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...Hymn writers," declared the New York Times last week, "are the real popular poets in the U. S., and composers of hymn tunes the popular composers." Point: it was the 95th birthday of a great U. S. hymnist, sharp-eyed, goateed George Coles Stebbins. He wrote the tunes of Take Time To Be Holy, Saviour Breathe an Evening Blessing, There Is a Green Hill Far Away, some 1,500 others. Hymnist Stebbins sang with the great Moody & Sankey revival team, whom he outlived by many years. He never counted up his output, said: "It's nothing to boast about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Hymn Writer | 3/10/1941 | See Source »

...Wade, Trenton, Tenn.; first speaker at the class tree, J. S. Powers, Providence; second speaker at class tree, B. D. Feinberg, Lake Placid, N. Y.; class prophet, J. P. Murphy, New Bedford; class historian, P. H. Keough, New York; class odist, D. P. Spaulding, Providence; class hymnist, J. T. McQuaid, Pawtucket; statistician, A. B. Homer, Providence; president of class supper, R. J. Walsh, Providence; class orator, W. H. Reese Parsons, Pa.; address to undergraduates, T. B. Appleget, New York; class poet, R. G. D. Ljunggren, Providence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Senior Officers Elected | 1/20/1917 | See Source »

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