Two brothers freely cast their lot. Cardinal Newman. [Saints James and John.] Written at sea, June 22, 1833, and printed anonymously in the British Magazine, 1835, vol. vii. p. 661, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. It was repeated in Lyra Apostolica, 1836, p. 31, and again in Card. Newman's Verses on Various Occasions, 1868. Usually in modern collections it is appropriated to St. James, and a doxology is usually added, as in the Wellington College Hymn Book, 1860, or as in the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns, 1871.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Newman, John Henry , D.D. The hymnological side of Cardinal Newman's life and work is so small when compared with the causes which have ruled, and the events which have accompanied his life as a whole, that the barest outline of biographical facts and summary of poetical works comprise all that properly belongs to this work. Cardinal Newman was the eldest son of John Newman, and was born in London, Feb. 21, 1801. He was educated at Ealing under Dr. John Nicholas, and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated in honours in 1820, and became a Fellow of Oriel in 1822. Taking Holy Orders in 1824, he was for a short time Vice-Principal of St. Alban's Hall, and then Tutor of Oriel. His appointment to St. Mary's, Oxford, was in the spring of… Go to person page >
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