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Lord, in these dark and dismal days

Lord, in these dark and dismal days

Author: Timothy Dwight
Tune: MIGDOL
Published in 19 hymnals

Author: Timothy Dwight

Timothy Dwight (b. Northampton, MA, 1752; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1817) was a grandson of Jonathan Edwards who became a Congregationalist pastor, a Revolutionary War army chaplain, a tutor and professor at Yale College, and president of Yale from 1795 to 1817. As president he continued to teach and serve as chaplain and was instrumental in improving both the academic and the spiritual life of the college. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

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First Line: Lord, in these dark and dismal days
Author: Timothy Dwight
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Selection of Hymns #358

Chapel Hymns #d323

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Church music #472

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d425

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Evangelical Hymns #221

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #463

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #463

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #484

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #484

Parish Psalmody #d433

Parish Psalmody #d445

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H569

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The Brethren Hymnal #664

The Psalms of David ... New ed. #d127

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