Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#498

498. All, Whose Boast It Is

Text Information

• First Line: All, whose boast it is that we come of kindred brave
• Title: All, Whose Boast It Is
• Author: James Russell Lowell (1844, alt.)
• Meter: 77.77D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Topic: God: Justice and Righteousness; Justice

Tune Information

• Name: IVES
• Composer (attributed to): Elam Ives, Jr. (1844)
• Meter: 77.77D
• Key: C Major
• Source: The Beethoven Collection of Sacred Music, 1844

Text Information:

Poet James Russell Lowell wrote this hymn for singing at an Anti-Slavery Society picnic in Dedham, Massachusetts. It was first published in the Congregational Plymouth Collection hymnbook