Harriet Auber

1773-1862

Born: October 4, 1773, Spitalfields, Stepney, Middlesex, England.

Died: January 22, 1862, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England.

Daughter of a rector and member of the Anglican church, Auber published the poem collection The Spirit of the Psalms in 1829. Her actual name was Henriette, but she was known as Harriet. For most of her life, she lived at Broxbourne and Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.

Hymns:

1. Arise, Ye People, and Adore
2. As Thy Chosen People, Lord
3. Bright Was the Guiding Star That Led
4. Can Guilty Man Indeed Believe?
5. Delightful Is the Task to Sing
6. Father of Spirits, Nature’s God
7. Great God, Wert Thou Extreme to Mark
8. Hail, Gracious Source of Every Good
9. Hasten, Lord, the Glorious Time
10. How Blest Are They Who Daily Prove
11. How Blest the Children of the Lord
12. Jehovah, Great and Awful Name
13. Jehovah Reigns, O Earth, Rejoice
14. Jesus, Lord, to Thee We Sing
15. Lord, Who Hath Redeemed Our Souls, The
16. O All Ye Lands, Rejoice in God
17. O God Our Strength, to Thee the song
18. O Praise Our Great and Gracious Lord
19. O Thou Whom Heaven’s Bright Host Revere
20. On Thy Church, O Power Divine
21. Our Blest Redeemer, ere He Breathed
22. Praise the Lord, Our Mighty King
23. Spirit of Peace, Who as a [Celestial] Dove
24. Sweet Is the Work, O Lord
25. That Thou, O Lord, Art Ever Nigh
26. Thou by Whose Strength the Mountains Stand
27. When Dangers Press and Fears Invade
28. Who, O Lord, When Life Is O’er
29. Whom Have We, Lord, in Heaven But Thee
30. Wide, Ye Heavenly Gates, Unfold
31. With Hearts In Love Abounding
32. With Joy We Hail the Sacred Day
33. Vainly Through the Night the Ranger