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Short Name: | Mary Butler |
Full Name: | Butler, Mary L., 1841-1916 |
Birth Year: | 1841 |
Death Year: | 1916 |
Butler, Mary. The following hymns in Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book 1881:—"Looking upward every day " (Onwards), and "O help me, Lord, this day to be" (Morning), are signed with this name. Beyond this we have no information.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Butler, Mary, p. 1555, ii., is a granddaughter of Bp. Samuel Butler, of Lichfield, 1836-39; and daughter of Thomas Butler, M.A., sometime Rector of Langar, Notts, and Prebendary of Clifton in Lincoln Cath. “Whiteness of the winter's snow" (All from God), in The Council School Hymn Book 1905, is also by Miss Butler.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Texts by Mary Butler (12)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Beautiful world that God has made | M. L. B. (Author) | English | 2 |
Hear the joy bells ringing, ringing | M. L. Butler (Author) | English | 7 |
In countries far, far, far away | Mary L. Butler (Author) | 2 | |
Looking upward day by day | Mary L. Butler (Author) | English | 3 |
Looking upward every day | Mary Butler (Author) | English | 70 |
O help me Lord this day to be Thine own dear child, and follow Thee | M. Butler (Author) | English | 3 |
O Lord, so great and powerful | Mary L. Butler (Author) | English | 2 |
The bells in the steeples ring out the glad sound | Mary L. Butler (Author) | English | 2 |
The Easter flowers are sweet and fair | Mary L. Butler (Author) | English | 4 |
The Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall I know (Butler) | M. L. Butler (Author) | English | 2 |
'Tis children's Day, from heart to heart | Mary Louisa Butler (Author) | English | 15 |
Whiteness of winter snows | Mary Butler (Author) | English | 2 |