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Touch Not the Cup
Author: James H. Aikman Appears in 41 hymnals First Line: Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul Topics: Temperance Used With Tune: [Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul]
Touch Not the Cup
[Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul]
Appears in 80 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas H. Bayly Incipit: 11233 45653 54324 Used With Text: Touch Not the Cup
[Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul]
[Touch not the cup]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: T. C. O'K. Incipit: 11133 33432 22233 Used With Text: Taste not the cup!
[Touch not the cup]
[Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: R. A. Glenn Used With Text: Taste not the cup
[Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul]
Touch not the cup, it is death to the soul
Hymnal: Kind Words #89b (1871) Lyrics: 1 Touch not the cup, it is death to the soul,
Touch not the cup, touch it not;
Many I know that have quaff'd from the bowl,
Touch not the cup, touch it not.
Little they tho't that the demon was there,
Blindly they drank, and were caught in the snare,
Then of that death-dealing bowl, O beware;
Touch not the cup, touch it not.
2 Touch not the cup when the win glistens bright,
Touch not the cup, touch it not;
Tho' like the ruby it shines in the light;
Touch not the cup, touch it not.
Fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl,
Deeply the poison will enter thy soul,
Soon will it plunge thee beyond thy control;
Touch not the cup, touch it not.
3 Touch not the cup, O young man, in thy pride,
Touch not the cup, touch it not;
Hark to the warning of thousands who've died,
Touch not the cup, touch it not.
Go to their lonely and desolate tomb,
Think of their death, of their sorrow and gloom,
Think that perhaps you may share in their doom,
Touch not the cup, touch it not. Languages: English
Touch not the cup, it is death to the soul
Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul
Hymnal: Songs of the Bible for the Sunday School #103 (1873) Tune Title: [Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul]
Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul
Touch Not the Cup
Hymnal: Hymnal for Primary Classes #71 (1896) First Line: Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul Languages: English Tune Title: [Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul]
Touch Not the Cup
A. J. Showalter
1858 - 1924 Composer of "[Touch not the cup, it is death to the soul]" in Bells of Victory Anthony Johnson Showalter USA 1858-1924/ Born in Cherry Grove, VA, he became an organist, gospel music composer, author, teacher, editor, and publisher. He was taught by his father and in 1876 received training at the Ruebush-Kieffer School of Music, Dayton, VA. He also attended George Root’s National Normal school at Erie, PA, and Dr Palmer’s International Normal at Meadville, PA. He was teaching music in shape note singing schools by age 14. He taught literary school at age 19, and normal music schools at age 22, when he also published his first book. In 1881 he married Lucy Carolyn (Callie) Walser of TX, and they had seven children: Tennie, Karl, Essie, Jennie, Lena, Margaret, and Nellie. At age 23 he published his “Harmony & composition” book, and years later his “Theory of music”. In 1884 he moved to Dalton, GA, and in 1890 formed the Showalter Music Company of Dalton. His company printed and published hymnals, songbooks, schoolbooks, magazines, and newspapers, and had offices in Texarkana, AR, and Chattanooga, TN. In 1888 he became a member of the M T N A (Music Teachers National Association) and was vice-president for his state for several years. In 1895 he went abroad to study methods of teachers and conductors in Europe. He held sessions of his Southern Normal Music Institute in a dozen or more states. He edited “The music teacher & home magazine” for 20 years. In 1895 he issued his “New harmony & composition” book. He authored 60+ books on music theory, harmony, and song. He published 130+ music books that sold over a million copies. Not only was he president of the A J Showalter Music Company of Dalton, GA, but also of the Showalter-Patton Company of Dallas, TX, two of the largest music publishing houses in the American south. He was a choir leader and an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in Dalton (and his daughter, Essie, played the organ there). He managed his fruit farm, looking after nearly 20,000 trees , of which 15,000 are the famous Georgia Elberta peaches, the rest being apples, plums, pecans, and a dozen other varieties of peaches. He was also a stockholder and director of the Cherokee Lumber Company of Dalton, GA, furnishing building materials to a large trade in many southern, central and eastern states. He died in Chattanooga, TN, and is buried in Dalton, GA. He loved hymns, and kept up with many of his students over the years, writing them letters of counsel and encouragement. In 2000 Showalter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Note: Showalter received two letters one evening from former music students, both of who were grieving over the death of their wives. He had heard a sermon about the arms of Moses being held up during battle, and managed to form a tune and refrain for a hymn, but struggled to find words for the verses that fit. He wrote to his friend in OH, Rev Elisha Hoffman, who had already composed many hymns and asked if he could write some lyrics, which he gladly did.
John Perry
A. J. Showalter
James H. Aikman
Person Name: Mrs. J. H. A. Author of "Touch not the cup, it is death to thy soul" in Band of Hope Melodies
James H. Aikman
