July 14, 2024
Tune Showcase: Rathbun
Metre: 8.7.8.7.
Composer: Ithamar Conkey
Ithamar D. Conkey, USA, 1815-1867. Born of Scottish ancestry in Shutesbury, MA, he became a wool merchant. He married Elizabeth Billings, and they had a daughter and two sons. He was organist at Central Baptist Church, Norwich, CN. After that, he went to New York City and served as bass soloist at Calvary Episcopal church and Grace Church. Later, he served as bass soloist and choir director of Madison Avenue Baptist Church. His famous hymn was written in 1849. Two years later, William Howard Doane was baptized in the same church.
(Source: https://hymnary.org/person/Conkey_Ithamar)
Instances
The tune Rathbun is found in the following hymnals:
1888 Hymn and Tune Book
– Hymns 41-44
– Hymn 566
– Hymns 1063-1066
1908 Christ in Song
– Hymn #446, In the Cross of Christ
1941 Church Hymnal
– Hymn #125, In the Cross of Christ I Glory
– Hymn #511, Gentle Peace, From Heaven Descended
1985 Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal
– Hymn #237, In the Cross of Christ I Glory
Video
(Piano Accompaniment)
In the Cross of Christ I Glory (Rathbun)
Lyrics
From Church Hymnal (1941)
Hymn 125 – In the Cross of Christ I Glory
Verse 1
In the cross of Christ I glory,
Towering o’er the wrecks of time;
All the light of sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime.
Verse 2
When the woes of life o’ertake me,
Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,
Never shall the cross forsake me;
Lo! it glows with peace and joy.
Verse 3
When the sun of bliss is beaming
Light and love upon my way,
From the cross the radiance streaming
Adds more luster to the day.
Verse 4
Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,
By the cross are sanctified;
Peace is there that knows no measure,
Joys that through all time abide.
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