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The author of the words of this hymn, William Bingham Tappan, was born at Beverly, Mass., October 29, 1794. He was a Congregational minister and was engaged for many years in the service of the American Sunday-school Union. The hymn was first published in the author's ”Gems of Sacred Poetry,” in 1822, under the title, ”Gethsemane.” Mr. Tappan died in his native state in 1849.
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