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Ray Palmer – died
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Ray Palmer – Death, Mar. 29, 1887
Posted in died today, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 21 years of age, a new hymnal, Albany New York, at Little Compton Rhode Island, attended Phillips Andover Academy, “My Faith Looks Up to Thee”, “You may live many years and do many good things but I think you will be best known to posterity as the author, born 11/12/1808, Boston, died 3/29/1887, graduated from Yale, Lowell Mason, Mason is reported to have said, New Jersey, Newark, Oliver Wendell Holmes a classmate, ordained a Congregational minister, Palmer, pastored in Bath Maine, prophesy, Ray Palmer, taught at Connecticut, taught school New York, today in history, translated into twenty languages, Yale University on March 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »
My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior divine!
Now hear me while I pray, take all my guilt away,
O let me from this day be wholly Thine!
May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart, my zeal inspire!
As Thou hast died for me, O may my love to Thee,
Pure warm, and changeless be, a living fire!
While life’s dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread, be Thou my Guide;
Bid darkness turn to day, wipe sorrow’s tears away,
Nor let me ever stray from Thee aside.
When ends life’s transient dream,
When death’s cold sullen stream over me roll;
Blest Savior, then in love, fear and distrust remove;
O bear me safe above, a ransomed soul!
Ray Palmer died 3/29/1887, at Newark, New Jersey. Palmer attended Phillips Andover Academy (he and Oliver Wendell Holmes were classmates there) and Yale University. He taught at a young ladies’ school (New York) and at a ladies’ college (Connecticut). Later Palmer was ordained a Congregational minister (1835) and pastored in Bath, Maine and Albany, New York.
Palmer wrote the above lyrics about the time he graduated from Yale (21 years of age). It is said that Mason (a couple of years later) met Palmer on a street in Boston, and asked him to write something for a new hymnal. Palmer gave him these words. Mason is reported to have told Palmer, “You may live many years and do many good things, but I think you will be best known to posterity as the author of “My Faith Looks Up to Thee,” a correct prophesy. Song has been translated into over twenty (20) languages. Ray was born 11/12/1808, at Little Compton, Rhode Island.
Ray Palmer – birth, Nov. 12, 1808
Posted in born today, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 11/12/1808, 1808, “You may live many years and do many good things but I think you will be best known to posterity as the author of “My Faith Looks Up to Thee”, born this date, Connecticut, Little Compton, Lowell Mason, My faith looks up to Thee, New Jersey, New York, Oliver Wendell Holmes, ordained Congregational minister, Palmer died 3/29/1887 at Newark, pastored Maine, Phillips Andover Academy, Ray Palmer, Rhode Island, Secretary of the Congregational Union, taught, today in history, Yale University on November 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior divine!
Now hear me while I pray, take all my guilt away,
O let me from this day be wholly Thine!
May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart, my zeal inspire!
As Thou hast died for me, O may my love to Thee,
Pure warm, and changeless be, a living fire!
While life’s dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread, be Thou my Guide;
Bid darkness turn to day, wipe sorrow’s tears away,
Nor let me ever stray from Thee aside.
When ends life’s transient dream,
When death’s cold sullen stream over me roll;
Blest Savior, then in love, fear and distrust remove;
O bear me safe above, a ransomed soul!
Ray Palmer was born this date, 11/12/1808, at Little Compton, Rhode Island.
He attended Phillips Andover Academy (had Oliver Wendell Holmes for a school mate there) and attended Yale University. Palmer first taught (New York and Connecticut and later was ordained a Congregational minister. He pastored in Maine and New York. He eventually served as Secretary of the Congregational Union.
Lowell Mason (wrote the music for this) is said to have predicted “You may live many years and do many good things, but I think you will be best known to posterity as the author of “My Faith Looks Up to Thee.” How right Mason was. Palmer retired in 1878 and died 3/29/1887 at Newark, New Jersey.
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