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Look up to yonder world

Look up to yonder world

Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Published in 6 hymnals

Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Look up to yonder world
Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4
Source: Appeared posthumously in Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton and Briggs,1818)
Copyright: Public Domain
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Additional Hymns, Adopted by the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America, at their Session, June 1846, and authorized to be used in the churches under their care #148

Additional Hymns, Adopted by the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America, at their Session, June 1846, and authorized to be used in the churches under their care #148
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Hymns of the Church Militant #36

Hymns of the Church Militant #36
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Hymns of Worship #613

Hymns of Worship #613
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The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H445

The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H445
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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D364

The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D364
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The Social Psalmist #147

The Social Psalmist #147
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