[We may spread our couch with roses] (Hartsough)

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[We may spread our couch with roses] (Hartsough)

Composer: Rev. L. Hartsough
Published in 10 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Rev. L. Hartsough

Hartsough, Lewis, was born at Ithaca, New York, Aug. 31, 1823. Of his hymns the following are in common use:—- 1. I hear Thy welcome voice. The Divine Invitation. 2. In the rifted Rock I'm resting. Safety in Jesus. 3. Lead me to the Rock that's higher. Safety in Jesus. 4. O who'll stand up for Jesus? All for Jesus Nos. 1-3 are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878 (1 and 3 with music by Hartsough). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	[We may spread our couch with roses] (Hartsough)
Composer:	Rev. L. Hartsough
Incipit:	34555 12321 32275
Copyright:	Public Domain

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The Royal Way

We may spread our couch with roses,
And sleep thro' the summer day;
But the soul that in sloth reposes
Is not in the narrow way.
If we follow the chart that is given,
We need not be at loss,
For the only way to heaven,
Is the royal way of the cross.

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