12/8/2023 0 Comments And hasten to his throne lyrics![]() ![]() The original last stanza says "golden harps" instead of "raptured hearts". Long as I live and troubles rise, Ill hasten to His throne. Several of his hymns of great merit still remain unknown through so many modern editors being apparently adverse to original investigation. Verse: I love the Lord, He heard my cry and pitied every groan. His "Come, see the place where Jesus lay" (from "He's gone, see where His body lay"),"From Egypt lately come" “Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious" "On the mountain's top appearing" "The Head that once was crowned with thorns" "Through the day Thy love has spared us" and “We sing the praise of Him Who died," rank with the first hymns in the English language. As a rule his strength appears in hymns of Praise and in meters not generally adopted by the older hymn writers. I love the, the Lord, he heard my cry And pitied every groan, long as I, I live And troubles rise, I hasten to his throne. As a hymn-writer Kelly was most successful. Lyrics: I love the Lord - He heard my cries,And pitied evry groan Long as I live, when troubles rise, Ill hasten to His throne. Kelly's hymns, 765 in all, were composed and published over a period of 51 years. He was admired alike for his zeal and his humility and his liberality found ample scope in Ireland, especially during the year of famine. Jesus died my soul to save My lips shall still repeat Oh Praise the One who paid my debt. Kelly became the friend of good men, and the advocate of every worthy, benevolent, and religious cause. And when, before the throne, I stand in Him complete. Naturally of an amiable disposition and thorough in his Christian piety, Mr. He was possessed also of musical talent, and composed and published a work that was received with favor, consisting of music adapted to every form of meter in his hymn-book. Kelly was a man of great and varied learning, skilled in the Oriental tongues, and an excellent Bible critic. For some time he preached in two unconsecrated buildings in Dublin, Plunket Street, and the Bethesda, and then, having seceded from the Established Church, he erected places of worship at Athy, Portarlington, Wexford, &c, in which he conducted divine worship and preached. His earnest evangelical preaching in Dublin led Archbishop Fowler to inhibit him and his companion preacher, Rowland Hill, from preaching in the city. He was designed for the Bar, and entered the Temple, London, with that intention but having undergone a very marked spiritual change he took Holy Orders in 1792. , son of Thomas Kelly, a Judge of the Irish Court of Common Pleas, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. ![]()
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