Elizabeth Rundle Charles

Short Name: Elizabeth Rundle Charles
Full Name: Charles, Elizabeth Rundle, 1828-1896
Birth Year: 1828
Death Year: 1896

Charles, Elizabeth, née Rundle, is the author of numerous and very popular works intended to popularize the history of early Christian life in Great Britain; of Luther and his times; of Wesley and his work; the struggles of English civil wars; and kindred subjects as embodied in the Chronicles of the Schönherg-Cotta Family, the Diary of Kitty Trevelyan, &c, was born at Tavistock, Devonshire, Her father was John Rundle, M.P., and her husband, Andrew Paton Charles, Barrister-at-Law. Mrs. Charles has made some valuable contributions to hymnology, including original hymns and translations from the Latin and German. These were given in her:—
(1) The Voice of Christian Life in Song; or, Hymns and Hymn-writers of Many Lands and Ages, 1858; (2) The Three Wakings, and other Poems, 1859; and (3) The Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family; (4) Poems, New York, 1867. This has some additional pieces.
Her hymn on the Annunciation, "Age after age shall call thee [her] blessed," appeared in her Three Wakings, &c., 1859.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Charles, Elizabeth, née Rundle. Mrs. Charles has assumed the name of "Rundle-Charles," as given in the 1890 edition of the Hymnal Companion. Other hymns in common use are:—
1. Around a Table, not a tomb. Holy Communion. Dated Oct. 1862. In her Poems, 1868, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines.
2. Come, and rejoice with me. Joy in Christ. Some-times dated 1846. From her Three Wakings, 1859, p. 146, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed "Eureka."
3. Jesus, what once Thou wast. Jesus the Unchangeable One. In Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881.
4. Never further than Thy Cross. Passiontide. In The Family Treasury, Feb. 1860.
5. What marks the dawning of the Year? New Year. From her Three Wakings, 1859, p. 155.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Charles, Elizabeth, née Rundle, pp. 218, ii.; 1556, i. Mrs. Rundle-Charles was born Jan. 2, 1828, married in 1851, and died March 28, 1896. Her hymn, "The little birds fill all the air with their glee" (Thankfulness), was published in her Three Waitings, 1859, p. 165, as a "Song for an Infant School." It is found in The Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and others. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Wikipedia Biography

Elizabeth Rundle Charles (2 January 1828 – 28 March 1896) was an English writer. She was born at Tavistock, Devon, the daughter of John Rundle, MP. Some of her youthful poems won the praise of Tennyson, who read them in manuscript. In 1851 she married . She was affiliated with the Anglican Church, and died at Hampstead, London, in 1896.

Texts by Elizabeth Rundle Charles (54)sort ascendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Will das Oel im Krug versiegen?Mrs. E. R. Charles (Author)German3
Where hast been toiling all day, sweetheartMrs. Charles (Author)English2
When scorn, and hate, and bitter envious prideElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)English2
What, what is tried in the fires of God?Elizabeth Charles (Author)English3
True, the heart grows rich in givingElizabeth Charles, alt. and abr. (Author)English9
Tossed with rough winds, and faint with fearMrs. Andrew Paton Charles (Author)English12
To thee, O God, be praisesElizabeth R. Charles (Author)1
Thou bounteous Giver of the lightElizabeth R. Charles (Translator)English1
Thou art the Way, All ways are thorny mazes without TheeElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)2
This is the very day of GodElizabeth R. Charles (Author)2
The supper of the Lamb to shareElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)3
The Royal Banners forward goElizabeth Charles (Translator (st. 3))English1
The pathways of Thy land are little changedMrs. Rundle Charles (Author)English2
The morning kindles all the sky, the heavens resound with anthems highElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)English9
The little birds fill all the air with their gleeElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)English4
The child is born in BethlehemElizabeth R. Charles (Author)2
Smile praises, O sky, soft breathe them, O airMrs. Charles (Translator)English2
See the King desired for agesElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)3
Salem is shouting with her childrenElizabeth R. Charles (Author)1
Praise ye the Father, for His loving kindnessElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)English80
O Thou who, though with veiled faceMrs. Charles (Translator)English2
O mighty joy to all our raceMrs. Elizabeth Charles (Translator)2
No gospel like this feastElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)English6
Never further than Thy crossElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)English55
Master, where abidest Thou?Elizabeth R. Charles (Author)English2
Look to Jesus, till revivingE. R. Charles (Author)English2
Load al Padre por su gracia eternoElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)Spanish2
Lo the gates of death are brokenElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)2
Lo, the day, the day of life!Mrs. Charles (Translator)English5
Lo the day of life approachethElizabeth R. Charles (Author)2
Lo, the day of Christ's appearingElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)English10
Lift your voice rejoicing, MaryElizabeth Rundle Charles, 1823-1896 (Translator)5
Jesus, what once Thou wastElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)English2
Jesus, my eternal trustElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)English4
Is thy cruse almost exhausted?Elizabeth R. Charles (Author)English3
Is thy burden hard and heavyElizabeth R. Charles (Author)English3
Is thy cruse of comfort failing?Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)English41
In the Fount of life perennial the parched heart its thirst would slakeMrs. Charles (Translator)English1
Hail, thou head, so bruised and woundedMrs. Charles (Translator)English3
For us, the bitter cross he boreElizabeth R. Charles (Author)1
Dost thou in a manger lieElizabeth Charles (Translator)English11
Dieu tout-puissant, mes chants disent ta gloireElizabeth Rundle Charles (1828-1896) (Author)French2
Come and rejoice with meElizabeth Charles (Author)English9
Christ, my Lord, I come to bless theeMrs. Charles (Translator)3
Be not dismayed, thou little flockElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)English10
Awake, ye saints, awake, And hail this sacred dayElizabeth Scott (1708-1776) (Author (Verse 3))English1
As the harp strings only renderMrs. Charles (Translator)English1
Around a table, not a tombElizabeth Charles (Author)English1
Another day of heavenly restMrs. Charles (Author)English3
Ah hush now your mournful complainingsMrs. Charles (Translator)English1
A star shines forth in heaven suddenlyElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)2
A Lamb goes uncomplaining forth, The guilt of all men bearingElizabeth Rundle Charles (Author)English1
A hymn of glory let us sing; New hymns throughout the world shall ring (Charles)Elizabeth Rundell Charles (Translator)English28
A hymn of glory let us gratefully sing, New hymns throughout the world shall ringElizabeth Charles (Author)English3

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