foes forget Thy law My soul is greatly stirred; Thy servant loves the purity Of Thy most holy Word. 3. Though I am humble and despised, I strive Thy will to do; Eternal is Thy righteousness, And all Thy law is true. 4. Delight amid distress and pain Do Thy commandments give; Thy Word is righteous evermore, Teach me that I may live. Languages: English Tune Title: CHURCH
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Edward Miller

1735 - 1807 Harmonizer of "BURFORD" in Psalms and Hymns to the Living God Edward Miller, Born in the United Kingdom. The son of a pavior (stone paver), Miller left home to study music at King's Lynn. He was a flautist in Handel's orchestra. In 1752 he published “Six Solos for the German Flute”. In 1756 he was appointed organist of St. George Minster Doncaster, continuing in that post for 50 years. He also gave pianoforte lessons. He published hymns and sonatas for harpsichord, 16 editions of “The Institues of Music”, “Elegies for Voice & Pianoforte”, and Psalms of David set to music, arranged for each Sunday of the year. That work had over 5000 subscribers. He published his thoughts on performance of Psalmody in the Church of England, addressed to clergy. In 1801 he published the Psalms of Watts and Wesley for use by Methodists, and in 1804 the history and antiques of Doncaster with a map. John Perry
Edward Miller

Joseph P. Holbrook

1822 - 1888 Person Name: Joseph Perry Holbrook, 1822-1888 Composer of "CHURCH" in The Cyber Hymnal Joseph P. Holbrook was a tune writer in the parlor music style, and used the popular melodies of Mason and Hastings, Bradbury and Root, Greatorex and Kingsley in his collections. He furnished settings for the choir hymns in Songs for the Sanctuary in his Quartet and chorus Choir (New York, 1871, and sought more recogniation than had been given him in a hymnal of his own, Worship in Song (New York, 1880); a book that found no welcome. from The English hymn: its development and use in worship By Louis FitzGerald Benson
Joseph P. Holbrook

Wilhelm A. F. Schulthes

1816 - 1879 Person Name: William Schulthes Composer of "LAMBETH" in Psalter Hymnal (Red) Wilhelm August Ferdinand Schulthes Germany 1816-1879. Born at Hesse Castle, Germany, son of a German army officer, he was raised Lutheran, but turned to Roman Catholicism around 1852. He directed the Brompton Oratory choir (1852-1872). He taught music at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton (1868-1879). He also wrote poetry. No information found regarding family or other life events. He died at Bois-de-Colombes, France. John Perry
Wilhelm A. F. Schulthes
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