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| Short Name: | Charles Giles |
| Full Name: | Giles, Charles, 1783-1867 |
| Birth Year: | 1783 |
| Death Year: | 1867 |
Giles, Charles, an American Methodist minister, was born near Fort Griswold, Connecticut, Feb. 22, 1783, entered the ministry in 1805, and died at Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1867. His hymn, "The fading world promiscuous flows" (Heaven Anticipated), is found, in 6 stanzas of 5 lines, in James Gallagher's New Selection, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1835; and in 8 stanzas of 5 lines. From it the hymn, "This world is poor from shore to shore," in Beecher's Plymouth Collection, 1855; Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, and others, is taken.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Texts by Charles Giles (4) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| The faithless world promiscuous flow | Charles Giles (Author) | English | 1 |
| This world is poor from shore to shore | Charles Giles (Author) | 17 | |
| Ye angelic messengers bright | Rev. C. Giles (Author) | 2 | |
| Young people all, attention give While I address you in God's name | C. Giles (Author) | English | 1 |
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