Teach me to live, 'Tis easier far to die

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Teach me to live, 'Tis easier far to die

Author: Ellen Burman
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Author: Ellen Burman

Burman, Ellen Elizabeth, p. 1591, ii., born at Stratford-on-Avon, July 11, 1837, and died at Bristol, March 16, 1861. Her Poetical Remains, with brief Memoir, were published by the Rev. W. Bruce in 1862. Her hymn, "Teach me to live," is included in this work. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Teach me to live, 'Tis easier far to die
Author:	Ellen Burman
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Teach me to live! 'tis easier far to die. [Consecration of Self to Christ.] This is given in the 1872 edition of Snepp's Songs of Grace and Glory, as from a "Dublin Leaflet, 1860." In the Musical edition of 1880 he gives the writer's name as "Ellen Elizabeth Burman, 1860."

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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HIGHWORTH

PENITENTIA (Dearle)

TOULON

TOULAN was originally an adaptation of the Genevan Psalter melody for Psalm 124 (124). In one melodic variant or another and with squared-off rhythms, the tune was used in English and Scottish psalters for various psalm texts. It was published in the United States in its four-line abridged form (cal…

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