Mrs. Catherine J. Bonar

Mrs. Catherine J. Bonar
Short Name: Mrs. Catherine J. Bonar
Full Name: Bonar, Catherine J. Mrs., 1821-1884
Birth Year: 1821
Death Year: 1884

Bonar, Jane Catharine, née Lundie, daughter of the Rev. Robert Lundie, some time minister of the parish of Kelso, born at Kelso Manse, December, 1821, married, in 1843, to Dr. H. Bonar, and died in Edinburgh, Dec. 3, 1884. Her hymns appeared in Dr. Bonar's Songs for the Wilderness, 1843-4, and his Bible Hymn Book, 1845. Their use is very limited. Mrs. Bonar is chiefly known through her hymn:—
Pass away, earthly joy. Jesus, all in all, which appeared in the Songs for the Wilderness, 2nd Series, 1844, and again in the Bible Hymn Book, 1845, No. 108, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines, including the refrain, "Jesus is mine!" The original text is given in Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymn Book. 1372, No. 661. Sometimes this is altered to "Fade, fade, each earthly joy," as in the American Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865, No. 114, and others. The last stanza of this hymn is also st. iv. of the cento, "Now I have found a friend," &c. (q. v.)

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)


Texts by Mrs. Catherine J. Bonar (8)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Fade, fade, each earthly joyMrs. Catharine J. Bonar (Author)English218
Fliehe, o Erdenglück, Jesus ist meinCatherine J. Bonar (Author)German1
今世福樂沒滅 (Jīnshì fú lè méi miè)Mrs. Catherine J. Bonar (Author)Chinese2
மங்கி மறைந்திடு, மாய சிற்றின்பம் (Maṅki maṟaintiṭu, māya ciṟṟiṉpam)Mrs. Catherine J. Bonar (Author)Tamil2
Now I have found a friend, Jesus is mineCatherine Jane Bonar (Author (v. 4))English1
Visner paa jord alt skjøntMrs. C. J. Bonar (Author)2
Welkt, Erdenfreuden, hinCatherine J. Bonar (Author)German3
Welkt ird'sche Freuden nurCatherine J. Bonar (Author)German1
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