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This world's a dreary wilderness

This world's a dreary wilderness

Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Published in 5 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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First Line: This world's a dreary wilderness
Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Source: Appeared posthumously in Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton and Briggs,1818)
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)

Our New Songs, No.1 #d25

Our New Songs, No.1 #d25
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Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship, and Approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America #H364

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship, and Approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America #H364
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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #117

Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #117
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Psalms and Hymns, for the Use of the German Reformed Church, in the United States of America. (2nd ed.) #496

Psalms and Hymns, for the Use of the German Reformed Church, in the United States of America. (2nd ed.) #496
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The Christian Psalmist #163

The Christian Psalmist #163
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