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Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: "God will provide,," the Patriarch said Lyrics: 1 "God will provide," the Patriarch said, And faith gives ev'ry doubt away; Fearless he climbs Moriah's mound, And sees afar Christ Jesus' day: 2 Yes! God provides, and God accepts His sacrifice, and his alone: No blood of beasts, not Abraham's son, Nor ought, save Christ, can e'er atone. 3 Ten thousand blessings crown the Lamb, The Lamb of God that once was slain: Behold he lives, he intercedes, And ransom'd nations shout Amen. Topics: Patriarchal Types, and Prophecies of Christ Scripture: Genesis 22:8

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God will provide, the patriarch said

Author: George Richards Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #A5 (1808)

"God will provide," the Patriarch said

Hymnal: Christian Hymns #8 (1823) Languages: English

Abraham's Rejoicing

Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #XXVI (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: "God will provide,," the Patriarch said Lyrics: 1 "God will provide," the Patriarch said, And faith gives ev'ry doubt away; Fearless he climbs Moriah's mound, And sees afar Christ Jesus' day: 2 Yes! God provides, and God accepts His sacrifice, and his alone: No blood of beasts, not Abraham's son, Nor ought, save Christ, can e'er atone. 3 Ten thousand blessings crown the Lamb, The Lamb of God that once was slain: Behold he lives, he intercedes, And ransom'd nations shout Amen. Topics: Patriarchal Types, and Prophecies of Christ Scripture: Genesis 22:8 Languages: English

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George Richards

1755 - 1814 Author of "Abraham's Rejoicing" Richards, George, born near Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1755. For some years he was Purser and Chaplain in the United States Navy, and also taught a school in Boston. In 1789 he became an Universalist preacher, ministered at Portsmouth, New Haven, 1793-1809, and from 1809 in Philadelphia, where, his mind having given way under trouble, he died by his own hand, March 16, 1816. With S. Lane he edited the Universalist Hymn Book, published at Boston, 1792. This was one of the earliest collections of that body. It contained 49 of Richards's hymns. In 1801 he published A Collection of Hymns, Dover, New Hampshire, which contained 6 additional hymns by himself, and in 1806, also at Dover, a second edition of the same, greatly enlarged, with another 26 hymns. Of these the following are in common use at the present time:— 1. 0 Christ, what gracious words. The Gospel Message. This hymn appeared in the Boston Collection, 1792, and is the best of the early Universalist hymns. In the Andover Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858, it is given as "Saviour, what gracious words." In this form and also in the original, it is found in several collections. 2. Long as the darkening cloud abode. Easter. This hymn in modern collections, as the Songs of the Sanctuary, 1865, No. 687, is composed thus: stanza i. and ii., 11. 1-4, are from Richards, and the rest of the hymn, 3 stanzas of 8 lines in all, is anonymous. Additional hymns by Richards, from both the Boston and the Dover collections, are in modern Universalist hymn-books. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)