From Bethlehem to Bethany
by Warren R. Fitch
F
rom Bethlehem to Bethany or The Story
of a Sinless Life
by Warren R. Fitch. (Syracuse, NY: The Mason
Press, [n.d.], 178 pp.) Reverend Warren Rudolphus Fitch (1836-1917),
No. 4504, was an ordained Methodist minister at Brier Hill, St.
Lawrence Co., NY. He was also a merchant, Justice of the Peace,
Town Supervisor, and Postmaster there. In 1873, he moved to Lowville
in Lewis Co., NY, where he became editor and publisher of the
Lowville Times
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The undated volume shown here contains a single poem in 26 parts,
running 178 pages. It tells the life story of Jesus, beginning with
an "Invocation:"
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Awake O Muse! With holy rapture sing
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Of Him who came to Bethlehem a King;
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And ends with:
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Rejoice, O Bethlehem! now that you see
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Him, glory crowned, ascend from Bethany.
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