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O why, ye redeemed, should the breath of the tomb

O why, ye redeemed, should the breath of the tomb

Author: R. W. Cushman
Published in 2 hymnals


Author: R. W. Cushman

Cushman, Robert W. (Woolrich, Maine, April 10, 1800--April 7, 1868, Wakefield, Massachusetts). Baptist preacher and educator. Graduated Columbian College, Washington, D.C., 1825. Ordained as pastor of the Poughkeepsie, New York, Baptist Church in August, 1826. Established the Cushman Collegiate Institute, a school for young ladies, in Philadelphia in 1829. Pastor of Bowdoin Square Baptist Church, Boston, 1841-1847. Served as principal, Mount Vernon Ladies School, Boston, and taught at Newton Theological Institution. Three hymns by Dr. Cushman appeared in Baptist Harmony, 1834: Oh why, ye redeemed, should the breath of the tomb O thou whose wisdom gives a path Lo! on a mount that Burma rears The first of these was included in Cutting… Go to person page >

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First Line: O why, ye redeemed, should the breath of the tomb
Author: R. W. Cushman
Copyright: Public Domain
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Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d223

Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d223

The Baptist Harmony #d282

The Baptist Harmony #d282
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