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<title>BLB Hymns</title>
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<h2>Samuel Francis Smith</h2>
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<h2>1808-1895</h2>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_s_m_smith_sf2.jpg" alt="Samuel Francis Smith (1808-1895)" width="133.333333333333" height="200"></td>
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<td><em>Born:</em> October 21, 1808, Boston, Massachusetts.
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<p><em>Died:</em> November 16, 1895, Boston, Massachusetts.</p>
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<p><em>Buried:</em> Newton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts.</td>
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<p>Smith attended Harvard University and Andover Theological Seminary. He entered the Baptist ministry in 1832, and the same year became editor of <em>Baptist Missionary Magazine</em>. He also contributed to the <em>Encyclopedia Americana</em>. From 1834 to 1842, he pastored at Waterville, Maine, and was Professor of Modern Languages at Waterville College. In 1842, he moved to Newton, Massachusetts,
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where he stayed until 1854, when he became editor of the publications of the Baptist Missionary Union.</p>
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<p>The secular world best remembers Smith as the lyricist for the anthem “My Country ’Tis of Thee.” He and <a href = "./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_h_o_holmes_ow.html" >Oliver Wendell Holmes</a> were classmates at Harvard, and at a reunion for the class of 1829, Holmes wrote:</p>
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<p>There’s a nice youngster of excellent pith,<br>
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Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith;<br>
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But he shouted a song for the brave and the free,<br>
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Just read on his medal, “My country,” “of thee.”</p>
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<p>Smith’s other works include:</p>
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<li><em>The Psalmist</em>, 1843 (co-editor with Baron Stow)</li>
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<li><em>Lyric Gems</em>, 1854</li>
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<li><em>Rock of Ages</em>, 1870</li>
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<p><em>Hymns:</em></p>
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<li>As Flows the Rapid River</li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_d_o_downtots.html" >Down to the Sacred Wave</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_g_h_gheralds.html" >Go, Heralds of Salvation, Forth</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_m_o_mornlite.html" >Morning Light Is Breaking, The</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_s_o_softlyft.html" >Softly Fades the Twilight Ray</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_t_o_todatsav.html" >Today the Savior Calls</a></li>
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