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Born: Early April 1818, Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland.

Died: October 12, 1895, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Buried: City Cemetery, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander (1818-1895)

Alexander’s husband was William Alexander, bishop of Derry and Raphoe, and later the Anglican primate for Ireland. Cecil and her sister founded a school for the deaf, and she set up the Girls’ Friendly Society in Londonderry. Cecil Alexander wrote about 400 hymns in her lifetime. Her works include:

  • Verses From the Holy Scriptures, 1846
  • Hymns for Little Children, 1848
  • Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, 1853
  • Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, 1854 & 1857
  • Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, 1858
  • The Legend of the Golden Prayer, 1859

Hymns:

  1. All Things Bright and Beautiful
  2. Do No Sinful Action
  3. Eternal Gates Lift Up Their Heads, The
  4. For All Thy Saints, a Noble Throng
  5. Forgive Them, O My Father
  6. He Is Coming, He Is Coming
  7. He Is Risen
  8. His Are the Thousand Sparkling Rills
  9. In Nazareth in Olden Times
  10. Jesus Calls Us
  11. O Love Most Patient, Give Me Grace
  12. Once in David’s Royal City
  13. Roseate Hues of Early Dawn, The
  14. Saw You Never, in the Twilight?
  15. Souls in Death and Darkness Lying
  16. Spirit of God, That Moved of Old
  17. St. Patrick’s Breastplate
  18. There Is a Green Hill Far Away
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