A funeral hymn, composed by that eminent servant of the most high God, the late Reverend and Renowned George Whitefield, Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon, &c., &c. Who departed this life in full assurance of a better, on Lord's Day, the thirtieth of September, 1770 ... at Newbury-Port, in New-England.--This hymn was designed to have been sung over his corpse, by the orphans belonging to his tabernacle in London, had this great, pious, and learned man died there.
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[Portsmouth, N.H.]: Printed and sold by D. and R. Fowle, Portsmouth, [1770]
- Publication year
- 1770-1770
- ESTC No.
- W17557
- Grub Street ID
- 327104
- Description
- 1 sheet : ill. ; ⁰⁰
- Note
- Hymn in twelve numbered stanzas; first line: Ah! lovely appearance of death! - Followed by three other elegiac poems on Whitefield.
"Though the title of this hymn states that the author was George Whitefield, it was first printed in the first series of Charles Wesley's funeral hymns."--Sabin. Bibliotheca Americana, entry 102643.
Text in three columns.Citation/references Bristol, B3289
Shipton & Mooney, 42188