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| Short Name: | E. Margaret Clarkson |
| Full Name: | Clarkson, E. Margaret (Edith Margaret), 1915-2008 |
| Birth Year: | 1915 |
| Death Year: | 2008 |
Edith Margaret Clarkson was a Canadian hymn writer and author, born June 8, 1915, in Melville, Saskatchewan, and long resident in Toronto. Trained as a teacher, she served for decades in public schools while writing hymns and devotional prose marked by doctrinal clarity and poetic restraint. Early texts include “So Send I You” (1937) and “We Come, O Christ, to Thee” (1946); later she contributed widely sung hymns such as “O Father, You Are Sovereign” and “For Your Gift of God the Spirit,” and published numerous books on the Christian life and suffering. Her work—deeply shaped by Reformed conviction—was commissioned and sung in missionary and ecumenical settings worldwide. Clarkson died in 2008, having been named a Fellow of The Hymn Society (1993).
J. S. McDuff (from Hymnology Archive profile “E. Margaret Clarkson,” and Wheaton College ReCollections essays and notices, retrieved 10/10/2025)
Texts by E. Margaret Clarkson (73) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| A debt of love I owe to Jesus | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 3 |
| A ti te envío para obrar sin paga | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | Spanish | 1 |
| A trabajar os mando por el mundo | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | 1 | |
| Al mundo id, a realizar la obra | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | Spanish | 3 |
| Amid the fears that oppress our day | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 4 |
| Burn in me, Fire of God | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | 2 | |
| By Christ redeemed, in Christ restored | Margaret Clarkson (Author (stanza 6)) | English | 1 |
| Chosen and sent by the Father before earth's creation | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 2 |
| Come, Thou Fount of every blessing | E. Margaret Clarkson (Adapter) | English | 5 |
| Come to Jesus while you may (Clarkson) | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | 1 | |
| Earth gave him no welcome, no shelter, no home | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Eu vos envio a triunfar na luta | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | Portuguese | 2 |
| For all the world Christ died to purchase pardon | Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| For your gift of God the Spirit | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 14 |
| Gathered round Your table on this holy eve | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 4 |
| Go bring in the children | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | 1 | |
| God is hope and God is now! | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | 0 | |
| God of creation, all powerful, all wise | Margaret Clarkson (Author) | 5 | |
| God of the ages, History's Maker | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 8 |
| Hand in hand with Jesus, Down life's winding trail | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| He ever lives triumphantly | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| He is risen! Tell the story | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| How can I know my way secure | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | 1 | |
| How great Thy loving kindness is | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 2 |
| [I Do Not Know Tomorrow's Way] | Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 3 |
| I love my blessed Savior, Because He first loved me (Clarkson) | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| I set my life by God's great clock | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | 4 | |
| In resurrection bodies | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| In sure and certain hope | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, That's the Name I love | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Jesus, life of all the world | Margaret Clarkson, 1915- (Author) | English | 2 |
| Jesus, Savior, hear me, as to Thee I pray | Ethel M. Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Let not your hearts be troubled, You who belive in him | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Let us build a house of worship | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Let us draw near! The blood is spilt | Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 3 |
| Let your Spirit teach me, Lord | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Lord, Jesus, we must know you | Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Lord of our dawning, who brought us to birth | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Lord of the universe, hope of the world | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Lord, we hear your word with gladness | Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 5 |
| More love to Thee, O Christ | Margaret Clarkson (Author (st. 3)) | English | 2 |
| My Lord has given me a song | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | 1 | |
| My song shall be of Jesus, His mercy crowns my days | E. Margaret Clarkson (1915- (Adapter) | English | 2 |
| Now know we not the meaning of life's sorrw | Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| O Father, you are sovereign | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 7 |
| O living Word of God | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | 1 | |
| ¡Oh, cuán grande amor! | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | Spanish | 1 |
| Oh, quanto devo eu a Cristo | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | Portuguese | 1 |
| Once more the shadows lengthen | Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| One is the race of mankind under sin's condemnation | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Open my eyes, Lord Jesus | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Our cities cry to you, O God | Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 6 |
| Our God is mighty, worthy of all praising | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 2 |
| Por su misericordia | Margaret Clarkson (Adapter) | Spanish | 2 |
| Posyłam was do pracy bez nagrody | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | Polish | 1 |
| Praise the Lord, sing hallelujah, Children of God's gracious choice | Edith Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Priest and victim, Jesus dies | Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 4 |
| Rejoicing in hope We wait for our King | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Remembered, remembered no more | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 2 |
| Sing praise to the Father, Creator and King | E. M. C. (Author) | English | 6 |
| So send I you, by grace made strong to triumph | Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 18 |
| So send I you, to labor unrewarded | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 38 |
| Te envío a ti, a un mundo que perece | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | Spanish | 1 |
| Temores hay y presiones mil | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | Spanish | 2 |
| The battle is the Lord's! The harvest fields are white | Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 10 |
| The Church of God is debtor | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | 1 | |
| The Son of God is come, Almighty to redeem | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| There was no room in Bethlehem For him who left his throne | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Though wars may rise and kingdoms fall | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| We come, O Christ, to You | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 28 |
| We gather here to bid farewell | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 4 |
| Whom shall I send? the voice of Jesus calls us! | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
| Wilt thou not come? the day grows chill | E. Margaret Clarkson (Author) | English | 1 |
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