Hymn 'Give us, O Lord, steadfast hearts' seems incorrectly attributed to Tomas 'a Kempis

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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 23:19 — kamurdoch

Hymn 'Give us, O Lord, steadfast hearts' seems incorrectly attributed to Tomas 'a Kempis, and is only referenced by one Hymnal.

All other searches of this text attribute the authorship to Thomas Aquinas. 

1. Is anybody able to confirm / correct this?

2. Can anybody recommend a tune for this?


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Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:53 — dianneshapiro

This is a prayer that is interspersed among the hymns in the hymnal "The Worshipping Church." The hymnal attributes it to Thomas à Kempis. If a prayer or reading is interspersed with hymns, it usualy has a number, so we account for its presence and it should go under a category of "Prayers" or "Readings." But if a prayer is in the front or back of the hymnal we don't index it. It looks like prayers can be searched by first line. Readings are not indexed, but it is possible to use Find to search for words or phrases. 

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