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Archer T. Gurney

Archer T. Gurney
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Short Name: Archer T. Gurney
Full Name: Gurney, Archer Thompson, 1820-1887
Birth Year: 1820
Death Year: 1887

Gurney, Archer Thompson, was born in 1820, and educated for the legal profession. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple, but in 1849 he entered Holy Orders. He held several appointments, including the Curacy of Buckingham, 1854-58; the Chaplaincy of the Court Church, Paris, 1858-71, and other charges. He died at Bath, March 21, 1887. His published works include:—
Spring, 1853; Songs of the Present, 1854; The Ode of Peace, 1855; Songs of Early Summer, 1856; and A Book of Praise, 1862.
To the Book of Praise he contributed 147 hymns. Very few of these are known beyond his own collection. He is widely known through his Easter hymn “Christ is risen, Christ is risen." His "Memory of the blest departed" (SS. Philip and James) is in the People's Hymnal, 1867.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Archer T. Gurney (8)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Christ is risen! Christ is risen! He hath burst His bonds in twainA. T. Gurney (Author)English76
Come, ye lofty, come, ye lowlyArcher T. Gurney (Author)English31
Evermore their lauds the Angel hosts are singingArcher T. Gurney (Author)English1
High above a star is shiningArcher Thompson Gurney (Author)1
Now to God on high be gloryArcher T. Gurney (Author)English1
Silence in the house of prayerArthur T. Gurney (Author)2
The awful noontide gloom is o’erArcher T. Gurney (Author)English1
The day of PentecostArcher T. Gurney (Author)1

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