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| Short Name: | Samuel Dowse Robbins |
| Full Name: | Robbins, Samuel Dowse, 1812-1884 |
| Birth Year: | 1812 |
| Death Year: | 1884 |
Robbins, Samuel Dowse, M.A., brother of Dr. Chandler Bobbins, was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, March 7, 1812, and was educated for the ministry at the Cambridge Divinity School. In 1833 he became Pastor of the Unitarian congregation in his native town, and subsequently held pastorates at Chelsea (1840), Farmingham (1859), and Wayland (1867), and retired from the last in 1873. Four of his hymns are given in the Boston Unitarian Hymn [and Tune] Book, 1868:—
1. Down towards the twilight drifting. Sunset.
2. Saviour, when Thy bread we break. Holy Communion.
3. Thou art, 0 God! my East, In Thee I dawned. God, All in All.
4. Thou art my morning, God of Light. Daily Hymn.
5. Thou art our Master, Thou of God the Son. Christ the Master.
These, together with other hymns and poetical pieces, are in Putnam's Singers and Songs, &c, 1875, and the text of No. 3 is revised therein. We are indebted to Putnam for these details.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Death date provided by Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives.
Texts by Samuel Dowse Robbins (11) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Down toward the twilight drifting | S. D. Robbins (Author) | 5 | |
| Mute in the studio the artist stands | Samuel Dowse Robbins (Author) | 2 | |
| My Father, take my hand, for I am prone | Samuel Dowse Robbins (Author) | 2 | |
| O thou who changest not though centuries roll | Samuel Dowse Robbins (Author) | 2 | |
| Savior, when Thy bread we break | Samuel Dowse Robbins (Author) | English | 3 |
| The waves of light are drifting from | Samuel Dowse Robbins (Author) | 2 | |
| Thou art my morning, God of light | Samuel Dowse Robbins (Author) | 4 | |
| Thou art, O God, my east, In thee I dawned | Samuel D. Robbins (Author) | English | 6 |
| Thou art our Master! Thou of God the Son | Samuel Dowse Robbins (Author) | English | 4 |
| Through Baca's vale my way is cast | Samuel Dowse Robbins (Author) | English | 4 |
| With sandals gemmed iwth morning dew | Samuel Dowse Robbins (Author) | 2 |
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