[We know there's a bright and a glorious home] (Wilson)

Composer: Margaret C. H. Wilson

Wilson, Margaret Chalmers, née Hood, was b. at Dunbar, Oct. 19, 1825, and in 1869 married her cousin, the Rev. James Hood Wilson, D.D. (see p. 1032). She d. while on a visit to Gullane, Haddingtonshire, July 24, 1902. She contributed her hymns to the collections edition by her husband, viz., his Service of Praise, 1865, and Songs of Zion, 1876. Two of these are:— 1. If washed in Jesus' blood. [Example of Jesus Christ.] In Songs of Zion, 1876, No. 246, as by "M. C. W." In Bell and Fox's Church of England Hymnal, 1894, it is dated 18?0. 2. We know there's a bright and glorious home. [Life Eternal.] In the Service of Praise, 1865, No. 240, as by "M. C. H." In the Junior Hymnal, 1906, it is greatly altered, and begi… Go to person page >