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The Lord is Risen!
Author: W. P. Mackay Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: The Lord is risen! the Red Sea's judgment flood Topics: Praise and Worship The Resurrection of Christ Used With Tune: VICTOR
The Lord is Risen!
The Lord is risen, the Red Sea's judgment flood
Author: William P. Mackay Hymnal: Hymns of Grace and Truth. 2nd ed. #d312 (1904) Languages: English
The Lord is risen, the Red Sea's judgment flood
The Lord is Risen!
Author: W. P. Mackay Hymnal: Hymns of Grace and Truth #52 (1903) First Line: The Lord is risen! the Red Sea's judgment flood Topics: Praise and Worship The Resurrection of Christ Languages: English Tune Title: VICTOR
The Lord is Risen!
W. P. Mackay
1839 - 1885 Author of "The Lord Is Risen!" Mackay, William Paton, M.D., was born at Montrose, May 13, 1839, and educated at the University of Edinburgh. After following his medical profession for a time, he became minister of Prospect Street Presbyterian Church, Hull, in 1868, and died from an accident, at Portree, Aug. 22, 1885. Seventeen of his hymns are in W. Reid's Praise Book, 1872. Of these the best known is "We praise Thee, O God, for the Son of Thy love" (Praise to God), written 1863, recast 1867. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907)
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Born: May 13, 1839, Montrose, Scotland.
Died: August 22, 1885, Portree, Scotland, of an accident.
Mackay graduated from the University of Edinburgh and initially worked as a doctor. However, he was ordained, and in 1868 became pastor of the Prospect Street Presbyterian Church in Hull. He married Mary Loughton Livingstone 1868 in Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire; they were living in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, as of 1881. Seventeen of his hymns appeared in W. Reid’s Praise Book in 1872.
Sources:
Hustad, p. 278
Julian, p. 1667
Reynolds, p. 365
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/c/mackay_wp.htm
W. P. Mackay
