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Slavery and death the cup contains

Author: Anon. Appears in 31 hymnals Hymnal Title: Jubilate Deo Used With Tune: ST. CUTHBERT

ST. CUTHBERT

Appears in 241 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. J. B. Dykes Hymnal Title: Jubilate Deo Incipit: 11123 44351 33454 Used With Text: Slavery and death the cup contains

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Author: Sargent Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #577 (1866) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Hymnal Title: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) First Line: Slavery and death the cup contains Lyrics: Slavery and death the cup contains; Dash to the earth the poisoned bowl! Softer than silk are iron chains Compared with those that chafe the soul. Hosannas, Lord, to Thee we sing, Whose power the giant fiend obeys; What countless thousands tribute bring, For happier homes and brighter days! Thou wilt not break the bruised reed, Nor leave the broken heart unbound; The wife regains a husband freed! The orphan clasps a father found! Spare, Lord, the thoughtless; guide the blind; Till man no more shall deem it just To live by forging chains to bind His weaker brother in the dust. Languages: English

Slavery and death the cup contains

Author: Sargent Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #577 (1848) Hymnal Title: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) Languages: English

Slavery and death the cup contains

Author: Sargent Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #896 (1858) Hymnal Title: A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ Languages: English

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Lucius Manlius Sargent

1786 - 1867 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "Slavery and death the cup contains" Sargent, Lucius Manlius. (Boston, Massachusetts, June 25, 1786--June 2, 1867, Boston). A layman of independent mans, author of many articles advocating temperance. His temperance hymn beginning "Slavery and death the cup contains" was written during the Washingtonian Temperance Revival and appeared in Adams' and Chapin's Unitarian Hymns for Christian Devotion (Boston, 1846). In the American Methodist Episcopal Hymnal (1878), the first line is altered to read "Bondage and death the cup contains." The hymn is included, with the original wording, in the Universalist Church Harmonies (1895). --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives

Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Hymnal Title: Jubilate Deo Author of "Slavery and death the cup contains" in Jubilate Deo In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: Rev. J. B. Dykes Hymnal Title: Jubilate Deo Composer of "ST. CUTHBERT" in Jubilate Deo As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman