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[Great God, while we this service close]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. H. Martigny Incipit: 54531 66655 55556 Used With Text: Keep us, we pray Thee

Keep us, we pray Thee

Author: C. W. Ray Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Great God, while we this service close Used With Tune: [Great God, while we this service close]

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Keep us, we pray Thee

Author: C. W. Ray Hymnal: The Praise Hymnal #44 (1896) First Line: Great God, while we this service close Languages: English Tune Title: [Great God, while we this service close]

Author: Rev. C. W. Ray Hymnal: Sunny-Side Songs for Sunday Schools #174 (1893) First Line: Great God, while we this Service close Refrain First Line: Keep us, we pray Thee Languages: English Tune Title: [Great God, while we this Service close]

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Charles Walker Ray

1832 - 1917 Person Name: C. W. Ray Author of "Keep us, we pray Thee" in The Praise Hymnal Rv Charles Walker Ray DD USA 1832-1917. Born at Otselic, NY, he became a Baptist minister. He was educated at Hamlton College, Clinton, NY. He earned his doctorate from Monongahela College, Jefferson, PA. That school closed in 1894. He pastored at North Stonington, CT, for a number of years. He also served at Plymouth, NY. He married Julia Tracy Sheffield, and they had a son, Arthur. He wrote a number of books and song books: “Grace Vernon Bussell, the heroine of western Australia” (1878); “Spicy breezes” (1883); “The day school crown” (1892); “The revival helper: a collection of songs for Christian work and worship” (1893); “Bright blossoms of song” (1895); “Zion’s delight” (1901); “The song of songs of the King and his bride-an interpretation” (1913); “The fallacies and vagaries of misinterpretation” (1914). He died at Philadelphia, PA. John Perry