July 14

On July 14, 2 anniversaries fall in the history of the hymns in this library: Matthew Bridges was born in 1800; Simeon Butler Marsh died in 1875.

Each date below is given only where two independent sources — Hymnary.org and Wikidata — agree on the year, and the day itself comes from Wikidata. Dates before the 1750s are given as they were recorded at the time, in the Old Style calendar where that was in use.

Matthew Bridges, who was born on this day in 1800, is remembered in this library for the hymns “Crown Him with Many Crowns”, “My God, Accept My Heart This Day” and “Rise, Glorious Conqueror, Rise”.

Simeon Butler Marsh, who died on this day in 1875, is remembered in this library for the tune MARTYN.

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