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Thou sovereign Lord of earth and skies

Thou sovereign Lord of earth and skies

Author: Thomas Scott
Published in 2 hymnals

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Author: Thomas Scott

Thomas Scott was born at Norwich, and was the son of a Dissenting minister. After his education he began his ministerial life at Wartmell, in Norfolk, adding also the labours of school-teaching. Subsequently he changed his pastoral relations several times, spending the last years of his life at Hupton, in Norfolk, where he died in 1776. He was the author of some prose works, several poems, and a few hymns. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872… Go to person page >

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First Line: Thou sovereign Lord of earth and skies
Author: Thomas Scott
Copyright: Public Domain
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Notes

Thou Sovereign Lord of earth and skies. T. Scott [Holy Matrimony.] From his Lyric Poems, 1773.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #793

Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #793
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The Christian Hymn Book #1170

The Christian Hymn Book #1170
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