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| 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)
Texts by Henry Collins (8) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Savior, bless us ere we go: Thy word into our minds instill | H. Collins (Author) | English | 6 |
| O ye have garnered, teachers loved | Henry Collins (Author) | 2 | |
| O 'tis in the [this] land of the Bible we love | H. Collins (Author) | 7 | |
| Jesus! too late I Thee have sought | H. Collins (Author) | English | 3 |
| Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all, Hear me, blest Savior, when I call | H. Collins (Author) | English | 178 |
| Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All, How can I love Thee as I ought? | Henry Collins (Arranger) | English | 1 |
| Jesus, meek and lowly, Savior pure and holy | H. Collins (Author) | English | 22 |
| Dear Father, bless us as we go Each on his homeward way | H. Collins (Author) | English | 2 |
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