1829 - 1929 Person Name: Mrs. Streatfield Author of "Father, from Thy throne on high" in The New Children's Hymnal Streatfield, Charlotte, née Saint, eldest daughter of the Rev. J. J. Saint, Rector of Speldhurst, was born at Speldhurst, Dec. 31, 1829, and married, in 1862, to Charles N. Streatfeild, Lieutenant, Royal Navy, eldest son of Major General Streatfeild, Royal Engineers. Mrs. Streatfeild has published:— (1) Hymns and Verses on the Collects; London, Longmans, 1865. (2) Hymns on the Love of Jesus, and the Home above; Lond., Skeffington & Son, 1877. (3) A Little Garland of the Saints, and Other Verses; Lond., Mowbray, 1877. (4) The Story of the Good Shepherd; Lond., Skeffington, 1885. Mrs. Streatfeild also contributed to Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881.
The following include Mrs. Streatfeild's hymns in common use:—
1. And didst Thou hunger then, 0 Lord. First Sunday in Lent. Appeared in her Hymns and Verses on the Collects, 1865.
2. Brothers, tread the holy portals. For the Dedication of a Church. Published by Skeffington, with music by M. S. Skeffington. A Processional.
3. He scarcely felt the cruel stones. St. Stephen. Published in her Hymns and Verses on the Collects, 1865.
4. High o'er the glittering temple. Gospel for First Sunday in Lent. Contributed to Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book 1881.
5. How beautiful the hills of God. Gospel, First S. in Lent. Contributed to Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book., 1881.
6. I linger round the fold of God. Lent. Published in The Story of the Good Shepherd, 1885.
7. In the Paradise of Jesus. Heaven. Appeared in her Hymns on the Love of Jesus, &c, 1877.
8. Jesus, tender Shepherd, Seeking for Thine own. The Good Shepherd. Published in The Story of the Good Shepherd, 1885.
9. Sweet Shepherd, Thou hast sought me. The Good Shepherd. Appeared in her Hymns on the Love of Jesus, &c, 1877; and The Story of the Good Shepherd, 1885.
10. There is joy amongst the angels. Joy in Heaven over Repenting Sinners. Published in her Hymns on the Love of Jesus, &c, 1877; and The Story of the Good Shepherd, 1885.
Mrs. Streatfeild has also a "Litany for a Children's Service," in A Little Garland of the Saints, 1877. Nos. 1,3, 4, 5 and 7 of the above hymns are in Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881, and they all rank with the sweetest and most tender of modern verses for children. Some have been arranged as songs, and have been set to music by M. S. Skeffington. Mrs. Streatfeild's prose works include Meditations on the Seven Last Words, 1874; and Words of Comfort, 1875.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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