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T. A. Lacey

T. A. Lacey
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Short Name: T. A. Lacey
Full Name: Lacey, T. A. (Thomas Alexander), 1853-1931
Birth Year: 1853
Death Year: 1931

Lacey, Thomas Alexander, s. of G. F. Lacey, was b. at Nottingham, Dec. 20, 1853. He entered Balliol Coll., Oxford, as an exhibitioner in 1871 (B.A. 1876, M.A. 1885), was ordained D. 1876, P. 1879, was from 1894 to 1903 Vicar of Madingley near Cambridge, and since then has been Chaplain of the London Diocesan Penitentiary. He was one of the Committee who compiled The English Hymnal, 1906, and contributed to it twelve translations (8, 66, 67, 69, 104, 123, 124, 174, 208, 226, 249, 325), also one unpublished and one previously published original, viz.,
1. O Faith of England, taught of old. [Church Defence.]
2. The dying robber raised his aching brow. [Good Friday.] First in the Treasury, Sept. 1905, p. 482, headed "Sursum."
Three other translations by him are noted at pp. 989, i. 1139, ii. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by T. A. Lacey (18)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A messenger within the graceThomas A. Lacey (Author)1
All prophets hail Thee, from of old announcingT. A. L. (Translator)English5
Faith of our fathers, taught of oldT. A. Lacey (Author)English4
Hail! festal day, to endless ages knownRev. T. A. Lacey (Translator)English11
His cheering message from the graveThomas A. Lacey (Translator (from Latin))English8
Lord of Creation, bow Thine ear, O Christ, to hearT. A. L. (Translator)English6
Now is the healing time decreedT. A. L. (Translator)English9
O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive IsraelT. A. L. (Translator)English4
O come, O come, Emmanuel! Redeem Thy captive IsraelT. A. Lacey, 1853-1931 (Translator)English2
O faith immortal [of England], taught of oldThomas A. Lacey (Author)English10
O Jesus Christ, from Thee beganT. A. L. (Translator)English6
O kind Creator, bow Thine earT. A. Lacey, 1853-1931 (Translator)English9
O Savior Jesus, not aloneT. A. L. (Translator)English5
O Word immortal of eternal GodT. A. L. (Translator)English5
Servant of God, remember The stream thy soul bedewingT. A. L. (Translator)English5
The day draws on with golden lightThomas A. Lacey (Translator (from Latin))English9
The dying robber raised his aching browThomas Lacey (Author)English4
With golden splendor and with roseate hues of mornT. A. L. (Translator)English4

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