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AGNEW

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: S. M. Bixby Incipit: 54332 15423 27643 Used With Text: Here, Lord, We Offer Thee

Here, Lord, We Offer Thee

Author: A. G. W. Blunt Appears in 40 hymnals First Line: Here, Lord, we offer Thee all that is fairest Topics: Flower Services Used With Tune: AGNEW

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Author: A. G. W. Blunt Hymnal: The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #a722 (1908) First Line: Here, Lord, we offer Thee all that is fairest Languages: English Tune Title: AGNEW

Here, Lord, We Offer Thee

Author: A. G. W. Blunt Hymnal: Gloria Deo #722 (1901) First Line: Here, Lord, we offer Thee all that is fairest Topics: Flower Services Languages: English Tune Title: AGNEW

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S. M. Bixby

1833 - 1912 Composer of "AGNEW" in Gloria Deo Samuel M. Bixby was born on May 27, 1833 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. His company, S. M. Bixby & Company, manufactured shoe blackings and shoe dressings, but music was his passion. He was also a Sunday school superintendent and choir leader. He died on March 11, 1912 in Fordham, New York. His works include: Church and Home Hymnal, circa 1893 Evangel Songs, circa 1894 Gloria Deo: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public Worship in All Departments of the Church (New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1901) NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/i/x/bixby_sm.htm

Abel Gerald Wilson Blunt

1827 - 1902 Person Name: A. G. W. Blunt Author of "Here, Lord, We Offer Thee" in Gloria Deo Blunt, Abel Gerald Wilson, M.A., some time Travelling Fellow of Cambridge University, was born in 1827, and graduated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, B.A., 1850; M.A., 1860. Taking Holy Orders in 1851, he was from 1856 to 1860 Incumbent of Crew Green, Cheshire. In 1860 he was preferred to the Rectory of St. Luke's, Chelsea. Mr. Blunt's hymns, written for festival occasions at St. Luke's, are:— 1. Evening comes, may we, 0 Lord. Evening. 2. From meadows bright with blossom. Flower Services. This is dated June, 1882. 3. Here, Lord, we offer Thee all that is fairest. Flower Services. This is the best known and most popular of Mr. Blunt's hymns. From its composition in 1879, when it was first sung at the Flower Service at St. Luke's, it has attracted attention until it is deemed essential to the completeness of most collections of importance. 4. Here, on this our festal day. St. Luke. Written in 1882 for St. Luke's, Chelsea. All these hymns are printed in a small Supplement in use at St. Luke's. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)