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A Temperance Hymn

Author: Laura Ormiston Chant Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Amid the splendour of the spring Used With Tune: CASTLE RISING

CASTLE RISING

Appears in 40 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Canon F. A. J. Hervey, 1846-1910 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 34326 17677 11223 Used With Text: Amid the splendour of the spring

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Amid the splendour of the spring

Author: Mrs. Ormiston Chant, 1848- Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #361 (1917) Lyrics: 1 Amid the splendour of the spring, The glory of its flowers, The joyous songs the wild birds sing, One constant grief is ours: Grief for the homes no spring can reach, Hearts that no sun can cheer, Souls that no happy warblings teach The lesson of the year. 2 Where gloomy alleys thickly crowd, The children, pinched and pale, Hear angry voices harsh and loud, Hear suffering's bitter wail; While the sweet daisied meads of God, Clad in His gift of green, Call to the feet that have not trod, Eyes that no fields have seen. 3 O dark upon the children falls The shadow of the strife That robs them of the festivals And holy days of life; Drink is that shadow stern and grim; Christians! awake and pray; Cry to your Lord for grace from Him This curse to drive away. 4 He loves the children, who hath given His life to save and heal; His spring-time symbols hope and heaven, And doth His life reveal. O for new growth of faith and prayer, Work that a world shall free, Out of the shadow and despair To pass to victory. Topics: Children Woes of; Children Woes of; Children Blessed by Christ; Children In Heaven; The Church and the Kingdom of God Social Service; Temperance; Heaven Children in Languages: English Tune Title: CASTLE RISING

A Temperance Hymn

Author: Laura Ormiston Chant Hymnal: The Fellowship Hymn Book #103 (1908) First Line: Amid the splendour of the spring Languages: English Tune Title: CASTLE RISING

A Temperance Hymn

Author: Laura Ormiston Chant Hymnal: The Fellowship Hymn Book #103 (1909) First Line: Amid the splendour of the spring Languages: English

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Frederick A. J. Hervey

1846 - 1910 Person Name: Canon F. A. J. Hervey, 1846-1910 Composer of "CASTLE RISING" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Born: May 18, 1846, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Died: August 8, 1910, Norwich, England. Buried: St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Sandringham, Norfolk, England. Son of Alfred, Lord Hervey, Frederick was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1868, MA 1872). He was ordained a deacon in 1869, and priest in 1870. He served as Rector of Upton-Pyne, Devon (1876); Sandringham (1878-1907); Canon of Norwich (1897); and Domestic Chaplain to King Edward VII (1901). --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Laura Ormiston Chant

1848 - 1923 Person Name: Mrs. Ormiston Chant, 1848- Author of "Amid the splendour of the spring" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Chant, Laura Ormiston, née Dibdin, daughter of F. W. Dibdin, O.E., was bom at Woolastone, Gloucestershire, in 1848, was for some time Sister of the Sophia Wards of the London Hospital, and married to Thomas Chant, M.R.C.S., of Bridgewater, in 1877. Of Mrs. Chant's hymns, these are in common use:— 1. Beyond the far horizon. [Heaven.] Written at the request of Stopford A. Brooke for his Christian Hymns, 1891. It is also printed as a leaflet in 5 stanzas of 8 lines. 2. Light of the world, faint were our weary feet. [Christ the Light of the World.] Written in June, 1901, at the request of the Rev. S. Collier, Superintendent of the Central Wesleyan Mission in Manchester. As the hymn is regarded by many as an imitation of Cardinal Newman's "Lead, kindly light," &c, Mrs. Chant's account of its origin is worthy of attention:— Mr. Collier "said how amazingly fond the rescued men were of the tune 'Sandon,' but that 'Lead, kindly light,' though so beautiful, was not an adequate expression of their feelings, and would I try and write something as tender, but gladder than Newman's lovely hymn. I did my best to express myself, and so gave what was wanted" The hymn was first printed as a broadsheet, and then passed into The Methodist Hymn Book, 1904, and other collections. 3. Silence, 0 earth, and listen to the song. [Spring.] This hymn is of more than usual excellence, and is worthy of attention. It is printed as a broadsheet, and may be had at Albemarle House, E. Twickenham. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)