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How The Hymn Was Written.
Dotails are issued of an under- Mr. W. Maxwell-Lyte writes to taking designed to den1 with the the Times:As one of the 'fow goods and parcels traffic of Lon- living descendants of the author
Abide with Mo, don by underground railways. of the hymn The promoters are described as which nightly thrills the prost The London Underground Goods aulienos in the Wombley Stadium, Railways, Limited; who hayo ur- I have boon greatly interested in ranged to form a promotion' com- the correspondence in The Times, pany with a nominal capital of It is only those who know the £100,000 for the purpose of obtain, tragic circumstances under which ing the necessary statutory this beautiful hymn was writton powerà from "parliament. The who can explain the inner-mean- provision of the capital-some ing of the words "Fast falls the £32,000,000-is stated to have oventide," boen arranged through the co-! operation of English and Ameri gan banks under conditions which provide for the distribution of the issue bolwoon the two market.
My groat-grandfather, the Rov.) Honry Francis Lyte, the author of the hynin, was vicar of: Lower Brixham, in those days a pictures- que little fishing villago on the In the announcement made it shares of Terbay. He was the is stated that the Underground, author of numerous poems and Goods, Hallway has been de hymns, song of which are to signed to afford the enormous Hymns Ancient and Modern,' and growing goods and par-During the latter part of his life i cel traffic of London a new and he devoted himself to the service' improved method of transport by of the humble fisher folk of Brix- underground railways Em-ham, among whom were many of His labours municating with all the principal his best friends.
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are sometimes the sean at Tor-. metropolis. The line would be hay, The sun was setting in standerd gauge, worked clec-blaze of glory and the purple bills trically by power from the exist-of distant Dartmoor stood out An Attractive Writing.cutfit ing supply stations and, at the darkly against a flaming sky. various points of reception and In the foreground was Brixham
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capable of moving one or more gaze on the wonderful manifesta- loaded wagons at a time.
We can well tion of naturo. imagine his feelings. He had just goode The slow-moving
Baid "Good-bye for the last traffic," the statement proceeds, "is principally responsible for the time to his parishioners, and he seriouscongestion now prevailing know that he had only a few throughout the Metropolitan area weeks at most to live. The setting of London. It is estimated to day reminded him ipaistently reprosent u direct daily waste of of his life which was drawing! nos less than £200,000, and, swiftly to its close.
if this traffic could be reduced in It was during this walk that he the manner and to the extent prayed that before he died ho projected, it is calculated that might be allowed to write one the condition of the streets and message of consolation to humani- bridges, so far us free movementty which would endure for ever. is concerned, would be restored On arriving home he went to his approximately to what it was study and there and then wrote many years ago." It is expected the immortal hymn whichbas on- that the facilities the undertaking riched our language, and brought would provide, in the dispatch comfort and consolation to mil- and reception of exports and in-lions. His prayer was, indeed,! No one who knows. ports, by accelerating their trans answered. port and decreasing the cost of the circumstances under which handling would attract increased the hymn was written can sing it trade to the Port of London, without feeling some of the emo- which is the cheapest port in the tion which inspired the poet as be world to enter, but, in the matter wrote about the eventide of his of distributing after the cargoes | own life: have been landed, the dearest.
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