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![]() | O now is the time to remember our CreatorAuthor: Anne R. CousinTune: SALEM Published in 1 hymnal |
Cousin, Anne Ross, née Cundell, is the only daughter of David Ross Cundell, M.D., Leith, and is the widow of the Rev. William Cousin, late Minister of the Free Church of Melrose. She has contributed many poems to various periodicals; 7 hymns to The Service of Praise, 1865, edited by the Rev. J. H. Wilson, of Edinburgh; and 1 to the Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship, 1866, the Hymnal of the English Presbyterian Church. Four of her hymns are included in the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal, 1876. Her most popular hymn, "The sands of time are sinking," was first published in The Christian Treasury for 1857, and gives its title to the collected edition of her poems published in 1876, as Immanuel’s Land and other Pieces by A. R. C. This is a co… Go to person page >| First Line: | O now is the time to remember our Creator |
| Author: | Anne R. Cousin |
| Meter | First Line | Instances (1) | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| 13.13.8.8.11 | O now is the time | The Book of Praise #757 | Anne Ross Cousin, 1824 - 1906 | Ecclesiastes 12:1 | SALEM | C Major | English | 1918 |
