1769–1855

Introduction

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Born: Ju­ly 13, 1769, Kel­ly­ville, Strad­bal­ly, Queens Coun­ty, Ire­land.

Died: May 14, 1855, Dub­lin, Ire­land.

Buried: Near the Kel­ly fa­mi­ly home at Kelly­ville, Bal­ly­ad­ams, Queens Coun­ty (now Coun­ty Lao­is).

Biography

Thomas was the son of judge Tho­mas Kel­ly and Fran­ces Hic­kie, and hus­band of Eli­za­beth Tighe.

He at­tend­ed Tri­ni­ty Col­lege (BA 1789), planned to be a law­yer, and was ad­mitted to London’s Mid­dle Tem­ple in 1786. Af­ter con­vert­ing to Christ, though, his ca­reer plans changed to the min­is­try.

He was ordained in the Church of Ire­land in 1792, but even­tu­al­ly be­came one of the fa­mous dis­sent­ing min­is­ters.

He wrote ov­er 760 hymns. Mil­ler’s Sing­ers of the Church (1869) says of him:

Mr. Kel­ly was a man of great and var­ied learn­ing, skilled in the Or­i­en­tal tongues, and an ex­cel­lent Bi­ble cri­tic. He was pos­sessed al­so of mu­sic­al ta­lent, and com­posed and pub­lished a work that was re­ceived with fa­vour, con­sist­ing of mu­sic adapt­ed to ev­ery form of me­tre in his hymn-book.

Naturally of an am­i­a­ble dis­po­si­tion and tho­rough in his Chris­tian pi­ety, Mr. Kel­ly be­came the friend of good men, and the ad­vo­cate of ev­ery wor­thy, be­ne­vo­lent, and re­li­gious cause. He was ad­mired alike for his zeal and his hu­mi­li­ty; and his li­ber­al­i­ty found am­ple scope in Ire­land, es­pe­cial­ly dur­ing the year of fa­mine.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. And Art Thou, Gra­cious Mas­ter, Gone?
  2. Angelic Mes­sen­ger, Re­peat
  3. Arise! Arise, with Joy Sur­vey
    • My Soul, with Sac­red Joy Sur­vey
  4. As the Dew from Hea­ven
  5. Atoning Work Is Done, The
  6. Behold the Lamb, with Glo­ry Crowned!
  7. Behold the Man! How Glo­ri­ous He
  8. Behold the Tem­ple of the Lord
  9. Beloved As­so­ci­ates in the Strife
  10. Blessèd Foun­tain, Full of Grace
  11. Boundless Glo­ry, Lord, Be Thine
  12. Breaking Bread in Love To­ge­ther
  13. Brethren, Come, Our Sav­ior Bids Us
  14. Brethren, Let Us Walk To­ge­ther
  15. By Whom Shall Ja­cob Now Arise?
  16. Christ Is Born, Go Tell the Sto­ry
  17. Come and See What God Is Do­ing
  18. Come, Look Here, Ye Sons of Sci­ence
  19. Come, O Lord, the Hea­vens Ren­ding
  20. Come, Praise the Lord
  21. Come, See the Place Where Je­sus Lay
  22. Come, Ye Saints, Look Here and Won­der
  23. Crowns of Glo­ry
  24. Day of Rest Once More Comes Round, The
  25. Faint We Are, Though Still Pur­su­ing
  26. Fall, Ye Idols, Fall Be­fore Him
  27. Far from Us Be Grief and Sad­ness
  28. Few We Are, but Thou Still Few­er
  29. Fly Abroad, and Tell the Sto­ry
  30. Fly, Ye Sea­sons
  31. Forward Let the Peo­ple Go
  32. From Egypt Late­ly Come
  33. Give Us Room That We May Dwell
  34. Glad We Hear, from Day to Day
  35. Glory, Glo­ry, Ev­er­last­ing
  36. Glory, Glo­ry, to Our King
  37. God Has Turned My Grief to Glad­ness
  38. God Him­self, Who Reigns on High, The
  39. God Is Love, His Word Has Said It
  40. God of Glo­ry Dwells on High, The
  41. God of Hope and Con­so­la­tion
  42. God of Is­ra­el, We Adore Thee
  43. God of Our Sal­va­tion, Hear Us
  44. Grace Is the Sweet­est Sound
  45. Gracious Lord, My Heart Is Fixed
  46. Grant Us, Lord, Thy Gra­cious Pre­sence
  47. Had Da­vid Done, as Saul Ad­vised
  48. Happy Those Who Trust in Je­sus
  49. Hark, a Voice! It Comes from Hea­ven
  50. Hark, Ten Thou­sand Harps and Voices
  51. Hark, Ten Thou­sand Voices
  52. Hark! That Shout of Rap­tur­ous Joy
  53. Hark! The Notes of An­gels Sing­ing
  54. Hark! ’Tis a Mar­tial Sound
  55. He Who Saved Us When As­sault­ed
  56. Head That Once Was Crowned, The
  57. Heaven Is the Throne of Is­ra­el’s God
  58. He’s Gone! See Where His Bo­dy Lay
  59. How Glo­ri­ous Is the King To­day!
  60. How Ma­ny Things Com­bine to Show
  61. How Plea­sant Is the Sound of Praise
  62. How Sweet to Leave the World Awhile
  63. I Hear a Sound That Comes from Far
  64. If I Had Wings, Then Would I Go
  65. If Jesus Rose Not from the Grave
  66. If Our War­fare Be La­bor­i­ous
  67. In Fel­low­ship We Meet Around
  68. In Form I Long Had Bowed the Knee
  69. In Him Whose Pre­sence Glad­dens Heav’n
  70. In Our Lord We Have Re­demp­tion
  71. In Thy Name, O Lord, As­sem­bling
  72. Israel, Be Not Thou Af­fright­ed
  73. Israel Sang with Joy and Won­der
  74. It Is Fin­ished! Sin­ners, Hear It
  75. It Is Not We Who Can Di­rect
  76. Jacob’s Star Is Ris’n at Last
  77. Jesus Comes, the Judge of All
  78. Jesus, Im­mor­tal King, Go On
  79. Jesus Is Gone Up on High
  80. Jesus, the Shep­herd of the Sheep
  81. Joyful Be the Hours To­day
  82. Keep Us, Lord, O Keep Us Ev­er
  83. Let Crowns of Glo­ry Wreathe Head
  84. Let God Arise
  85. Let Rea­son Vain­ly Boast Her Pow­er
  86. Let Sin­ners Saved Give Thanks and Sing
  87. Let the Friends of Je­sus Bold­ly
  88. Let Those Who Are Agreed
  89. Light Is Sweet, and Plea­sant Is
  90. Lo, He Comes! Let All Adore Him
    • Jesus Comes! Let All Adore Him!
  91. Lo He Comes, ’Tis Zi­on’s King
  92. Look, Ye Saints! The Sight Is Glo­ri­ous
  93. Lord, Arise and Crush the Foe
  94. Lord, Be­hold Us, Few and Weak
  95. Lord, Dis­miss Us Hence with Glad­ness
  96. Lord Him­self Will Keep, The
  97. Lord, His Way Is in the Storms, The
  98. Lord Is Ris­en In­deed, The
  99. Lord, We Come to Seek Thee Ear­ly
  100. Lord, Who Late Was Dead, The
  101. Men of God, Go Take Your Sta­tions
  102. Meet Thy Peo­ple, Sav­ior, Meet Us
  103. Methinks I Stand up­on the Rock
    • Come, Let Us Stand up­on the Rock
  104. Never Leave Us, nor For­sake Us
  105. Night Is Now Far Spent, The
  106. No Strength at All Be­longs to Us
  107. Nothing but the Pur­est Grace
  108. Nothing Know We of the Sea­son
  109. Now Let a Great Ef­fec­tu­al Door
  110. Now Let Our Faith with Joy Sur­vey
  111. Now Let Us All To­ge­ther Sing
  112. Now May the Gos­pel’s Con­quer­ing Pow­er
  113. Now May the Migh­ty Arm Awake
  114. Now May the Spi­rit from Above
  115. O Had I the Wings of a Dove
  116. O Is­ra­el, to Thy Tents Re­pair
  117. O Our Sav­ior, Be Thou Near Us
  118. O What a Sound Was There!
  119. O Where Is Now That Glow­ing Love?
  120. O Zi­on, When I Think on Thee
  121. On the Boughs Our Harps Sus­pend­ed
  122. On the Moun­tain’s Top Ap­pear­ing
  123. Our Fa­ther Sits on Yon­der Throne
  124. Our Pass­ov­er Is Of­fered Up
  125. Ours Is a Rich and Roy­al Feast
  126. People of the Lord Are on Their Way, The
  127. Precious Vol­ume, What Thou Do­est
  128. Poor and Af­flict­ed, Lord, Are Thine
  129. Praise the Lord Who Died to Save Us
  130. Praise the Sav­ior, Ye Who Know Him
  131. Praise We Him to Whose Kind Fa­vor
  132. Salvation Is of God Alone
  133. Saved Our­selves by Je­sus’ Blood
  134. Savior, Be Thou with Us
  135. Savior, Come, Thy Friends Are Wait­ing
  136. Savior, Send a Bless­ing to Us
  137. Savior, Through the De­sert Lead Us
  138. Savior, ’Tis to Thee
  139. Savior’s Peo­ple, When They Meet, The
  140. See from Zi­on’s Sac­red Moun­tain
  141. See the Saints in Heav’n Ap­pear­ing
  142. See the Vine­yard Late­ly Plant­ed
  143. See Where the Lord His Glo­ry Spreads
  144. Shepherd of the Cho­sen Num­ber
  145. Sing Aloud to God Our Strength
  146. Sing of Him Who Bore Our Guilt
  147. Sing of Je­sus, Sing For­ev­er
  148. Sing, Sing His Lof­ty Praise
  149. Sing We Praise to God Above
  150. Sons of Zi­on, Raise Your Songs
  151. Sound, Sound the Truth Abroad
  152. Spared a Lit­tle Long­er
  153. Speed Thy Ser­vants, Sav­ior
  154. Spread the News, Go Spread It Wide
  155. Stricken, Smit­ten, and Af­flict­ed
  156. Sweet Are the Sea­sons When We Wait
  157. Sweet Were the Sounds That Reached Our Ears
  158. Thankful for Thy Kind Per­mis­sion
  159. Thanks to Him Who Thus Per­mits Us
  160. They Who Con­fess the Sav­ior Here
  161. Through the Day Thy Love Has Spared Us
  162. Thus Saith God of His Anoint­ed
  163. ’Tis to Us No Cause of Sor­row
  164. ’Tis to Thee We Owe Al­le­gi­ance
  165. To God Our Sav­ior and Our King
  166. To the Ark Away, or Per­ish
  167. To Thee We Come, Our God, to Thee
  168. To Our Lord a Throne Is Giv­en
  169. True, No Chas­ten­ing for the Pre­sent
  170. Trust Ye in the Lord For­ev­er
  171. ’Twas He Who Made the World That Said
  172. Unfold to Us, O Lord
  173. We Have Heard the Joy­ful News
  174. We Have Not Seen the Sav­ior Yet
  175. We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died
  176. We Turn to Zi­on, Seat of Peace
  177. Welcome Sight! The Lord Des­cend­ing!
  178. We’ll Sing, in Spite of Scorn
  179. We’ll Sing of the Shep­herd That Died
  180. We’re Bound for Yon­der Land
  181. We’ve No Abid­ing Ci­ty Here
  182. What Is Life?
  183. What Tongue Can Tell, What Fan­cy Paint
  184. What Were Si­nai’s Aw­ful Won­ders
  185. When We Can­not See Our Way
  186. Whence Those Sounds Sym­pho­ni­ous?
  187. While in the Ge­ne­ral Joy We Share
  188. While in the World We Still Re­main
  189. Who Is This That Calms the Ocean?
  190. Who Is This That Comes from Edom?
  191. Why Those Fears? Be­hold, ’Tis Je­sus
  192. Without Blood Is No Re­mis­sion
  193. Yes, Lord! We Must Re­mem­ber Thee
  194. Yes, ’Tis a Rough and Thorny Road
  195. Yes, We Hope the Day Is Nigh
  196. Yes! We Trust the Day Is Break­ing
  197. Zion Is Je­ho­vah’s Dwell­ing
  198. Zion Stands by Hills Sur­round­ed
  199. Zion’s King Shall Reign Vic­to­ri­ous