Some murmur when their sky is clear

Some murmur when their sky is clear

Author: Richard Chenevix Trench
Tune: NORLEY
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Richard Chenevix Trench

Trench, Richard Chenevix, D.D. was born in North Frederick Street, Dublin, on Sept. 9th, 1807, during a visit of his parents of some mouths to Ireland. His father was Richard Trench, 6th son of Frederick Trench, of Woodlands, Co. Galway; his mother Melesina, only grandchild and heiress of Richard Chenevix, Bishop of Waterford, and widow of Colonel St. George. On his mother's side he was almost purely French, the grandfather of Bishop Chenevix of Waterford, Philip Chenevix of d'Eply of Loraine having only taken refuge in England on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Huguenot refugee families married for a long time within themselves, and in Mrs. Richard Trench, four distinct foreign strains were blended. Her sons (the Archbishop and… Go to person page >

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First Line: Some murmur when their sky is clear
Author: Richard Chenevix Trench
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Church of England Hymn Book #654

Songs in the Night; or Hymns for the Sick and Suffering. 2nd ed. #d156

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Songs of the Soul #505

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The Westminster Abbey Hymn-Book #397

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