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::[[The Tedious Hour (Jeremiah Ingalls)|Jeremiah Ingalls]] 3,4 vo. 1805 | ::[[The Tedious Hour (Jeremiah Ingalls)|Jeremiah Ingalls]] 3,4 vo. 1805 | ||
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::[[Omicron (Samuel Babcock)|Samuel Babcock]] 3,4 vo. 1795 | ::[[Omicron (Samuel Babcock)|Samuel Babcock]] 3,4 vo. 1795 | ||
*''[[Mercy! O thou Son of David]] (H.95 Bk.1, 87.87.D.) | |||
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*''My harp untuned, and laid aside'' (H.52, Bk.2, L. M.) | *''My harp untuned, and laid aside'' (H.52, Bk.2, L. M.) | ||
::[[Suspension (Oliver Holden)|Oliver Holden]] 3,4 vo. 1800 | ::[[Suspension (Oliver Holden)|Oliver Holden]] 3,4 vo. 1800 |
Revision as of 01:17, 27 March 2019
Life
Born: 24 July 1725
Died: 21 December 1807
Biography
John Newton was an English clergyman and hymnwriter. Initially a sailor, he became the curate of Olney, Buckinghamshire in 1764. He collaborated with William Cowper on the hymnbook Olney Hymns, which was published in 1779, and became influential in the Evangelical movement.
View the Wikipedia article on John Newton (hymnwriter).
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list below
- Abbot's Leigh (Andrew Sims)
- Good Physician (Oliver Holden)
- May the grace of Christ our Saviour (Heinrich Albert)
- Safely through another week (Johann Friedrich Samuel Döring)
Musical settings of literary works
All references are from Olney Hymns, 1779
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Publications
- Newton, John. 1779. Olney Hymns. London: T. Wilkins. 376 pp. Many hymns written by William Cowper, these marked with a C.