Songs of the spirit : hitherto unpublished poems and a few old favorites
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Songs of the spirit : hitherto unpublished poems and a few old favorites
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- Simpson, A. B. (Albert B.); Metcalf, Frank J. (Frank Johnson), 1865-1945; Christian Alliance Publishing Co. pbl; Christian and Missionary Alliance; Gospel Tabernacle (New York, N.Y.)
- Publication date
- 1920
- Publisher
- New York : Christian Alliance Publishing Co.
- Collection
- bostonuniversiyschooloftheology; blc; americana
- Contributor
- School of Theology, Boston University
- Language
- English
Contents listed [titles and pages for 117 hymns without music, in text accompanied by topical running and text headers, occasional date and circumstance of composition]: p. 7-10
Foreword: "Since his home-going on October twenty-ninth, many of [A.B. Simpson's] friends have requested that his poetical writings be collected and published. The committee having in preparation his memoirs found a large number of manuscripts ... Mrs. Simpson and her family ... put all of them at our disposal. Selections ... made from these new hymns which ... with some ... gems ... familiar through ... his periodical, 'The Alliance Weekly,' ... now given to a wider circle. There remain enough ... for a second volume ..." (signed: The Editor. Nyack-on-the-Hudson)--p. 5-6
"Some ... poems ... written in Jerusalem, others on the Red Sea, and still others in the Far East during his firs missionary journey; while ... 'Safe Home' ... as he neared harbor after girdling the South American continent. Many of ... hymns ... under ... preparation of his great sermons ... sung to his own music from manuscript on Sunday mornings in the Gospel Tabernacle, New York City ... rarely failed to send ... Christmas greeting or New Year message in song; nor ... his beloved school, the Missionary Institute, Nyack ... without a Class Song The last hymn ... gave us, 'The Whole Bible to the Whole Wide World,' was written for the Class of 1919 ..."--Foreword [ctd.]
Portrait of Albert Benjamin Simpson (1844-1919)--facing t.p
Red linen binding with double stamped border front and back; title and author in gilt (separated by short gilt rule) on front and spine; Latin cross (corners with crucifix, crown, cruet and chalice, center with monogram "C and MA" [Christian and Missionary Alliance]) stamped in relief on front; spine with publisher's monogram stamped in gold
Frank J. Metcalf's bookplate on outer front endpapers
Foreword: "Since his home-going on October twenty-ninth, many of [A.B. Simpson's] friends have requested that his poetical writings be collected and published. The committee having in preparation his memoirs found a large number of manuscripts ... Mrs. Simpson and her family ... put all of them at our disposal. Selections ... made from these new hymns which ... with some ... gems ... familiar through ... his periodical, 'The Alliance Weekly,' ... now given to a wider circle. There remain enough ... for a second volume ..." (signed: The Editor. Nyack-on-the-Hudson)--p. 5-6
"Some ... poems ... written in Jerusalem, others on the Red Sea, and still others in the Far East during his firs missionary journey; while ... 'Safe Home' ... as he neared harbor after girdling the South American continent. Many of ... hymns ... under ... preparation of his great sermons ... sung to his own music from manuscript on Sunday mornings in the Gospel Tabernacle, New York City ... rarely failed to send ... Christmas greeting or New Year message in song; nor ... his beloved school, the Missionary Institute, Nyack ... without a Class Song The last hymn ... gave us, 'The Whole Bible to the Whole Wide World,' was written for the Class of 1919 ..."--Foreword [ctd.]
Portrait of Albert Benjamin Simpson (1844-1919)--facing t.p
Red linen binding with double stamped border front and back; title and author in gilt (separated by short gilt rule) on front and spine; Latin cross (corners with crucifix, crown, cruet and chalice, center with monogram "C and MA" [Christian and Missionary Alliance]) stamped in relief on front; spine with publisher's monogram stamped in gold
Frank J. Metcalf's bookplate on outer front endpapers
- Contributor
- School of Theology, Boston University
- Addeddate
- 2009-07-17 16:47:29
- Associated-names
- Metcalf, Frank J. (Frank Johnson), 1865-1945; Christian Alliance Publishing Co; Christian and Missionary Alliance; Gospel Tabernacle (New York, N.Y.)
- Call number
- b23982913
- Camera
- Canon 5D
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:1157687665
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- songsofspirithit00simp
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t8mc9db64
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- 0.0.21
- Openlibrary_edition
- OL23558536M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL2843522W
- Page-progression
- lr
- Page_number_confidence
- 100
- Page_number_module_version
- 1.0.3
- Pages
- 172
- Ppi
- 300
- Scandate
- 20090721170902
- Scanner
- scribe10.boston.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- boston
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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