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Author: John Murray Meter: Irregular Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: When God would prove his love Lyrics: 1 When God would prove his love, To all the ruin'd race, Descending from above, As full of truth and grace, He join'd our nature to his own, And sav'd us in himself alone. 2 The work he well perform'd In love, he came to do, The pow'rs of hell he storm'd, And drove th' infernal crew; O'er death itself victorious rose, Triumphant over all our foes. 3 Hail, dear almighty King! We praise thee for thy grace, Thy victories e sing Thou Prince of life and peace; To thee eternal praise is due, Who by thyself mad'st all things new. Topics: The Incarnation of Christ; or, God manifest in Flesh Scripture: John 1:1

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When God would prove his love

Hymnal: Evangelical Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #40 (1792) Languages: English

When God would prove his love

Author: John Murray Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #63 (1808)

The Incarnation of Jesus

Author: John Murray Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #CII (1792) Meter: Irregular First Line: When God would prove his love Lyrics: 1 When God would prove his love, To all the ruin'd race, Descending from above, As full of truth and grace, He join'd our nature to his own, And sav'd us in himself alone. 2 The work he well perform'd In love, he came to do, The pow'rs of hell he storm'd, And drove th' infernal crew; O'er death itself victorious rose, Triumphant over all our foes. 3 Hail, dear almighty King! We praise thee for thy grace, Thy victories e sing Thou Prince of life and peace; To thee eternal praise is due, Who by thyself mad'st all things new. Topics: The Incarnation of Christ; or, God manifest in Flesh Scripture: John 1:1 Languages: English

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John Murray

1741 - 1815 Author of "The Incarnation of Jesus" Murray, Rev. John. (Alton, Hants, England, December 10, 1741--September 3, 11815, Boston, Massachusetts). As a young man he joined the Universalist church in London which had been gathered by James Relly. In 1770 he emigrated to America, bringing with him a copy of the collection Christian Hymns, Poems, and Sacred SOngs, sacred to the praise of God, our Saviour, published by Relly earlier in that year. This book was reprinted for Murray in 1776 at Burlington, New Jersey, and a second reprint in 1782 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in which five hymns by "J.M." were included. These were the earliest Universalist hymns written in America. Murray is regarded as the founder of the Universalist denomination in the United States and was minister of its first church, organized at Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1779. He was minister of the First Universalist Society in Boston from 1793 until his death. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives