To sleep in Jesus, rapturous thought

To sleep in Jesus, rapturous thought

Author: Joseph Cottle
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: Joseph Cottle

Cottle, Joseph, b. 1770, d. 1853. A native of Bristol, and from 1791 to 1798 a bookseller and publisher. He is best known as the friend of Coleridge and Southey, of whom, in 1837, he published Recollections, and in 1847 Reminiscences. He was the author of numerous works in prose and verse. In 1801 he published a New Version of the Psalms of David, of which a 2nd edition (privately printed), appeared in 1805. In 1828 he published Hymns and Sacred Lyrics. In Three Parts, by Constantius. Only a few copies were printed with this title, the greater part of the issue reading " by Joseph Cottle," instead of "by Constantius." These Hymns, Psalms and Sacred Lyrics," Cottle says, “are all originals, written progressively through a period of 20 year… Go to person page >

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First Line: To sleep in Jesus, rapturous thought
Author: Joseph Cottle
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Southern Psalmist #d880

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d926

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The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book #355

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