1825 JAMES MONTGOMERY. Original Manuscript Hymn, "According to Thy Gracious Word." Martyrs and the State Constitution of

and the State Constitution of Pennsylvania

he and his brother Ralph invited George Whitefield to come to Scotland

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1825 JAMES MONTGOMERY. Original Manuscript Hymn, "According to Thy Gracious Word." Martyrs and the State Constitution ofA wonderful, wonderful piece of hymn history. I have handled a fair number of Montgomery holographs hymns in his own hand over the years. Those are great. This though is the original manuscript for one of his most famous hymns . . . a true piece of historical hymnody. James Montgomery [1771 1854] was the son of Moravian missionaries to the West Indies. A man of broad, evangelical mind, he was an early abolitionist, writing poems to work on concert