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When from the truth professors turn

When from the truth professors turn

Author: John Kent
Published in 4 hymnals


Author: John Kent

Kent, John, was born at Bideford, Devonshire, Dec. 1766, and died Nov. 15, 1843. As a working shipwright his opportunities for acquiring the education and polish necessary for the production of refined verse were naturally limited. His hymns are strongly worded, very earnest and simple, and intensely Calvinistic. A few were published in Samuel Reece's Collection, 1799. The first edition of his Collection of Original Gospel Hymns, was published in 1803, and the 10th edition, with "The Author's Experience," in verse, 264 hymns, 15 longer pieces, and a Life by his Son in 1861. The Calvinistic teaching so prominent in his hymns has restricted their use to a limited number of collections. The greatest use made of them in modern hymnbooks has bee… Go to person page >

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First Line: When from the truth professors turn
Author: John Kent
Copyright: Public Domain
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A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d850

A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d850

Old School Sonnets, or a Selection of Choice Hymns #d296

Old School Sonnets, or a Selection of Choice Hymns #d296
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The Baptist Hymn Book #790

The Baptist Hymn Book #790

The Ebenezer Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, with an appendix Consisting of Miscellaneous Pieces. 6th ed. #d625

The Ebenezer Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, with an appendix Consisting of Miscellaneous Pieces. 6th ed. #d625
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