_MUSIC._ SAMSON. This tune is an adaptation, a very considerable one, from Chorus 31: “Then round about the starry throne,” in Handel’s oratorio, _Samson_. The tune is taken from various parts of the chorus. For comments on Handel see Hymn 70. 259. There is no sorrow, Lord, too light _Jane Crewdson_, 1809-63 Another of the “songs in the night,” written by one who, like Charlotte Elliott (See 245), was an invalid the greater part of her life and suffered much pain. Jane Fox was born in Cornwall, England. In 1836 she married Thomas D. Crewdson, a Manchester manufacturer. Always delicate, she became a confirmed invalid, but her sufferings served to deepen her spiritual life. She was a woman of fine intellectual power and poetic gifts and through her writings testified gloriously to the all-sufficiency of her Savior’s love. Her attitude toward her suffering is well expressed in the beautiful third verse of the hymn: There is no secret sigh we breathe But meets Thine ear divine: And every cross grows light beneath The shadow, Lord, of thine. This was the favorite hymn of Dr. John Henry Jowett, at one time minister of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City. _MUSIC._ COOLING first appeared in _The American Choir_, 1858. No information has been obtained concerning the composer, Alonzo Judson Abbey, 1825-87. ETERNAL LIFE 260. Hark, hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling _Frederick W. Faber_, 1814-63 A lovely song of the journey of life—the Christian’s pilgrimage to heaven, the heart’s true home. “The Pilgrims of the Night” was the title given this hymn by its author, F. W. Faber, the warm-hearted Roman Catholic hymn writer. The phrases of the poem are wrapped in mystery and loveliness. Their meaning is not always clear but the rhythm and musical ring of the hymn are effective and its popularity is genuine and wide-spread. For comments on F. W. Faber see Hymn 44. _MUSIC._ PILGRIMS was written for this hymn for the appendix to the original edition of _Hymns Ancient and Modern_. For comments on the composer, Henry Smart, see Hymn 46. 261. Forever, with the Lord! _James Montgomery_, 1771-1854 From Montgomery’s poem of twenty-two 4-line stanzas, in two parts, published in the _Amethyst_, 1835. It is based on I Thess. 4:17: “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” Canon Farrar once said, “I can scarcely ever join in singing ‘Forever with the Lord’ without tears.” The hymn voices the aspirations of multitudes of Christians. In time of sorrow and death it points to the life beyond as the true goal of all our earthly striving. For comments on James Montgomery see Hymn 62.