Myton Free Press | 1919-05-01 | Page 2 | His Suicide Frustrated, Poet Wrote Famous Hymn

His Suicide Frustrated Poet Wrote Famous Hymn The origin of or the well well known known hymn God 00 1 moves In is a n m mysterious way his wonders to perform was a curious Incident In the life of Its author William Wil liam Cowper the English poet notes a writer In the Peoples People's Home Journal Cowper a n deeply religious man was subject to attacks of the blackest mel mel- During Durins one of these attacks he determined to end his life by throwIng throw throw- Ing himself into the Thames river lie hired a n cab to take him him to the river but a dense fog so confused the cabman cabman cab cab- man that after aCter driving about for an nn hour he be to his passenger that he was fas lost Cowper alighting from the tho cab In order to give the driver more careful directions for reaching the bridge found foun 1 that his wanderings had brought him huu back to his own door dool Strongly affected by what seemed to him almost a n divine Interposition Cowper dismissed the tho cab hurried to his room and wrote his famous h hymn mn