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Praying for Rain

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: O Lord, in mercy spare
Title: Praying for Rain
Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Notes

"O Lord, in mercy spare" is an amendment of the second stanza of Benjamin Beddome's hymn, "Oh Lord, we tremble at thy frown", Hymn 726, "Alarming Drought" in Beddome's 1818 book.

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d610

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d610

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d612

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d612

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d611

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d611
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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #812

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #812
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A Selection of Hymns #370

A Selection of Hymns #370
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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #712

Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #712

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d379

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d379
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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #712

Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #712
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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #841

The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #841

The Saints' Harp #d612

The Saints' Harp #d612

Zion's Hymns, for the Use of the Original Free-Will Baptist Church of North Carolina #d199

Zion's Hymns, for the Use of the Original Free-Will Baptist Church of North Carolina #d199
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