When of old the Jewish mothers

When of old the Jewish mothers

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander
Published in 22 hymnals

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander

As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandment… Go to person page >

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First Line: When of old the Jewish mothers
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Hymns for the Children of the Church #262

Sunday School Service and Hymn Book arranged by the Sunday School Committee #d183

Early Flowers #d11

Infant Songs #d40

Infant Songs #d40

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Palm Leaves #55

Sunday School Hymns #d171

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The Children's Hymnal with Tunes #84

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Royal Gems #69

A New Service and Tune Book for Sunday Schools. New ed. #d155

New Service and Tune Book for Sunday School #d151

The Children's Church #d177

The Children's Hymnal (with tunes) #d231

The Children's Hymnary #d142

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The Church Porch #83

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The Church Porch #94

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The Church Porch #94

The Hymns from the Children's Hymnal; with a Service, for Sunday Schools #d235

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The New Children's Hymnal #127

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The Sunday School Hymnal #122

The Sunday School Liturgy #d57

The Trinity Hymnal, with Offices of Devotion #d83

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