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Samuel Dowse Robbins

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.


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Samuel Dowse Robbins (11)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Down toward the twilight driftingSamuel D. Robbins (Author)4
Mute in the studio the artist standsSamuel Dowse Robbins (Author)1
My Father, take my hand, for I am proneSamuel Dowse Robbins (Author)1
O thou who changest not though centuries rollSamuel Dowse Robbins (Author)1
Savior, when Thy bread we breakS. D. Robbins (Author)English2
The waves of light are drifting fromSamuel Dowse Robbins (Author)1
Thou art my morning, God of lightSamuel Dowse Robbins (Author)3
Thou art, O God, my east, In thee I dawnedSamuel D. Robbins (Author)English5
Thou art our Master! Thou of God the SonSamuel Dowse Robbins (Author)English3
Through Baca's vale my way is castSamuel D. Robbins (Author)English3
With sandals gemmed iwth morning dewSamuel Dowse Robbins (Author)1
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