Howard Chandler Robbins, Professor of Pastoral Theology in the General Theological Seminary, New York City, says: “On Thanksgiving Day we all ought to be singing Dr. Merrill’s great Thanksgiving hymn, one of the greatest national hymns in the English language.”
For comments on William Pierson Merrill see [Hymn 183].
MUSIC. IN BABILONE. For comments on this tune see [Hymn 122].
356. Thy Kingdom come! O Lord, we daily cry
Henry W. Hawkes, 1843-1917
One of our few hymns on the petition, “Thy Kingdom come.” It is an earnest prayer for social righteousness and peace. The hymn was written by Henry Warburton Hawkes, an English Unitarian.
No further information is at hand concerning the author.
MUSIC. FFIGYSBREN. For comments on this tune see [Hymn 183].
357. Peace in our time, O Lord
John Oxenham, 1852-1941