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R. Birch Hoyle

Short Name: R. Birch Hoyle
Full Name: Hoyle, R. Birch (Richard Birch), 1875-1939
Birth Year: 1875
Death Year: 1939

Born: March 8, 1875, Clough­fold, Lan­ca­shire, Eng­land.
Died: De­cem­ber 14, 1939, Wim­ble­don, Sur­rey, Eng­land.

Hoyle at­tend­ed Re­gent’s Park Coll­ege in Lon­don, then pas­tored in Sud­bu­ry, Ab­er­deen, and Lon­don (1900-17), and in Bel­ve­dere, Kent (1923-26). He ed­it­ed the YMCA’s Red Tri­an­gle mag­az­ine, and was pro­fess­or of the­ol­o­gy at West­ern The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­a­ry, Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia (1934-36). He lat­er re­turned to Eng­land, pas­tor­ing at the Bap­tist church in Kings­ton-on-Thames. Some of his work ap­pears in the World Stu­dent Chris­tian Fed­er­a­tion hym­nal Can­ta­te Do­mi­no (1925).

Translations:
Holy God, Thy Name We Bless
My Sav­ior and My Lord
Thine Is the Glo­ry
What Joy, to Think of That Vast Host

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Texts by R. Birch Hoyle (17)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
À toi la gloire, O Ressuscité!R. Birch Hoyle (Translator (English))French1
Comme un cerf altéré brameR. Birch Hoyle (Translator (English))French1
Großer Gott, wir loben DichR. Birch-Hoyle (Translator (English))German1
Holy God, Thy name we blessR. Birch Hoyle (Translator)English2
Holy God, we praise Thy NameR. Birch Hoyle (Translator (st. 5))English1
I know with full assuranceR. Birch Hoyle (Translator)English1
Ich weiß, wen an ich glaube, Ich weiß was fest bestehtR. Birch Hoyle (Translator (English))German1
கீர்த்தி புகழ்ச்சி (Kīrtti pukaḻcci)R. Birch Hoyle (Translator (English))Tamil1
മഹത്വമെന്നും വാഴും പുത്രന് (Mahatvamennuṁ vāḻuṁ putran)R. Birch Hoyle (Translator (English))Malayalam1
My Savior and my Lord, To thee I lift mine eyesRichard B. Hoyle, 1875-1939 (Translator)1
My Savior and my Lord, let our lips now acclaim TheeR. Birch Hoyle (Translator)English1
O taenk, naar engang samles skalR. Birch Hoyle (Translator (English))Norwegian1
Свете тихий святые славы бессмертняго Отца небеснаго (Svete tikhiy svyatyye slavy bessmertnyago Ottsa nebesnago)R. Birch Holye (Translator (English))Russian1
Thine is the glory, Risen, conquering SonRichard Birch Hoyle (Author)English100
Tuya es la gloriaR. Birch Hoyle (Tr. al ingés)Spanish2
What joy, to think of that vast hostR. Birch Hoyle, 1875-1939 (Translator)English3
Wilt heden nu treden voor God, den HeereR. Birch Hoyle (Translator (English))Dutch1

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