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| Short Name: | Eleazar Thompson Fitch |
| Full Name: | Fitch, Eleazar Thompson, 1791-1871 |
| Birth Year: | 1791 |
| Death Year: | 1871 |
Fitch, Eleazar Thompson, D.D. Born at New Haven, Jan. 1, 1791, and graduated at Yale College, 1810. In 1817 he was appointed Professor of Divinity in Yale, and retained the Professorship to 1863. Died Jan. 31, 1871. His published works include Sermons, &c.
With Dr. Bacon and others he compiled the Connecticut Congregational Psalms & Hymns, 1845, and contributed to it 3 psalm versions and 3 hymns. Of these the following are in use: (1) "Lord, at this closing hour." (Close of Divine Service. ) This is extensively used in America, and is also found in the English Presbyterian Psalms & Hymns, 1867. (2) "The God of Peace, Who from the dead." (Close of Divine Service.) (3) "By vows of love together bound." (Holy Matrimony.) [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Texts by Eleazar Thompson Fitch (7) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blest is the man whose liberal heart | Eleazar Thompson Fitch (Author) | 2 | |
| By vows of love together bound | Eleazar Thompson Fitch (Author) | 5 | |
| Friends of God in every land | Eleazar Thompson Fitch (Author) | 2 | |
| Lord, at this closing hour | E. T. Fitch (Author) | English | 91 |
| Plead, O God, my cause with those | Eleazar Thompson Fitch (Author) | 1 | |
| The God of peace who from the dead | Eleazar Thompson Fitch (Author) | English | 12 |
| To God, the only wise, in every | Eleazar Thompson Fitch (Author) | 2 |
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