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Sweet is the pleasure, Itself cannot spoil

Author: John S. Dwight Appears in 5 hymnals

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Sweet is the pleasure itself cannot spoil

Author: John S. Dwight Hymnal: Grammar School Hymn Book #d230 (1871) Languages: English

Sweet is the pleasure Itself cannot spoil!

Hymnal: Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #853 (1853) Languages: English

Sweet is the pleasure

Author: J. S. Dwight Hymnal: Hymns for Heart and Voice (2nd ed.) #114 (1897) Languages: English

1813 - 1893 Author of "Sweet is the pleasure, Itself cannot spoil" John Sullivan Dwight, born, in Boston, May 13, 1813, was a virtuoso in music, and an enthusiastic student of the art and science of tonal harmony. He joined a Harvard musical club known as "The Pierian Sodality" while a student at the University, and after his graduation became a prolific writer on musical subjects. Six years of his life were passed in the "Brook Farm Community." He was best known by his serial magazine, Dwight's Journal of Music, which was continued from 1852 to 1881. His death occurred in 1893. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes, Brown & Butterworth, 1906. ===================== Dwight, John Sullivan, son of Timothy Dwight (p. 316, ii.), was born at Boston, U.S.A., May 13, 1812, and educated at Harvard, and at the Cambridge Theological College. He laboured in the ministry for six years, and then devoted himself to literary work. For nearly 30 years he was editor of a Journal of Music. His connection with hymnody is very slight. (See "God bless our native land," p. 1566, i.) --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)