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HOLY TRINITY

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry Lahee Incipit: 33432 23211 11433 Used With Text: Lord, we come to ask Thy blessing

Lord, we come to ask Thy blessing

Author: H. O. Dobree Appears in 4 hymnals Used With Tune: HOLY TRINITY

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Lord, we come to ask Thy blessing

Hymnal: The Children's Hymn Book #334 (1881) Languages: English Tune Title: HOLY TRINITY

Lord, we come to ask Thy blessing

Author: H. O. Dobree Hymnal: The Home and School Hymnal #336 (1894) Languages: English Tune Title: HOLY TRINITY

1826 - 1912 Composer of "HOLY TRINITY (Lahee)" Born: April 11, 1826, Chelsea, London, England. Died: April 29, 1912, London, England. Lahee studied under John Goss and William Sterndale Bennett. He played the organ at several churches, including Holy Trinity Church, Brompton (1847-74). He won prizes for his compositions in Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, and London, and set to music poems by Edgar Allen Poe ("The Bells"), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ("Building of the Ship") and Alfred Tennyson ("Sleeping Beauty"). His works include: Metrical Psalter, with William Irons, 1855 Famous Singers of Today and Yesterday, 1898 One Hundred Hymn Tunes Sources: Frost, p. 680 CS Concordance, pp. 246-47 Nutter, p. 460 --www.hymntime.com/tch

Henrietta O. Dobree

1831 - 1894 Person Name: H. O. Dobree Author of "Lord, we come to ask Thy blessing" in The Home and School Hymnal E. 0. D. Under this signature the following hymns appeared in Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881, some of which have passed into other collections:— 1. Again the morning shines so bright. Morning. 2. Lord, we come to ask Thy blessing. Temperance. 3. O my God, I fear Thee. The Fear of God. 4. Our solemn Lent has come again. Lent. 5. Safely, safely gathered in. Death and Burial. The signature of E. O. D. is that of Mrs. Henrietta Octavia De Lisle Dobree, b. 1831. Originally a member of the Church of England, she joined the Roman Communion some time ago. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)