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* Assist my soul my heavenly king | * Assist my soul my heavenly king | ||
* [[Awake, my soul, in joyful lays]] | * [[Awake, my soul, in joyful lays]] | ||
* Come, | * [[Come_join,_ye_saints_(Thurlow_Weed)|Come, join ye saints, with heart and voice]] | ||
* Death and the grave are doleful themes | * Death and the grave are doleful themes | ||
* Death Is No More Among Our Foes | * Death Is No More Among Our Foes | ||
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* [[Far, far beyond these lower skies]] | * [[Far, far beyond these lower skies]] | ||
* Father of Mercies, God of Love | * Father of Mercies, God of Love | ||
* [[Lebanon_(James_P._Carrell)|From all that's mortal, all that's vain]] | |||
* Great God, Today Thy Grace Impart | * Great God, Today Thy Grace Impart | ||
* Hear, Gracious God! A Sinner’s Cry | * Hear, Gracious God! A Sinner’s Cry | ||
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* Jesus the glorious head of grace | * Jesus the glorious head of grace | ||
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* Let me, thou sovereign Lord of all | * [[Rama_(Samuel_Babcock)|Let me, thou sovereign Lord of all]] | ||
* [[Mortals awake, with angels join]] | * [[Mortals awake, with angels join]] | ||
* My soul, now arise, my passions take wing | * [[My_soul,_now_arise,_My_passions,_take_wing|My soul, now arise, my passions take wing]] | ||
* My soul, take courage from the Lord | * My soul, take courage from the Lord | ||
* [[Now in a song of grateful praise]] | * [[Now in a song of grateful praise]] | ||
* O! for a heart prepared to sing | * O! for a heart prepared to sing | ||
* O | * [[O_could_I_speak_the_matchless_worth_(James_Leach)|O could I speak the matchless worth]] | ||
* O for a Bright Celestial Ray | * O for a Bright Celestial Ray | ||
* O God, Thy Mercy, Vast and Free | * O God, Thy Mercy, Vast and Free | ||
Revision as of 19:53, 28 June 2022
Life
Born: 23 June 1738, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
Died: 17 July 1799, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Biography
After a false start as an apprentice, Medley joined the British Royal Navy, becoming a midshipman in 1755. He was wounded in battle off Port Lagos in 1759; during his recuperation, he heard a sermon by Isaac Watts that led to his conversion. He then left the navy and studied for the ministry under Dr. Gifford in London. In 1767, he became pastor at the Baptist church in Watford, Hertfordshire. In 1772, he began his ministry at Byron Street in Liverpool.
List of hymn lyrics
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A good number of his hymns may be found in editions of William Gadsby's A selection of hymns for public worship and 1844 in particular. |
Settings of text by Samuel Medley
- Awake, my soul, in joyful lays (Thomas Clark)
- Come join, ye saints (Thurlow Weed)
- Forerunner (Oliver Holden)
- Gilead (Oliver Holden)
- Lebanon (James P. Carrell)
- Mortals awake, with angels join (from A Fourth Set of Psalm Tunes) (Thomas Clark)
- Mortals awake, with angels join (Incarnation) (Thomas Clark)
- Now in a song of grateful praise (Thomas Clark)
- O could I speak the matchless worth (James Leach)
- Once more dear brethren (Louis Bourgeois)
- Rama (Samuel Babcock)
- Sing the dear Saviour (Louis Bourgeois)
- Wisdom (Jeremiah Ingalls)
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