Wednesday, August 12, 2009

In the Old School Hymnal, the hymn "Time, What An Empty Vapor 'Tis," is attributed to Abraham Lincoln, which appears to be inaccurate. Isaacs Watts is generally given credit for it, which would considerably outdate Lincoln. It is possible that the President had jotted the hymn down at some point and someone who saw it, but was not familiar with it, thought he had written it.

1 comment:

rachel tsunami said...

Just catching up on blogs.

Glad to hear this pointed out. Isaac Watts left a great legacy.