Sovereign Ruler of the skies

Sovereign Ruler of the skies. John Ryland* (1753-1825).  This hymn is dated ‘Aug. 1, 1777’ (JJ, p. 984). It was included by John Rippon* in his Selection of Hymns* (1787) in a text for nine 4-line stanzas by ‘RYLAND, Junior’. It was prefaced by ‘The saint happy at being entirely at the Disposal of his God. - My Times are in thy Hand, Psalm xxxi. 15. xxiv. 1.’ Later it was printed in Hymns and Verses on Sacred Subjects, by the late Rev. John Ryland, D.D., of Bristol (1862), referred to by JJ as ‘Sedgwick’s Reprint’. Sovereign Ruler of the Skies, Ever gracious, ever wise; All my Times are in thy Hand, All Events at thy Command.  His Decree, who form’d the Earth, Fix’d my first and...

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