http://wordwisehymns.com/2009/11/23/today-in-1895-syvanus-phelps-died/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:13:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://wordwisehymns.com/2009/11/23/today-in-1895-syvanus-phelps-died/#comment-918 Today in 1842 – Hannah Burlingham Born « Wordwise Hymns Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:19:40 +0000 http://wordwisehymns.wordpress.com/?p=1117#comment-918 [...] Phelps was 46 at the time, and Lowry was 36, so the latter seems to be making a general reference to the Bible’s “three-score and ten” (Ps. 90:10), and the productivity of one’s lifetime. Whether or not we would go to Mr. Lowry’s heights of praise, it is a fine hymn. (For a bit more on Sylvanus Phelps and his hymn, see the third item under Today in 1585.) [...] [...] Phelps was 46 at the time, and Lowry was 36, so the latter seems to be making a general reference to the Bible’s “three-score and ten” (Ps. 90:10), and the productivity of one’s lifetime. Whether or not we would go to Mr. Lowry’s heights of praise, it is a fine hymn. (For a bit more on Sylvanus Phelps and his hymn, see the third item under Today in 1585.) [...]

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