Mediator of a Better Covenant

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Thy covenant, O Lord, In all things ordered sure

Author: George Richards
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 Thy covenant, O Lord,
In all things order'd sure,
And founded on a stedfast hope,
Forever shall endure.

2 Thy word is giv'n, "I will:"
And who shall let thy hand?
The purpose of eternal grace,
It must establish'd stand.

3 Israel shall know the Lord,
The Gentiles trust in thee,
And nations, kindreds, peoples, tongues,
The great salvation see.

4 Thy grace thy mercy, truth,
Demand the grateful song;
Let earth begin the blessed theme,
And heav'n the strain prolong.

Source: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs: selected and original, designed for the use of the Church Universal in public and private devotion #CLXXXIV

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Author: George Richards

Richards, George, born near Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1755. For some years he was Purser and Chaplain in the United States Navy, and also taught a school in Boston. In 1789 he became an Universalist preacher, ministered at Portsmouth, New Haven, 1793-1809, and from 1809 in Philadelphia, where, his mind having given way under trouble, he died by his own hand, March 16, 1816. With S. Lane he edited the Universalist Hymn Book, published at Boston, 1792. This was one of the earliest collections of that body. It contained 49 of Richards's hymns. In 1801 he published A Collection of Hymns, Dover, New Hampshire, which contained 6 additional hymns by himself, and in 1806, also at Dover, a second edition of the same, greatly enlarged, with anothe… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Thy covenant, O Lord, In all things ordered sure
Title:	Mediator of a Better Covenant
Author:	George Richards
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain