ALEXANDER (Everest)

ALEXANDER (Everest)

Composer: Charles Everest
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: Charles Everest

Everest, Charles William, M.A., born at East Windsor, Connecticut, May 27, 1814, graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, 1838, and took Holy Orders in 1842. He was rector at Hamden, Connecticut, from 1842 to 1873, and also agent for the Society for the Increase of the Ministry. He died at Waterbury, Connecticut, Jan. 11, 1877 (See Poets of Connecticut, 1843). In 1833 he published Visions of Death, and Other Poems; from this work his popular hymn is taken:— Take up thy cross, the Saviour said. Following Jesus. The original text of this hymn differs very materially from that which is usually found in the hymn-books. The most widely known form of the text is that in Hymns Ancient & Modern, where it appeared in 1861. It was copied by the… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ALEXANDER (Everest)
Composer: Charles Everest
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 33231 11234 44342
Copyright: Public Domain

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Augsburg Songs for Sunday Schools and other services #137

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Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #421

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