Slavery and death the cup contains

Slavery and death the cup contains

Author: Lucius Manlius Sargent
Tune: ST. CUTHBERT (Dykes)
Published in 31 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Slavery and death the cup contains;
Dash to the earth the poisoned bowl;
Softer than silk are iron chains
Compared with those that chafe the soul.

2 Spare, Lord, the thoughtless, guide the blind,
Till man no more shall deem it just
To live by forging chains to bind
His weaker brother in the dust.

Source: International Song Service: with Bright Gems from fifty authors, for Sunday-schools, gospel meetings, missionary and young people's societies, prayer-meetings, etc. #281

Author: Lucius Manlius Sargent

Sargent, Lucius Manlius. (Boston, Massachusetts, June 25, 1786--June 2, 1867, Boston). A layman of independent mans, author of many articles advocating temperance. His temperance hymn beginning "Slavery and death the cup contains" was written during the Washingtonian Temperance Revival and appeared in Adams' and Chapin's Unitarian Hymns for Christian Devotion (Boston, 1846). In the American Methodist Episcopal Hymnal (1878), the first line is altered to read "Bondage and death the cup contains." The hymn is included, with the original wording, in the Universalist Church Harmonies (1895). --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Slavery and death the cup contains
Author: Lucius Manlius Sargent
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Slavery and death the cup contains. L. M. Sargent. [Temperance.] Mr. Nutter says in his Hymn Studies, &c, N. Y., 1884, p. 347. "This hymn was written during the Washingtonian Temperance Revival." It appeared in Adams and Chapin's Unitarian Hymns for Christian Devotion, Boston, U.S.A., 1846, No. 793, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. In the American Methodist Episcopal Hymnal, 1878, it begins "Bondage and death the cup contains." The author, Lucius Manlius Sargent (b. 1788, d. 1867) was an earnest advocate of Temperance, and the author of Temperance Tales, and other works.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Instances

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #577

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #577

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #896

Gospel Gems #d143

Hallowed Songs #d303

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d624

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #793

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #793

Hymns for the Use of the Brethren in Christ #d437

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Hymns of the Spirit #249

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International Song Service #281

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International Song Service #151b

Jubilate Deo #167

New Standard Singer #d197

New Standard Singer, Pt. 1-7 #d199

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Our New Hymnal #480

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Plymouth Collection #a1045

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #1045

Prison Hymn Book #d310

Prohibition Bugle Call #d37

Songs for the New Life #d572

Sunday School Hymn Book #d376

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Temperance Chimes #105

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #1045

The Canadian Temperance Minstrel #d25

The Gospel Hymnal #d543

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The Gospel Psalmist #796

The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book #d419

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The Voice of Praise #972

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Young Singer's Friend #a196

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #810

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