Hymn / composed by the late Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, with design to be sung at his own funeral. ; Now re-published at the request of a number of friends to that truly worthy and pious gentleman. ; (Adapted to Savanna tune.).

Author/creator Wesley, Charles
Other author Whitefield, George, 1714-1770.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Boston] : Printed by E. Russell, next Liberty-Stump, 1790.
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 37 x 26 cm
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
Subjects

Uniform titleFuneral hymn
SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 23079. ^A478749
General noteHymn in twelve numbered stanzas; first line: Ah! lovely appearance of death!
General note"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 this poem."--Sabin, entry 102643.
General noteFollowed by: New-England hymn, by the late Reverend Dr. Byles. (Adapted to America tune.)
General noteParentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcriptions.
General noteText in two columns; printed area measures 35.2 x 21.0 cm.
References Evans 23079
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2605
References Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 450
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 23079).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formHymns.
Other title Savanna (Tune)
Other title America (Tune)
Other titleHymn, composed by the late Reverend Mr. George Whitefield.

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