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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788.

Whitefield, George, 1714-1770, author.

Contributor:

Whitefield, George, 1714-1770.

Green, John, 1731-1787, bookseller.

Russell, Joseph, 1734-1795, bookseller.

Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796, bookseller.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Genre:

Single sheet verse.

Broadsides.

Hymns.

Physical Description:

1 sheet : illustrations (relief cut) ; ?⁰

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : Sold at Green & Russell's, in Queen-Street, [1770?]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Hymn in twelve numbered stanzas; first line: Ah! lovely appearance of death! - "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. .. See also Charles Wesley's 'Journal,' vol. 1, 1849, p. 379, for the occasion which inspired the poem."--Sabin, entry 102643.

Text in two columns within mourning borders; relief cut of a coffin at head.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Cited in:

Bristol, B3288

Shipton & Mooney, 42187

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1556

English Short Title Catalog, W17556.

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