Ada Cambridge

Cross, Ada, née Cambridge, daughter of Henry Cambridge, born at St. Germaine, Norfolk, Nov. 21, 1844, and married, in 1869, to George Frederick Cross, who, in 1870, took Holy Orders as a curate in England, and subsequently, after holding various curacies in Australia, became, in 1877, Incumbent of Coleraine, in the diocese of Ballarat. Her works include Hymns on the Holy Communion, 1866; Hymns on the Litany, 1865, &c.; and she has also contributed to Lays of the Pious Minstrels, 1862; English Lyrics, &c.; and published a prose story, "The Two Surplices,” 1865, and tales in various magazines. Her hymns have attained to some popularity, and are characterized by great sweetness and purity of rhythm, combined with naturalness and simplicity. The best known are:—
1. Humbly now with deep contrition. 1865. Lent.
2. Jesus, Great Redeemer. 1866. Holy Communion.
3. Light of the world, O shine on us. 1865. Domestic Worship.
4. Saviour, by [to] Thy sweet compassion. Lent.
5. The dawn of God's dear Sabbath, 1866. Sunday Morning.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)