Elizabeth C. Clephane
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Elizabeth Cecelia Douglas Clephane (b. June 18, 1830, Edinburgh, Scotland - d. February 19, 1869, Bridgend House, near Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland) was the author of the hymn Beneath the Cross of Jesus.
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[edit] Biography
Elizabeth was the third daughter of Andrew Clephane, Sheriff of Fife and Kinross. She lived most of her life in Melrose, Scotland, about 30 miles southeast of Edinburgh. She spent most of her money on charitable causes, and was known locally as “The Sunbeam.”
Clephane’s hymns appeared posthumously, almost all for the first time, in the Family Treasury (1872), under the general title of “Breathings on the Border.”
[edit] The Hymn
Below are the lyrics of the hymn Beneath the Cross of Jesus done by Elizabeth.
1. Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand,
the shadow of a mighty rock
within a weary land;
a home within the wilderness,
a rest upon the way,
from the burning of the noontide heat,
and the burden of the day.
2. Upon that cross of Jesus
mine eye at times can see
the very dying form of One
who suffered there for me;
and from my stricken heart with tears
two wonders I confess:
the wonders of redeeming love
and my unworthiness.
3. I take, O cross, thy shadow
for my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than
the sunshine of his face;
content to let the world go by,
to know no gain nor loss,
my sinful self my only shame,
my glory all the cross.
- Music: Frederick C. Maker, 1844-1927
- Tune: ST. CHRISTOPHER, Meter: 76.86.86.86
[edit] External links
- Elizabeth Clephane - Page contains a photo of Elizabeth Clephane and a MIDI file with the music to the hymn
[edit] Sources
- Bailey, pp. 456-7
- Julian, pp. 238, 1162
- Stulken, p. 206
