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II is moro irae. pe<hapI OF h-rnns
than Of any form Of poetry ihAs ,hcJ
owe their origin 70 some sudlea inkpi
ration that seldom is repeated, says tas
ehisAss TnbeRe. The great II
Deam,r that pean Of Christianity. is
said To have been frst sung al the hap
tisH Of st. Augustine. Cerlai1 lis that
II Sas the Hrst hymn which Columbus
and his sailors sang when they sat fool
on the New W9yld aad E.-satsd the f.za
Of Spain.
Thotnas Vli CeIsno. a z-holar OF 81
=Frans1zl Uf fssisi. wrosn .,.i}ies Ir7ss. =
0ae % tie best versions in Eazlish is
Thai Of LeFl IsOsepaspa0a, pbo died Aith
tao lines Of it On his lips.
- be s,Aleaii ] saaasr SEiEitSls cams
from Kipe toBors, df-TraHec.
They sttil Show in eoFawzfi those
feAEnres Of the laE3seaso wilsy=lI Izrzlvr.1
an inspiration p Ees!sy. lie Erote
many hymns, hSsgevfr. sad this article
has % DO oaly with s!aOse ,Rlao ExsA s,l,-
Ecure and had bat aHe cE SwS 9rpat mo
mtntssf INSPIRATION
'.RSek of .AseA,s hymn which haa
beea a great comfort - Christians. SAs
writteE lly augustus TsP1ady in lT5s.
The authors life was troubled one;
his eEsed underwent changes; his temper
was Gfry. The bettes part Of has na-
ture seems TO have biossss.seI forever in
This hJfsaFss
Bishop ueber wrote much l,csiaes the
rnissssAAsf A.ytrsz II rom Grernland' :
Iey Mountain bal IL IS by that that he
will be chiefly remembered.
Joseph Hart, a native. Of London.
where he was bosa IN i71a. vas the
author Of Conc Yc Sinners Poor and
Secly.s
sir Walter shIz4py. an English
Knight and prcac,n., who died 10 1886,
composed the beautiful lynn. kanzrp a
''Swcci the Iomc:.ls Rich in Blessing. =
Dr. Timothy Dwight, enc OF the carly
presidents Of Yale. wrote many ponder
Gus and learned works oa theology; bat
the reason Why be will 30 LONGER re
memberel than many another theOlo9ian
e that he WAS the author Of Il Love
Thy Kingdom. Lord"
Nearer: Ny God. 20 Taaes. wAs oosa-
posed by Sarah Fuller EloxaE.- She
married acfyil engineer named Adams
alsSSs. ahe died In ssGs a& tha age %
forty-feaf, and lies buried near Harlow,
In Esscx.
John Ksbie. the eminent English
divine, wrote many learned volumes.
He hgea b nc aaeral1aH of Aiseuaatxy-
Ezan. husssss IS - sakhos & :ss;a e
Ny SonI, Thou Sayioar Dear
JRst as 7 An. Mah0Rt One Plea
was written BY Miss Charlotte Elliott.
Of Caphams Eng How she came to
compose Il was curious A Clergyman
asked hrF one day II she were Chris
tian- She replied that che felt M
worthy 60 apPr9a6h she Lord .'Dut
coune just As you arc suggested the
clergyman The words touched her
And sheputsAem En fEse eDen Ny whIcA
they are kneMn d chfiasfmaa all over
she uOriA Biss ElIlosE aieaaM ls7I-s
II wcalA Net Eve Array was
Kriiten atsy gears ago by Rev. In.
sashlenherR. u b = hyma wa1eh has
comfoFted many mourners and given It's
auahog iasting fsme.
Ninety and Mae ; hymn which
was great favcrise With Moody and
Hankcy Congregations, was written by
Mise ElzEsbeth G.. Clephaue, Scottish
aAay. NJ saAAey saPpliel she maass.s
The "Lead. kindly Light Of Dr..
JOAN Aanry Nsmun4n 4ma@ caralaal
Sewman1 xas wffssea dafins a. voyage
to England. This hympsis said 70 be a
grsHE s&voFise wftls Nsacen N'icse-iass b
sesns p bsseFdi sara iIs- by ID ehsts.
ialss saSeA Ats SsnsszsIe Aathsr q siIi
living.
The hats Matthew Arnoad severely
criticised those hymns Of saivssion
Army order In whieh, hoS9ver cDna-
mendahle may hase besls the iE1ensisas
Of the AasAeE, tAe language aeseends %
a vulgar plane 'sRn6 mngie and baA
poetry IL The ena are aangsfeus.~ sasd
9AiFs AFHsail- Km0aE kymns that have
been degraded 70 eolnmon-placc uses q
the 'sSwast by and By.7 Its shlssory Is
. curious one:
| Prof. Joseph ?. Webster, the author
OF thu musiss xas a. timea subject q
Ae0p melancholy. Entering hts osica
aT4 day II eae0t bis blue 2ss bis part.
neV, Bennett. asked hIas
| sWhae Is the natter no@9~
''Ee Snastst, vas NE asSwsf; ritwill
be an right b the sweet 81 asd bys' E
.sS~eet by and by.r echoed Bennett
l. ssaFsl. ,sss . .-...,a s.r tt,,,s-,t - . 49,.
IN try III
BE knrnea' 70 his desk. wvose fhfes
| sszsssAs EaplaAl3 nsla aEandgsa s,ltaA 4
Webster. The latter vas surprised zNt
nnNye4s He amniediaselxszaSae 4 Araf
of nasseal -sshsf ama began 70 Wll i
with notas, ----
I : Bennett, NJ Extia.r set Sausis 4
] yeur woFdss eosne. lee na siRe it.'' )
4 ana tn'u fsw wenias tsr@as kosk IN
feaRtheand hreash4ef the ananssy. III
and young were singing Sweet By an.
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