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[Give thanks unto God who is able and willing]

[Give thanks unto God who is able and willing]

Composer: H. R. Palmer
Published in 13 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: H. R. Palmer

Palmer, Horatio Richmond, MUS. DOC, was born April 26, 1834. He is the author of several works on the theory of music; and the editor of some musical editions of hymnbooks. To the latter he contributed numerous tunes, some of which have attained to great popularity, and 5 of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London, 1881. His publications include Songs of Love for the Bible School; and Book of Anthems, the combined sale of which has exceeded one million copies. As a hymnwriter he is known by his "Yield not to temptation," which was written in 1868, and published in the National Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, from which it passed, with music by the author, into his Songs of Love, &c, 1874, and other collections. In A… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Give thanks unto God who is able and willing]
Composer: H. R. Palmer
Incipit: 53211 76536 65534
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 13 of 13)
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Christian Endeavor Hymns #153

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Garnered Gems #132

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Gates of Praise #162

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Gates of Praise #162

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Palmer's Book of Gems #89

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Prohibition Melodist #78

Sacred Songs and Solos #561

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Songs of the Kingdom #162

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The Canadian Hymnal #339

The Canadian Hymnal #339

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The Glorious Cause #128

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The Male Chorus No. 1 #8

White Ribbon Vibrations #74

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