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[O Father, let me bear the cross]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Tenney Incipit: 55434 56532 3453 Used With Text: Clinging to the Cross

Author: Dr. T. C. Upham Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: O Father, let me bear the cross Refrain First Line: I am clinging, I am clinging Used With Tune: [O Father, let me bear the cross]

I am clinging to the cross

Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: For Thee, dear Lord, my spirit longs Used With Tune: [For Thee, dear Lord, my spirit longs]

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Clinging to the Cross

Author: Dr. T. C. Upham Hymnal: Sparkling Gems Nos.1 & 2 Combined #24 (1882) First Line: O Father! let me bear the cross Refrain First Line: I am clinging to the cross Languages: English Tune Title: [O Father! let me bear the cross]

Clinging to the Cross

Author: Dr. T. C. Upham Hymnal: Carmina Centum #76 (1882) First Line: O Father, let me bear the cross Refrain First Line: I am clinging, I am clinging Languages: English Tune Title: [O Father, let me bear the cross]

Clinging to the Cross

Author: Dr. T. C. Upham Hymnal: Songs of Peace, Love and Joy #51 (1885) First Line: O Father, let me bear the cross Refrain First Line: I am clinging, I am clinging Languages: English Tune Title: [O Father, let me bear the cross]

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J. H. Tenney

1840 - 1918 Person Name: J. H. T. Composer of "[O Father, let me bear the cross]" in Quartette John Harrison Tenney, 1840-1918 Born: November 22, 1840, Rowley, Massachusetts. Born just after the presidential campaign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too," Tenney was named after American president William Henry Harrison. A deacon in the Congregational Church in Linebrook, Massachusetts, he edited or was associate editor of over 30 books, and contributed to hundreds more. His works include: American Male Choir Temperance Jewels, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1879) Bells of Victory, with Elisha Hoffman (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1888) Gems of Gospel Song Golden Sunbeams Sharon’s Dewy Rose Songs of Faith Shining Light Songs of Joy Sparkling and Bright Spiritual Songs, Nos. 1 and 2 Sweet Fields of Eden The Beacon Light The Singing School Banner The Anthem Offering The American Anthem Book The Crown of Praise Sources-- Hall, pp. 219-22 Music-- Asilomar Bogotá Beyond the Swelling Flood Cancún Come to Jesus Ever Will I Pray Hallowed Hour of Prayer Jesus Is Passing This Way Jubilate! My Anchor Is Holding Nothing Between Onward Christian Soldiers Sabbath Bell San Francisco We’ll Never Say Goodbye Where Will You Spend Eternity? --www.hymntime.com/tch

Thomas C. Upham

1799 - 1872 Person Name: Dr. T. C. Upham Author of "Clinging to the Cross" in Quartette Upham, Thomas Cogswell, D.D., was born at Durfield, New Haven, Jan. 30,1799, and educated at Dartmouth College (1818), and at Andover (1821). Having entered the Congregational Ministry he became Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy at Bowdon College, in 1825, and retained the same to 1867. He died at New York, April 2, 1872. His publications were numerous and included Mental Philosophy (which was long and widely used); American Cottage Life; a volume of Poems, 1852, &c. Five of his hymns are given, with accompanying dates, in Hymns and Songs of Praise, &c, N. Y., 1874, as follows:— 1. Fear not, poor weary one. Help in Sorrow (1872). 2. Happy the man who knows. Obedience (1872). 3. 0 Thou great Ruler of the sky. Morning (1872). 4. 0 Thou great Teacher from the skies. Following Christ (1872). 5. 'Tis thus in solitude I roam. Omnipresence (1853). These hymns are limited in their use. In 1847 Upham published the Life and Religious Opinions and Experiences of Madam de la Mothe Guyon. . . Two vols., N. Y. In this work the anonymous translations from Madam Guyon's hymns are found, viz., (1) “By sufferings only can we know"; (2) "I would love Thee, God and Father"; (3) "'Tis not [by] the skill of human art." There are also additional translations of two of her hymns in the same work. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)