Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander

Born: Early April 1818, Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland.

Died: October 12, 1895, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Buried: City Cemetery, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

    Alexander’s husband was William Alexander, bishop of Derry and Raphoe, and later the Anglican primate for Ireland. Cecil and her sister founded a school for the deaf, and she set up the Girls’ Friendly Society in Londonderry. Cecil Alexander wrote about 400 hymns in her lifetime. Her works include:

• Verses From the Holy Scriptures, 1846
• Hymns for Little Children, 1848
• Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, 1853
• Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, 1854 & 1857
• Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, 1858
• The Legend of the Golden Prayer, 1859

Hymns

1. All Things Bright and Beautiful
2. Angels Stand Around Thy Throne, The
3. Dear Lord, This Thy Servant's Day
4. Do No Sinful Action
5. Christ Has Ascended Up Again
6. Eternal Gates Lift Up Their Heads, The
   • The Golden Gates are Lifted Up
7. Every Morning the Red Sun
8. For All Thy Saints, a Noble Throng
9. Forgive them, O My Father
10. Forsaken Once, and Thrice Denied
11. From Out the Cloud of Amber Light
12. He is Coming, He is Coming
13. He Is Risen
14. His Are the Thousand Sparkling Rills
15. How Good Is the Almighty God
16. In Nazareth in Olden Times
17. In the Rich Man’s Garden
18. It Was Early in the Morning
19. Jesus Calls Us
20. O Love Most Patient, Give Me Grace
21. Once in David's Royal City
22. Roseate Hues of Early Dawn, The
23. Saints of God Are Holy Men, The
24. Saw You Never, in the Twilight?
25. So Be It, Lord; the Prayers are Prayed
26. Souls in Death and Darkness Lying
27. Spirit of God, That Moved of Old
28. St. Patrick's Breastplate
29. Still Bright and Blue Doth Jordan Flow
30. There is a Green Hill Far Away
31. There is One Way
32. Up in Heaven
33. We Are But Little Children Weak
    • O Lord, the Holy Innocents
34. We Were Washed in Holy Water
35. When Christ Came Down on Earth of Old
    • O Son of God, in Glory Crowned
36. When of Old the Jewish Mothers
37. When Wounded Sore the Stricken Heart
38. Within the Churchyard, Side by Side