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While ebbing nature grieves

While ebbing nature grieves

Author: James Smetham
Tune: ANNUE CHRISTE (12333)
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: James Smetham

Smetham, James, son of a Wesleyan minister, born at Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, Sept. 9, 1821, and for some time teacher of drawing at the Wesleyan Normal College, Westminster. Failing to command success as a painter, his mind gave way in 1877, and he died Feb. 5, 1889. His Letters were published in 1891, and The Literary Works of James Smetham, 1893. His hymn "While ebbing nature grieves" (Old Age) is unworthy of the position given to it in the Methodist Hymn Book, 1904. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: While ebbing nature grieves
Author: James Smetham
Meter: 6.6.6.6 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 1933
Notes: May also be sung to MOAB, No. 515
Copyright: Public Domain

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