The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-08-05

see those German songs. After he was grad
uated from Harvard in 1929, he spent some
time a reporter
But the call to the ministry proved stronger
the call of journalism, and he pursued his
studies in the seminary of Andover. There he
wrote other hymns, religious in character. The
best known of these is 1.-THE Morning Light Is
Breaking" and Blessed Be the Tie That Binds"
In his lifetime he wrote total of $50 hymns.
Smith was graduated from the seminary in
1882 and short time later became pastor Of
the Baptist church in Waterville, Maine. He
was also professor of modern languages in Wa
terville, later Colby college. Ten years later he
was called to the church at Newton Centre,
Mass, where he was pastor for Il years. He
was for six years editor Of the Christian Re-
view. Boston; and for 16 years edited the Mis-
sionary Magazine, also preparing other literature
for missionary distribution. This involved trans
lating languages, of which he could read II or
Is easily At the age of eghty-iye years he Wis
tied daughter, bringing along Russian gram
mar and Russian Bible, delighted because he
had begun to master new tongue.
Doctor Smith and his wife travelled extensive
1y, later writing books missions and one or
two biographies. His son. d. A. w. Smith, be-
came president of a seminary in Rangoon,
Burma.
In April, 1895, Doctor Smith was honored with
a children's service one afternoon and an eve
commonwealth presided. Seven months later,
on the train en- route to preach at little town
in Massachusetts,, Doctor Smith died peacefully
while sitting beside a friend.
Although some Americans object to "Amer-
lea" because it has the same tune as the Eng
lish national anthem "God Save the King" the
fact is that the air is not the air of England's
national anthem alone For Germany. Switzer-
land and Denmark sing the familiar strains, as
xual VIC hn Gin Ana he &rc%
of those German words at which Smith glanced
after he had been attracted by the simple and
natural movement of the music are Hell dir
i'm Siegeskranz." Switzerlands national anthem
begins, "Rufst du, mein Vaterland." while the
Danes sing, Hell dir, dem Liebenden."
There has been considerable dispute as to
the origin of the air and concerning this one
authority, the Encyclopedia BRITANNICA, says:
1.-THE most celebrated of all national anthems
is the English God, Save the King which is
said to have been first sung as his own COM
position by Henry Carey in 174O and version
was assigned by W. Chappell popular Music)
to the Harmonic Anglicana of 1912 1743,
but no copy exists and this is now doubted
Words and music were printed in the Gen.
tleman's Magazine for October, 1745. There has
been much controversy as to the authorship,
which is complicated by the fact that earlier
forms of the air and the words are recorded.
Such are an 'Ayre' of 1919 attributed to John
Bull, who has long been credited with the origin
of the anthem: the Scottish carol. Remember,
o Thou Man. in Ravenscrofts Melismata, 1911;
the ballad Franklin Is Fled Away (printed
1861; and piece in Purcelle's Choice Collec-
ton for the Harpschord (1696). The words
part of them also found in various forms
from the Sixteenth century.
The question discussed in Richard
Clarkes Account of the National Anthem (1SS2),
and has been reinvestigated by DIR. W. H. Cum
mings in his God. Save the King (1902).
"Carey and Bull, in the general opinion of
musical historians, divide the credit; but in his
Minstreisy of England (19O1), Frank Kidson
introduced claimant James Oswald,
Scotsman who settled in London in 1912, and
worked for John Simpson, the publisher of the
early copies of Cod Save the King and who
became chamber composer to George III. What
appears to be certain is that 1745 is the earliest
date assignable to the substantial national
them we know it. and that both words and
music had been evolved out of earlier forms.
Bulls is the earliest form Of the air; Careys
claim to the remodeling Of the anthem rests
on an unauthoritative tradition; and, on general
probabilities Oswald Is strong candidate.
"The tune was adopted by Germany and By