![]() ![]() O Holy Night – Placide Cappeau and John S. ![]() Thy people…lead us from night to never ending day’ (v.4), hopeful visions thatĭaniel Roberts could imagine and call others to dream with him on July 4 th, Write about ‘…shining worlds in splendor’ (v.1), and implore God to ‘Refresh Daniel Crane Roberts, George William Warren, O. In his spirit as he marched into and out of battlefields? He could see and Expand search to show all songs Refine Search Refine Results. Daniel Crane Roberts (1841-1907) O beautiful for spacious skies. Is it much of a leap to suspect that this viewpoint developed Our fathers' God, to thee, author of liberty, to thee we sing long may our land be. His broader perspective on mortal - and immortal life, especially – emergesįrom his inner thoughts, a window that tells us he knew God would guide his and Ordained as a deacon in the church in which he chose to devote the remainder of Were as a 20-year old, someone who threw caution to the wind and put his lifeĪt risk, along with many others. Thomas Episcopal Church in Brandon, Vermont, wrote this hymn (ie, the text) for his towns US Centennial celebration - sung to the tune (irony alert) RUSSIAN HYMN, which at the time was in use as the national anthem of czarist Russia. Professional ministry while at Kenyon College, or otherwise before 1861 arrivedĪnd altered his life forever? History does not record what his life objectives T he author of the text 'God of our fathers,' Daniel Crane Roberts, rector of St.
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