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Andrew Reed
1787-1862
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Born: November 27, 1787, St. Clement Danes, Middlesex, England.
Died: February 25, 1862, Cambridge Heath, Middlesex, England. |
Husband of hymnist Elizabeth Holmes Reed, Andrew attended Hackney College, London, and became a Congregational minister. He was pastor at the New Road Chapel, St. George’s-in-the-East, then at Wycliffe Chapel, which he helped build in 1830. He also earned a degree from Yale College, and founded the London Orphan Asylum and Reed’s School in Cobham, Surrey. He wrote 21 total hymns. His works include:
- Hymn Book, Prepared from Dr. Watts’ Psalms and Hymns and Other Hymns, with Some Originals, 1824
- Wycliffe Supplement, 1872
Hymns:
- Ah, Jesus, Let Me Hear Thy Voice
- Come, Let Us Strike Our Harps Afresh
- Come, My Redeemer, Come
- Gentle Savior, Look on Me
- Gracious Lord, as Thou Hast Taught Us
- Hark! Hark! The Notes of Joy
- Holy Ghost, with Light Divine
- Listen, Sinner, Mercy Hails You
- Rich Are the Joys of Solitude
- Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayer
- There [Comes] Is an Hour When I Must Part
- Ye Saints Your Music Bring
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