Christian, Rise and Act Thy Creed

Author: Francis Albert Rollo Russell

Russell, Francis Albert Rollo, third son of John, first Earl Russell, was born July 10, 1849, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford; B.A. 1873, M.A. 1878. He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. His hymns appeared in his Break of Day, London, 1893, from which three passed into Horder's Hymns Supplem., 1894, viz.:— 1. Christian! rise, and act thy creed. Christian Service. 2. Come, Holy Spirit, kind to all. Whitsuntide. 3. O God, Whose voice the angels hear. The Eternal. These are 1893, pp. 127,128,125. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)  Go to person page >