The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . BATH ABBKJY. 162 The Illustrated History of the briggate, lseds. Dick in similar contemptuous fashion. Olivers was very musical, and hascontributed a hymn-tune, Helmsley,to our psalmody. He was also a writer ofhymns, and has secured literary immor-tality for himself by an ode, which is oneof the lyrical gems of
The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . BATH ABBKJY. 162 The Illustrated History of the briggate, lseds. Dick in similar contemptuous fashion. Olivers was very musical, and hascontributed a hymn-tune, Helmsley,to our psalmody. He was also a writer ofhymns, and has secured literary immor-tality for himself by an ode, which is oneof the lyrical gems of English musical service in a Jewish syna-gogue at Westminster is said to havesuggested its composition, which bearsthe date 1772. The tune to which it isusually sung, I^eoni, is an historicalHebrew melody. There are eight stan-zas in all: The God of Abraham praise, Who reigns enthroned above,Ancient of everlasting days, And God of love !Jehovah ! great I AM ! By earth and heaven confessed;I bow and bless the sacred name, For ever blest ! He by Himself hath sworn; I on His oath depend:I shall, on eagles wings upborne, To heaven ascend;I shall behold His face, I shall His power adore,And sing the wonders of His grace For evermore. In 1757 Olivers wrote a hymn whichis often confounded with the compositeone al
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