60 THE METHODIST HYMN-BOOK ILLUSTRATED
Grant us resignation,
And hearts fore Thee bowed, With Thy peace divine endowed :
As a tender flower
Opens and inclineth To the cheering sun which shineth : So may we Be from Thee
Rays of grace deriving,
And thereby be thriving.
Lord, come dwell within us,
Whilst on earth we tarry ; Make us Thy blest sanctuary.
O vouchsafe Thy presence ;
Draw unto us nearer, And reveal Thyself still clearer ; Us direct, And protect ;
Thus we in all places
Shall show forth Thy praises.
Frederick William Foster was born at Bradford in 1760, educated at Fulneck, became a Moravian pastor, and in 1818 a bishop. He died in 1835, at Ockbrook, near Derby. He compiled the Moravian Hymn-book, in which his translations and original hymns appeared.
John Miller (or Muller) was a Moravian minister at Dublin, Gracehill, Fulneck, Pudsey, and Cootehill, from 1768 to 1810. He wrote some original hymns and various translations in concert with F. W. Foster.
William Mercer (181 1-73), born at Barnard Castle, graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, became Incumbent of St. George s, Sheffield, in 1840. Mr. Mercer s collection won much popularity. Montgomery was a member of his congregation, and assisted him in its preparation. In 1864 its annual sale is said to have been 100,000, and it was used in fifty-three London
churches.
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Hymn 23. Lord of all being, throned afar. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, M.D., LL.D.
God s Omnipresence, dated 1848 ; appeared in the last page of The Professor at the Breakfast Talk t 1860, as a Sun-day hymn.
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