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Show GOSPEL HYMN3. "Dr.oorisn souls, no longer mourn," ivbr tho work of Thomas Hastings th au thor ot moro than six hundred I acred lyrics, nnd even better known as scorn-ljwr scorn-ljwr of church muslo for uso In popular popu-lar religious nscmbllos. jv "Cow:, 0 Thou All Victorious Lord," is by Charles Wesley. It was written for tho ipiorrymcn of Portland, mid contained frerul allusions to their business, which wero readily recognized recog-nized and heartily appreciated. "O i,ovn dlrliio that stooped to shnru" was by Oliver Wendell Holmes, and first appeared in one of tho scries of papers entitled "Tho Professor nt the llrcalcfast Table," published in tho Atlantic At-lantic Monthly for November, 1850. "I'M. praise my Maker whllo Pto breath" caino from the pen of Watts, lt was a favorite hymn with John Wesley. Tho day before ho died ho wing It thfoiiKh, and tho night of hli ilonth ho vainly attempted several times to repeat Its words. |