Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-04-05

- - uo. ssMsys .,I;a an1 ". vo,,,.on -o-
.i,s shst - 49, ~ aso,.,r, sso;rst eiters.
fionn md those Who insist ,ipon them. .;msny
o. The disputants are familiar with only the
collections which they may have happened to
us IN their early liie Whatthey learned as the
true version Of hymns and psalms 1t Is very
natural they should suppose are the original
work OF the author, and what they find else
Whor0 they believe to be changes rs unau-
thorixed - they are unwelcome to them
sslves- because they break up
old associations, II indeed they do not confuse
me memory, while they are trying to sing
WIN the heart and the understanding" As
matter OF fact, however, very fiequently the
mmiliar versions arc not the originals at all.
Isaac Watts, for instance, wrote:
Nations. attend before His throne.
with solemn fear. with sacred Joy"
John Wesley changed 1t to the modern and
much stronger form:
Before Jehovah's awful throne,
fe nations. bow with sacred Joy"
Toplady, IN his "Rock OF Ages" wrote:
whilst draw this fieeting breath.
when my eye-strings break In death
But the Methodists sing the last line:
"when my eyes shall close in DEATH
The Presbyteriau bymnal used in this citv
has it
a. when my eveIids c,ose IN aeatbn
Jord.n,. hant. II is discovered naver u.re
a ssnrmy " g cbildysn Of the HsavanIv
u;ngD is not tho or;n;poI hnt 4. fa,, r;,a. -
tbe HeayenIv King ~ the last two of the
seven stsnzas of Cowper,s famons hymn
q rhere T. : fountain fiiiad With hioodn ars
ornittei in naerlv ali the hvmna,s
=
CRITIC WHO WAS CAUGHT.
In ILLUSTRATION OF his text Mr.. Robinson tells
IN apt story OF Mrs. Sarah F.Adams' famous
hymn, taken from the acutual proceedings
IN the general assembly of the Presbyterian
church. In the course OF debate, one of the
members took occasion to comment on q
verse OF the hymn beginning, NEARER, my
90 roll fhotI. .,,,I
shouts rang out In the serene air which that
srr.Lo ,hc ,Sa,so1,, ,te o.ea.neS -,
the bright brother stood. master-critic con.
fessed, before the gathered sobriety of the
land. And now he tore things to pieces
LOOK =. tnls PeIversioh instead OF an ex-
ddsv;@ht ali zone Wa hsva A1 ,s,s hi,' Msnuerer'
sTbo,lrb. like wanderer. The ann anDs
DOWN. Who was the wanderer? Was il
the sun, or the author, or was IL perhaps
jacob? Laughter notes the Reporter.
Where had this wanderer gone down to
Did the sun particularly like that wan
derer? IRoars OF laughter-says the re-
reporter. And this in the place of an oriui.
nal line az one of natures poets gave ii In
tn, church and the aRes,-Dayijpht ali
Cone'p, an
Ten feet away from the smart speaker sat
one of the oldest hymuologists in the land
locking oyer at him with an arnraas;an -,
8 ..rr.ns,o,,s "a ,,a-..,N. -. VI
hi,n IiEa q baasia sticiinr h;,,,a,,S % no s," M
ritbonf The haIn 81 ,,s,,rniise mseA on pm
knew that what such people criticise ia almost
;noy;,ehiv tno ,r,,a ,anaSie s 1 % 70 oiInos' ss
cred in is piace is the atnker" "s So bs s Un. o
terstood from bahjfnal oh.arya.;oc th.t hn,,
man tall snitefniiv arsinst ai,a,atin,ss hen =,
means that they would have altered fbe lines
Il they had had the chance. 1t was not at all
their own. As the gifted authoress wrote the
hymn, the line stood, "The sun gone down."
n hof vuoa tof ho ,iatf
making such fun Of
1NaIANc.srrp pr,,,r
rh,. .,,.,a,. :. s,,
su9ect y, hyHh-tinkerlng was re-
called py an incident in the Presbyterian
pulpit of Lancaster on Sunday morning.
Brother Mitchell, of that church. had e1.
changed with Rrotber Stall Of 3, -.
Tn,herar Co. ..n ,an.s,o. '' =. o' 'ohhs
So Ioi .no oooaoi' Ater brother
SAn mao read ana e2pounded the scriptures
~ ~ I.srtou 70 Ieao tne good Old hymn that
Al me DOCKS nave and Is everywhere known
eoIonauoh no minister OF expert
taw. ~o assume, .ss. PIepenus 10 redd closely the
cs,'..s " @ snis sacreu song Nearly every
cn9fcn memper rs familiar with the lines
suI oIotner otail scarcely looked at his
~ oo a. no reao Win the hymnai open at
All hail the powers of Jesus name
Let angels PROSTATE fall
And crown Nh him Hyat Lord uiaSenh of ai
And then ba s,a,,ad In n,;,,, A., -,
stanza:
unosen seeo Oh lsraeis race.
iein"t
AND then, after having tripped little i'm
the first line, he stopped short recovered
mnsomed from the fall
Hal MN VINO saves you by his grace
ana crown him-Lord OF all
uop, VIII om Pnasis ana ieellng, he
saau may tne LoIu nave mercy on these
hymn m0ngerers, who are altering the text
] suppose your book is as bad as ours. proh.
alone and stick In ,ha orio;nais u ~ ie' 'nen
On,,e ..@nn n W .uo vi oIisinais
Nuito naturally, lne incident attracted no.
tice not only to the lines of the hymn in |