These words were written by William McComb under the title “Christ All in All,” an expression used in the last stanza of the hymn. It was first printed in Christ in Song, 1869, in New York City. McComb was born in Coleraine, County of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in 1793; he moved to Belfast, where he became a bookseller. His writings are published in his Poetical Works, 1864. He died about 1870.

       SPANISH HYMN is an arrangement published in 1826 by Benjamin Carr (1769-1831), an Englishman who emigrated to the United States and became a music dealer and music printer. Carr was an organist in Philadephia, and helped to introduce both operatic and classical music to America. Notice that the third score is an exact repetition of the first score and the second score has two musical phrases exactly alike. (See SDAH 10, MADRED, for a modification of the tune.)