Short Name: | Elizabeth Rundle Charles |
Full Name: | Charles, Elizabeth Rundle, 1828-1896 |
Birth Year: | 1828 |
Death Year: | 1896 |
Charles, Elizabeth, née Rundle, is the author of numerous and very popular works intended to popularize the history of early Christian life in Great Britain; of Luther and his times; of Wesley and his work; the struggles of English civil wars; and kindred subjects as embodied in the Chronicles of the Schönherg-Cotta Family, the Diary of Kitty Trevelyan, &c, was born at Tavistock, Devonshire, Her father was John Rundle, M.P., and her husband, Andrew Paton Charles, Barrister-at-Law. Mrs. Charles has made some valuable contributions to hymnology, including original hymns and translations from the Latin and German. These were given in her:—
(1) The Voice of Christian Life in Song; or, Hymns and Hymn-writers of Many Lands and Ages, 1858; (2) The Three Wakings, and other Poems, 1859; and (3) The Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family; (4) Poems, New York, 1867. This has some additional pieces.
Her hymn on the Annunciation, "Age after age shall call thee [her] blessed," appeared in her Three Wakings, &c., 1859.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Charles, Elizabeth, née Rundle. Mrs. Charles has assumed the name of "Rundle-Charles," as given in the 1890 edition of the Hymnal Companion. Other hymns in common use are:—
1. Around a Table, not a tomb. Holy Communion. Dated Oct. 1862. In her Poems, 1868, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines.
2. Come, and rejoice with me. Joy in Christ. Some-times dated 1846. From her Three Wakings, 1859, p. 146, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed "Eureka."
3. Jesus, what once Thou wast. Jesus the Unchangeable One. In Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881.
4. Never further than Thy Cross. Passiontide. In The Family Treasury, Feb. 1860.
5. What marks the dawning of the Year? New Year. From her Three Wakings, 1859, p. 155.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Charles, Elizabeth, née Rundle, pp. 218, ii.; 1556, i. Mrs. Rundle-Charles was born Jan. 2, 1828, married in 1851, and died March 28, 1896. Her hymn, "The little birds fill all the air with their glee" (Thankfulness), was published in her Three Waitings, 1859, p. 165, as a "Song for an Infant School." It is found in The Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and others. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Texts by Elizabeth Rundle Charles (54) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Will das Oel im Krug versiegen? | Mrs. E. R. Charles (Author) | German | 3 |
Where hast been toiling all day, sweetheart | Mrs. Charles (Author) | English | 2 |
When scorn, and hate, and bitter envious pride | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | English | 2 |
What, what is tried in the fires of God? | Elizabeth Charles (Author) | English | 3 |
True, the heart grows rich in giving | Elizabeth Charles, alt. and abr. (Author) | English | 9 |
Tossed with rough winds, and faint with fear | Elizabeth Charles (Author) | English | 12 |
To thee, O God, be praises | Elizabeth R. Charles (Author) | 1 | |
Thou bounteous Giver of the light | Elizabeth R. Charles (Translator) | English | 1 |
Thou art the Way, All ways are thorny mazes without Thee | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | 2 | |
This is the very day of God | Elizabeth R. Charles (Author) | 2 | |
The supper of the Lamb to share | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | 3 | |
The Royal Banners forward go | Elizabeth Charles (Translator (st. 3)) | English | 1 |
The pathways of Thy land are little changed | Mrs. Rundle Charles (Author) | English | 2 |
The morning kindles all the sky, the heavens resound with anthems high | Mrs. E. Charles (Translator) | English | 9 |
The little birds fill all the air with their glee | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | English | 4 |
The child is born in Bethlehem | Elizabeth R. Charles (Author) | 2 | |
Smile praises, O sky, soft breathe them, O air | Elizabeth R. Charles (Author) | English | 2 |
See the King desired for ages | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | 3 | |
Salem is shouting with her children | Elizabeth R. Charles (Author) | 1 | |
Praise ye the Father, for His loving kindness | Mrs. Elizabath Charles (1818- ) (Author) | English | 80 |
O Thou who, though with veiled face | Elizabeth R. Charles (Author) | English | 2 |
O mighty joy to all our race | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Translator) | 2 | |
No gospel like this feast | Mrs. Rundle Charles (Author) | English | 6 |
Never further than Thy cross | Mrs. Elizabeth Charles (Author) | English | 55 |
Master, where abidest Thou? | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | English | 2 |
Look to Jesus, till reviving | Elizabeth R. Charles (Author) | English | 2 |
Load al Padre por su gracia eterno | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
Lo the gates of death are broken | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | 2 | |
Lo, the day, the day of life! | Mrs. Charles (Translator) | English | 5 |
Lo the day of life approacheth | E. R. Charles (Translator) | 2 | |
Lo, the day of Christ's appearing | Mrs. E. Charles (Translator) | English | 10 |
Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (1828-1896) (Translator) | 5 | |
Jesus, what once Thou wast | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | English | 2 |
Jesus, my eternal trust | Elizabeth R. Charles (Author) | English | 4 |
Is thy cruse almost exhausted? | Mrs. E. R. Charles (Author) | English | 3 |
Is thy burden hard and heavy | Elizabeth R. Charles (Author) | English | 3 |
Is thy cruse of comfort failing? | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | English | 41 |
In the Fount of life perennial the parched heart its thirst would slake | Mrs. Charles (Translator) | English | 1 |
Hail, thou head, so bruised and wounded | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Translator) | English | 3 |
For us, the bitter cross he bore | Elizabeth R. Charles (Author) | 1 | |
Dost thou in a manger lie | Elizabeth Charles (Translator) | English | 11 |
Dieu tout-puissant, mes chants disent ta gloire | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (1828-1896) (Author) | French | 2 |
Come and rejoice with me | Elizabeth R. Charles, 1828 - 1896 (Author) | English | 9 |
Christ, my Lord, I come to bless thee | Mrs. Charles (Translator) | 3 | |
Be not dismayed, thou little flock | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | English | 10 |
Awake, ye saints, awake, And hail this sacred day | Elizabeth Scott (1708-1776) (Author (Verse 3)) | English | 1 |
As the harp strings only render | Mrs. Charles (Translator) | English | 1 |
Around a table, not a tomb | Elizabeth Charles (Author) | English | 1 |
Another day of heavenly rest | Elizabeth R. Charles (Author) | English | 3 |
Ah hush now your mournful complainings | Mrs. Charles (Translator) | English | 1 |
A star shines forth in heaven suddenly | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | 2 | |
A Lamb goes uncomplaining forth, The guilt of all men bearing | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | English | 1 |
A hymn of glory let us sing; New hymns throughout the world shall ring (Charles) | Elizabeth Rundell Charles (Paraphraser) | English | 28 |
A hymn of glory let us gratefully sing, New hymns throughout the world shall ring | Elizabeth Rundle Charles (Author) | English | 3 |