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[O Saviour, I am blind]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William F. Sherwin Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 34365 51765 43123

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O Saviour, I am Blind!

Author: Dr. S. S. Cutting Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Prayer and Worship Scripture: Psalm 146:8 Used With Tune: [O Saviour, I am blind]

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O Saviour, I am Blind!

Author: Dr. S. S. Cutting Hymnal: Sacred Songs and Solos #270 (1890) Topics: Prayer and Worship Scripture: Psalm 146:8 Languages: English Tune Title: [O Saviour, I am blind]
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O Saviour, I am Blind!

Hymnal: Sacred Songs & Solos #270 (1880) Languages: English Tune Title: [O Saviour, I am blind!]

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William F. Sherwin

1826 - 1888 Person Name: W. F. Sherwin Composer of "[O Saviour, I am blind]" in Sacred Songs and Solos Sherwin, William Fisk, an American Baptist, was born at Buckland, Massachusetts, March 14,1826. His educational opportunities, so far as schools were concerned, were few, but he made excellent use of his time and surroundings. At fifteen he went to Boston and studied music under Dr. Mason: In due course he became a teacher of vocal music, and held several important appointments in Massachusetts; in Hudson and Albany, New York County, and then in New York City. Taking special interest in Sunday Schools, he composed carols and hymn-tunes largely for their use, and was associated with the Rev. R. Lowry and others in preparing Bright Jewels, and other popular Sunday School hymn and tune books. A few of his melodies are known in Great Britain through I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, where they are given with his signature. His hymnwriting was limited. The following pieces are in common use:— 1. Grander than ocean's story (1871). The Love of God. 2. Hark, bark, the merry Christmas bells. Christmas Carol. 3. Lo, the day of God is breaking. The Spiritual Warfare. 4. Wake the song of joy and gladness. Sunday School or Temperance Anniversary. 5. Why is thy faith, 0 Child of God, so small. Safety in Jesus. Mr. Sherwin died at Boston, Massachusetts, April 14, 1888. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Sherwin, W. F., p. 1055, i. Another hymn from his Bright Jewels, 1869, p. 68, is "Sound the battle cry" (Christian Courage), in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and several other collections. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Sewall S. Cutting

1813 - 1882 Person Name: Dr. S. S. Cutting Author of "O Saviour, I am Blind!" in Sacred Songs and Solos Cutting, Sewell Sylvester, D.D., a Baptist Minister, was born at Windsor, Vermont, Jan. 19, 1813, graduated at the University of Vermont, 1835, and was ordained at Boylston, Massachusetts, 1836. He was pastor at Southbridge, Mass., from 1837 to 1845. Editor of the New York Recorder. 1845-50, and 1853-55; and of the Christian Review, 1850-53, and 1855-68. In 1868 he was appointed Professor of Rhetoric and History at the University, Rochester, N. York, and Secretary of the American Baptist Educational Commission. He died at Brooklyn, Feb. 7, 1882. His Historical Vindication of the Baptists was published in 1858. His hymns in common use include:— 1. Father, we bless the gentle care. The love of God. Appeared in Hymns for the Vestry and Fireside, Boston, 1841. 2. Gracious Saviour, we adore Thee. Holy Baptism. Appeared in Winchell's Additional Hymns, 1832, No. 509 (the author being then but 19); again in the Psalmist, 1843, and others. 3. Great God, Thy glories blaze. Praise to God the Father. Appeared in Linsley and Davis's Select Hymns, 1836-41, No. 514. In the Psalmist, 1843, it was altered to "God of the world, Thy glories shine." This is repeated in several collections, including the Baptist Praise Book, 1871, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. In the Baptist Service of Song, 1871, it is given as "God of the world, near and afar," is expanded into 5 stanzas, and is dated 1835. 4. 0 Saviour, I am blind, Lead Thou my way. The True Guide. This hymn, in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, is also by Dr. Cutting. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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