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Our life advancing to its close

Our life advancing to its close

Author: James Merrick
Published in 11 hymnals

Author: James Merrick

Merrick, James , M.A., was born in 1720, and educated at Oxford, where he became a Fellow of Trinity College. He entered Holy Orders, but his health would not admit of parish work. He died at Reading, 1769. His publications include:— (1) Messiah, a Divine Essay. Humbly dedicated to the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Visitors of the Free School in Reading. By James Merrick, Ætat. 14, Senior Scholar of the School at their last Terminal Visitation, the 7th of October, 1734. Reading. (2) The Destruction of Troy. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus into English Verse, with Notes, &c. 1742. (3) Poems on Sacred Subjects. Oxford . 1763. (4) The Psalms of David Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse… Go to person page >

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First Line: Our life advancing to its close
Author: James Merrick
Copyright: Public Domain
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #478

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #478
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #478

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #478
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (2nd ed. Enl. and Imp.) #332

A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (2nd ed. Enl. and Imp.) #332
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #345

A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #345
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #345

A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #345
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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #332

A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #332
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Hymns for Children, Selected and Altered #119

Hymns for Children, Selected and Altered #119

Selection from Tate and Brady's Version of the Psalms; with Hymns by Various Authors, for the Church in Brattle-Square #d226

Selection from Tate and Brady's Version of the Psalms; with Hymns by Various Authors, for the Church in Brattle-Square #d226
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Selection of Hymns, for Public Worship designed to be used with Watts' #62

Selection of Hymns, for Public Worship designed to be used with Watts' #62
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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #529

The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #529
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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #529

The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #529
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