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A Blessing Asked

Appears in 34 hymnals First Line: Heavenly Father, grant thy blessing Used With Tune: WELLESLEY

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WELLESLEY

Appears in 366 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: L. S. Tourjee Incipit: 51217 52321 65432 Used With Text: A Blessing Asked
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[Heavenly Father, grant thy blessing]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: L. Wilder Incipit: 34556 51343 25321 Used With Text: Heavenly Father Grant Thy Blessing

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Heavenly Father, grant thy blessing while thy praise

Author: L. Wilder Hymnal: Heavenly Echoes #d9 (1914) Languages: English

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Lizzie Tourjée

1858 - 1913 Person Name: L. S. Tourjee Composer of "WELLESLEY" in Morning Stars Lizzie Shove Tourjee Estabrook USA 1858-1913. Born in Newport, RI, daughter of a famed music educator, organist, and composer, he encouraged her efforts at composing. When 17, she composed the tune for the famous hymn “Wellesley”. When her father, founder of the New England Conservatory of Music, became editor of the Methodist hymnal, he included her tune in the 1878 edition of the book, naming it for the college she attended, as she had written the tune while attending that school. She married Franklin Estabrook in 1883. They had a son, Rufus. She taught music and was an organist in Auburndale, MA. She died in Newton, MA. John Perry

L. Wilder

Author of "Heavenly Father Grant Thy Blessing" in The Epworth Hymnal No. 2
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