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COPELAND (Harrington)

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Karl Pomeroy Harrington, 1861-1953 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51233 54333 13432
COPELAND (Harrington)

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Christ's Life Our Code

Author: Benjamin Copeland, 1855-1940 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Christ's life our code, His cross our creed Lyrics: 1. Christ’s life our code, His cross our creed, Our common, glad confession be; Our deepest wants, our highest aims, Find their fulfillment, Lord, in Thee. 2. Dear Son of God! Thy blessèd will Our hearts would own, with saints above; All life is larger for Thy law, All service sweeter for Thy love. 3. Thy life our code! in letters clear We read our duty, day by day, Thy footsteps tracing eagerly, Who art the truth, the life, the way. 4. Thy cross our creed! Thy boundless love A ransomed world at last shall laud, And crown Thee their eternal King, O Lord of glory! Lamb of God! 5. Till then, to Thee our souls aspire In ardent prayer and earnest deed, With love like Thine, confessing, still, Christ’s life our code! His cross our creed! Used With Tune: COPELAND
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Christ's life our code, his cross our creed

Author: Benjamin Copeland, 1855- Hymnal: The Abingdon Hymnal #81 (1928) Languages: English Tune Title: COPELAND
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Author: Benjamin Copeland Hymnal: The Methodist Hymnal #138 (1905) Languages: English Tune Title: COPELAND
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Christ's Life Our Code

Author: Benjamin Copeland, 1855-1940 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #903 Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Christ's life our code, His cross our creed Lyrics: 1. Christ’s life our code, His cross our creed, Our common, glad confession be; Our deepest wants, our highest aims, Find their fulfillment, Lord, in Thee. 2. Dear Son of God! Thy blessèd will Our hearts would own, with saints above; All life is larger for Thy law, All service sweeter for Thy love. 3. Thy life our code! in letters clear We read our duty, day by day, Thy footsteps tracing eagerly, Who art the truth, the life, the way. 4. Thy cross our creed! Thy boundless love A ransomed world at last shall laud, And crown Thee their eternal King, O Lord of glory! Lamb of God! 5. Till then, to Thee our souls aspire In ardent prayer and earnest deed, With love like Thine, confessing, still, Christ’s life our code! His cross our creed! Languages: English Tune Title: COPELAND
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Karl P. Harrington

1861 - 1953 Person Name: Karl Pomeroy Harrington, 1861-1953 Composer of "COPELAND" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: June 13, 1861, Somersworth, New Hampshire. Died: November 14, 1953, Berkeley, California. Buried: Middletown, Connecticut. Son of Calvin S. and Eliza Chase Harrington, Karl earned his AB degree in 1882, and his AM in 1885, from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He studied at the University of Berlin (1887-89) and Yale University (1890-91). He taught high school in Westfield, Massachusetts (1882-85); Latin at Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts (1885-87); was a Latin tutor at Wesleyan University (1889-91); Latin professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1891-99); University of Maine (1899-1905); and Wesleyan University (1905). While at the University of North Carolina, he directed the Glee Club. His works include: The Roman Elegiac Poets, circa 1914 Richard Alsop, "a Hartford Wit" Walks and Climbs in the White Mountains, 1926 --www.hymntime.com/tch/
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Benjamin Copeland

1855 - 1940 Person Name: Benjamin Copeland, 1855-1940 Author of "Christ's Life Our Code" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: June 14, 1855, Clar­en­don, New York. Died: De­cem­ber 1, 1940, Buf­fa­lo, New York. A Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal min­is­ter, Cope­land served 22 churche­s in west­ern New York state over the course of 42 years. He found­ed five church­es, four of which were in Buf­fa­lo. In 1892, he be­came se­cre­ta­ry of the Meth­od­ist Un­ion, and in 1918, Syr­a­cuse Un­i­ver­si­ty gave him an hon­or­a­ry STD de­gree. He re­tired in Buf­fa­lo in 1919. --www.hymntime.com/tch/
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