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Tell me no more of earthly toys

Author: Susanna Harrison Appears in 78 hymnals

ŚLA̧SK

Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 53143 16551 36532 Used With Text: Tell Me No More Of Earthly Toys

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Tell Me No More Of Earthly Toys

Author: Susannah Harrison Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8685 Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Tell me no more of earthly toys, Of sinful mirth, and carnal joys, The things I loved before; Let me but view my Savior’s face, And feel His animating grace, And I desire no more. 2 Tell me no more of praise and wealth, Tell me no more of ease and health, For these have all their snares; Let me but know my sins forgiv’n, But see my name enrolled in Heav’n, And I am free from cares. 3 Tell me no more of lofty towers, Delightful gardens, fragrant bowers, For these are trifling things; The little room for me designed Will suit as well my easy mind, As palaces of kings. 4 Tell me no more of crowding guests, Of sumptuous feasts and gaudy dress, Extravagance and waste; My little table, only spread With wholesome herbs and wholesome bread. Will better suit my taste. 5 Give me the Bible in my hand, A heart to read and understand, And faith to trust the Lord; I’d set alone from day to day, Or urge no company to stay, Nor wish to rove abroad. Languages: English Tune Title: ŚLA̧SK

Tell me no more of earthly toys

Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #443 (1828) Meter: Irregular Lyrics: 1 Tell me no more of earthly toys, Of sinful mirth and carnal joys, (The things I lov'd before:) Let me but view my Saviour's face, And feel his animating grace, And I desire no more. 2 Tell me no more of praise and wealth, Of careless ease and blooming health, For they have all their snares: Let me but know my sins forgiv'n, And see my name enroll'd in heaven, And I am free from cares. 3 Tell me no more of lofty tow'rs, Delightful gardens, fragrant bow'rs, For these are trifling things; The little room for me design'd, Will suit as well my easy mind, As palaces of kings. 4 Tell me no more of crowding guests, Of gaudy dress, and sumptuous feasts, Extravagance and waste: My little table, only spread With wholesome herbs and wholesome bread, Will better suit my taste. 5 Give me a bible in my hand, A heart to read and understand, This sure, unerring word; I'd urge no company to stay, But sit alone from day to day And converse with the Lord. Topics: Christian experience The Christian life figuratively described as Taking up the Cross; World renounced

Tell me no more of earthly toys

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #S.LXXXIX (1809) Languages: English

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Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "ŚLA̧SK" in The Cyber Hymnal 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/

Susannah Harrison

1752 - 1784 Author of "Tell Me No More Of Earthly Toys" in The Cyber Hymnal Harrison, Susanna, invalided from her work as a domestic servant at the age of 20, published Songs in the Night, 1780. This included 133 hymns, and passed through ten editions. She is known by "Begone, my worldly cares, away," and "O happy souls that love the Lord." Born in 1752 and died Aug. 3, 1784. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================================ Harrison, Susanna. (1752--August 3, 1784, Ipswich, England). The preface to the first edition of her collected hymns, Songs in the night, 1780, states that she was "a very obscure young woman, and quite destitute of the advantages of education, as well as under great bodily affliction. Her father dying when she was young, and leaving a large family unprovided for, she went out to service at sixteen years of age." In August 1722, she became ill, probably with tuberculosis, and returned to her mother's home. She taught herself to write and in her remaining years she wrote 142 hymns which, with a few meditations, were published as Songs in the night by an anonymous editor, perhaps her rector. So sincere yet vivid is the expression of her faith as she faced certain death that by 1847 there had been eleven editions printed in England and seven additional ones in America. Individual hymns remained popular in America during much of the nineteenth century due to the constant preoccupation with death in both urban and frontier life, reflected in the large sections of funeral hymns in most hymnals. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives