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Why sleep we?
Author: Rev. J. Hopkins Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 66 hymnals First Line: Why sleep we, my brethren? Come, let us arise Used With Tune: HOPKINS
Why sleep we?
Why sleep we?
Author: Rev. J. Hopkins Hymnal: The Christian Lyre #113 (1832) Meter: 11.11.11.11 First Line: Why sleep we, my brethren? Come, let us arise Tune Title: HOPKINS
Why sleep we?
Why sleep we?
Hymnal: The Christian Lyre #113 (1831) Meter: 11.11.11.11 First Line: Why sleep we, my brethren? Come, let us arise Languages: English Tune Title: HOPKINS
Why sleep we?
Josiah Hopkins
1786 - 1862 Person Name: Rev. J. Hopkins Author of "Why sleep we?" in The Christian Lyre Hopkins, Josiah , D.D., was born at Pittsford, Vermont, April 13, 1786. From 1809 to 1830 he was pastor of a Congregational Church, at New Haven, Vermont; and from 1830 to 1848 of the First Presbyterian Church, Auburn, New York. He died at Geneva, New York, July 27, 1862. He was the editor of Conference Hymns , Auburn, 1846, and contributed hymns to the Christian Lyre , N. Y., 1830. From the latter work his hymns in common use are taken:—
1. 0 turn ye, 0 turn ye, for why will ye die. Expostulation.
2. Why sleep we, my brethren. Expostulation.
[Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Josiah Hopkins
