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| Short Name: | Charles William Everest |
| Full Name: | Everest, Charles W. (Charles William), 1814-1877 |
| Birth Year: | 1814 |
| Death Year: | 1877 |
Everest, Charles William, M.A., born at East Windsor, Connecticut, May 27, 1814, graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, 1838, and took Holy Orders in 1842. He was rector at Hamden, Connecticut, from 1842 to 1873, and also agent for the Society for the Increase of the Ministry. He died at Waterbury, Connecticut, Jan. 11, 1877 (See Poets of Connecticut, 1843). In 1833 he published Visions of Death, and Other Poems; from this work his popular hymn is taken:—
Take up thy cross, the Saviour said. Following Jesus. The original text of this hymn differs very materially from that which is usually found in the hymn-books. The most widely known form of the text is that in Hymns Ancient & Modern, where it appeared in 1861. It was copied by the Compilers from another collection, but by whom the alterations were made is unknown. The nearest approach to the original is in Horder's Congregational Hymn Book, 1884. Original text in Biggs's English Hymnology, 1873, p. 24.
[Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Texts by Charles William Everest (2) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Take up thy cross the Savior said, Come and my disciple be | C. W. Everest (Author) | English | 1 |
| Take up thy cross, the Savior said, If thou wouldst my disciple be | Charles W. Everest (Author) | English | 246 |
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