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Slumber, Sweetly Slumber

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Cradled in a manger Used With Tune: [Cradled in a manger]

[Cradled in a manger, On the fragrant hay]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Incipit: 33322 15554 36665 Used With Text: Slumber, Sweetly Slumber

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Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Uplifted Voices #173 (1901) First Line: Cradled in a manger, On the fragrant hay Lyrics: 1 Cradled in a manger, On the fragrant hay, Wrapped in peaceful slumber, Baby Jesus lay. Refrain: Slumber, sweetly slumber, While angels hover near, Slumber, sweetly slumber, Thou Thought of God so dear. Slumber on, slumber on, Thou Holy Babe. 2 Happy be Thy slumbers, While sweet lullabies, Sung by shining angels, Echo through the skies. [Refrain] 3 Sleep, dear baby Jesus, Love shall make the night Full of joy and gladness, Bright with heaven’s light. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Cradled in a manger, On the fragrant hay]

Slumber, Sweetly Slumber

Author: Lizzie Douglas Fouls DeArmond Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8298 First Line: Cradled in a manger Lyrics: 1 Cradled in a manger, On the fragrant hay, Wrapped in peaceful slumber, Baby Jesus lay. Refrain: Slumber, slumber, slumber on; Slumber, sweetly slumber, Thou Thought of God so dear; Slumber on, slumber on, Thou holy Babe. 2 Happy be Thy slumbers, While sweet lullabies, Sung by shining angels, Echo through the skies. [Refrain] 3 Sleep, dear baby Jesus, Love shall make the night Full of joy and gladness, Bright with Heaven’s light. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Cradled in a manger]

Slumber, Sweetly Slumber

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Conquest Hymns #91 (1902) First Line: Cradled in a manger Languages: English Tune Title: [Cradled in a manger]

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Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Author of "Slumber, Sweetly Slumber" in Uplifted Voices Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[Cradled in a manger, On the fragrant hay]" in Uplifted Voices Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/