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Margaret Mackay

Short Name: Margaret Mackay
Full Name: Mackay, Margaret, 1802-1887
Birth Year: 1802
Death Year: 1887

Mackay, Margaret, was born in 1802, and the only daughter of Captain Robert Mackay, of Hedgefield, Inverness. She was married in 1820 to Major William Mackay, of the 68th Light Infantry (afterwards Lt. Colonel) a distinguished officer who died in 1845. Mrs. Mackay died at Cheltenham, Jan. 5, 1887. In addition to various prose works Mrs. Mackay published Thoughts Redeemed; or Lays of Leisure Hours, 1854, which contained 72 original hymns and poems. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Margaret Mackay (17)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleepMargaret Mackay (Author)English917
At sove ind i Gud, hvor skjøntMackay (Author)Norwegian1
Christ Jesus ed iṡtiŋma piMargaret Mackay (Author)Dakota1
Dormindo nele, no Senhor!Margaret Mackay (Author)Portuguese1
Dormindo no SenhorMargaret Mackay (Author)Portuguese1
Dormir en Cristo, dulce bienMargaret Mackay, 1802-1887 (Author)Spanish3
Durmiendo en calma en el SeñorMargaret Mackay (Author)Spanish1
Gracious Spirit, from on highMargaret Mackay (Author)1
How blest the righteous when he diesMargaret Mackay (Author)English1
Im Herrn entschlafen, süße Ruh'Margaret Mackay (Author)German3
Im Herrn entschlummert, sel'ge Ruh', Der Müden Augen schließest duMargaret Mackay (Author)German8
இயேசுவினில் இளைப்பாறினால் (Iyēcuviṉil iḷaippāṟiṉāl)Margaret Mackay (Author)Tamil1
Saints above hold sweet communionMargaret Mackay (Author)1
So schlaf denn wohl in Jesu ArmMargaret Mackay (Author)German3
Turog ken Jesus nanamay!Margaret Mackay (Author)Tagalog1
We praise Thee, O God! for the Son of Thy loveMackay (Author)English1
主裡安睡，何等有福！ (Zhǔ lǐ ānshuì, héděng yǒufú!)Margaret Mackay (Author)Chinese1

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