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This world is poor from shore to shore

Author: Nelson; Charles Giles Appears in 32 hymnals

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This world is poor from shore to shore

Hymnal: Plymouth Collection #a788 (1863)

This world is poor from shore to shore

Author: Charles Giles Hymnal: Second Advent Hymns #d39 (1843)

This world is poor from shore to shore

Hymnal: Sacred Melodies for Social Worship #119 (1859)

Person Name: Anon. Author of "This world is poor from shore to shore" in A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Charles Giles

1783 - 1867 Author of "This world is poor from shore to shore" Giles, Charles, an American Methodist minister, was born near Fort Griswold, Connecticut, Feb. 22, 1783, entered the ministry in 1805, and died at Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1867. His hymn, "The fading world promiscuous flows" (Heaven Anticipated), is found, in 6 stanzas of 5 lines, in James Gallagher's New Selection, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1835; and in 8 stanzas of 5 lines. From it the hymn, "This world is poor from shore to shore," in Beecher's Plymouth Collection, 1855; Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, and others, is taken. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)