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<h2>Joel Barlow</h2>
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<h2>1755-1812</h2>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_b_a_barlow_j.gif" alt="Joel Barlow, from Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, July 1856" width="134" height="199.333333333333"></td>
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<td><em>Born:</em> March 24, 1754, Reading, Connecticut.
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<p><em>Died:</em> December 24 or 26, 1812, near Cracow, Poland, of pneumonia.</p>
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<p><em>Buried:</em> Churchyard in Zarnowiec, Poland.</td>
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<p class="just">While a college student, Barlow fought in the Battle of Long Island (New York, 1776). He graduated from Yale University in 1778, and was a well known author and politician during and after the American Revolution. U.S. President James Monroe appointed him as American ambassador to France.</p>
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<p class="just">Barlow’s publications include <em>Hasty Pudding</em>, <em>Columbia,</em> and the epic poem “The Vision of Columbus.” In 1785, at the request of the (Congregational) General Association of Connecticut, he corrected and enlarged <a href = "./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_w_a_watts_i.html" >Watts</a>’ <em>Psalms of David</em>, supplying those omitted by Watts, and adapting it to American tastes. The work, published in 1786,
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went through various editions for many years. Its curious title is: <em>Psalms Carefully Suited to the Christian Worship in the United States of America, Being Dr. Watts’ Imitation of the Psalms of David, as Improved by Mr. Barlow</em>.</p>
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<p><em>Hymns:</em></p>
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<li>Along the Banks Where Babel’s Current Flows</li>
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<li>Awake, My Soul, to Sound His Praise</li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_j_u_judgemog.html" >Judge Me, O God, and Plead My Cause</a></li>
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<li>Lord, Thou Hast Scourged Our Guilty Land</li>
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<li>Our Land, O Lord, with Songs of Praise</li>
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<li>In Thee, Great God, with Songs of Praise</li>
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