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  1. Dr. Senior Lecturer, Queen's Business School (QBS) International Business, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing ... Thomas Hastings. 05/11/2019. 1 item of Media coverage.

  2. Thomas Hastings (15 October 1784 – 15 May 1872) was an American composer, primarily an author of hymn tunes of which the best known is "Toplady" for the hymn Rock of Ages. He was born to Dr. Seth and Eunice (Parmele) Hastings in Washington, Connecticut. He was a 3rd great-grandson of Thomas Hastings who came from the East Anglia region of ...

  3. 1872. Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806.

  4. Nov 5, 2019 · Arguably the world's most popular hymn, Rock of Ages is published in 2,589 hymnals! Augustus Montague Toplady (4 November 1740 – 11 August 1778) was an Angl...

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  5. Dr. Thomas Hastings was born in Watertown, Mass. on July 1, 1652. He was the first child of Thomas & Margaret (Cheney) Hastings. In his father’s Will it was written, “I have been at great expense to bring him up a scholar, and I have given him above threescore pounds to begin the world with.”

  6. The Story Behind the Hymn, “Rock of Ages”. “Rock of Ages” is a Christian hymn written by Augustus M. Toplady, with music by Thomas Hastings. This very personal hymn uses pronouns such as I and me rather than we and our, focusing on individual salvation. Legend says that Toplady wrote the hymn during a stormy incident in England.

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  8. Words by A. M. Toplady Music by Dr. Thomas Hastings "Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee.” In the year 1756 a young man of sixteen, while visiting with his mother in Ireland, attended an evangelistic meeting held in a barn at the little village of Codymain. At this meeting the young man was converted.

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