Henry Collins

Short Name: Henry Collins
Full Name: Collins, Henry
Birth Year: 1827
Death Year: 1919

Collins, Henry, M.A., educated at Oxford, where he graduated about 1854. He was ordained to the Ministry of the Church of England, but in Nov., 1857, he entered the Roman communion, becoming a member of the Cistercian Order in 1860. Author of Life of the Rev. Father Gentili, &c, 1861; The Spirit and Mission of the Cistercian Order , &c. His hymns were published by him before leaving the Church of England, in his Hymns for Missions , 1854, first published at Leeds, and then by Shrimpton of Oxford, and Masters of London. It contains 37 hymns, of which two only were by him:—"Jesu, meek and lowly" (Passiontide), and "Jesu, my Lord, my God, my all." (Love of Jesus desired) These hymns are in extensive use.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Texts by Henry Collins (9)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Dear Father, bless us as we go Each on his homeward wayHenry Collins (Author)English1
Jesus, meek and lowly, Savior pure and holyHenry Augustine Collins, 1827-1919 (Author)English22
Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all, Hear me, blest Savior, when I callHenry Collins (Author)English188
Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All, How can I love Thee as I ought?Henry Collins (Arranger)English1
Jesus! too late I Thee have soughtH. Collins (Author)English2
O 'tis in the [this] land of the Bible we loveH. Collins (Author)6
O ye have garnered, teachers lovedH. Collins (Author)1
Sweet Savior, bless us ere we go: Thy word into our minds instillH. Collins (Author)English6
耶穌基督,我主,我神Henry Collins (Author)Chinese1
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