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Hymns / Music :: Richard Kempenfelt

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Richard Kempenfelt (1718-1782) Born: October 1718.

Died: August 29, 1782, Spithead, Hampshire, England. He and 800 sailors drowned when their ship, the Royal George, sank while undergoing repairs. William Cowper immortalized the accident in his poem “On the Loss of the Royal George.”

Pseudonym: Philotheorus.

 

Of Swedish descent, Kempenfelt was commissioned a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy in January 1741. He became a captain in 1757, and admiral in 1780. He admired Whitefield and the Wesleys, and took a great interest in evangelism. His hymns were published in Original Hymns and Poems. By Philotheorus (Exeter, England: B. Thorn, 1777).

Hymns:

  1. Bear Me on Thy Rapid Wing
  2. Burst, Ye Emerald Gates, and Bring (refrain grafted to The Great Physician)
  3. Gentle Spirit, Waft Me Over
  4. Hail, Thou Eternal Logos, Hail
  5. Hark, ’Tis the Trump of God
  6. O My Redeemer, Come

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