Short Name: | H. K. Lewis |
Full Name: | Lewis, H. K. (Henry King), 1823-1898 |
Birth Year: | 1823 |
Death Year: | 1898 |
Lewis, Henry King, was born Feb. 10, 1823, at Margate, became a medical publisher in Gower Street, London, and d. in Jan. 1898. His hymns appeared principally in two collections which he edited, viz., Songs for Little Children, 1879, and Songs for Little Singers, 1880, enlarged ed. 1881. Three have passed into various books for children:—
1. A little tiny bird. God's Care. 1879, No. 130.
2. God is near me when the light. God is near. 1879, No. 106; previously in Horder's Book of Praise for Children, 1875, p. 51.
3. Who is this [He] that claims my heart. God's Claim. 1879, No. 131. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Tunes by H. K. Lewis (9)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[Always by day, always by night] | H. K. Lewis (Composer) | 2 | 33235 33214 33611 |
[Every little step I take] (Lewis) | Lewis (Composer) | 2 | 17651 71321 23432 |
[Father, holy Guardian] | H. K. Lewis (Composer) | 2 | 53231 53345 65321 |
[God is near me when the light] | H. K. Lewis (Composer) | 2 | 33321 71555 54323 |
[I am a little child] | Henry King Lewis (Composer) | 2 | 11355 42133 21143 |
[Jesus Christ, my Lord and King] | H. K. Lewis (Composer) | 2 | 53214 33351 11765 |
[Jesus Christ, our Savior] (Lewis) | H. K. Lewis (Composer) | 2 | 33323 53234 53333 |
[The fields are all white and the reapers are few] (Lewis) | H. K. Lewis (Composer) | 2 | 55671 23326 17771 |
[The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ] (Lewis) | Henry King Lewis (Composer) | 2 | 11233 45542 13423 |