He sendeth sun, He sendeth shower

Author: Sarah Flower Adams

Adams, Sarah, nee Flower. born at Harlow, Essex, Feb. 22nd, 1805; died in London, Aug. 14, 1848, and was buried at Harlow, Aug. 21,1848. She was the younger daughter of Mr. Benjamin Flower, editor and proprietor, of The Cambridge Intelligencer; and was married, in 1834, to William B. Adams, a civil engineer. In 1841 she published Vivia Perpetua, a dramatic poem dealing with the conflict of heathenism and Christianity, in which Vivia Perpetua suffered martyrdom; and in 1845, The Flock at the Fountain; a catechism and hymns for children. As a member of the congregation of the Rev. W. J. Fox, an Unitarian minister in London, she contributed 13 hymns to the Hymns and Anthems, published by C. Fox, Lond., in 1841, for use in his chapel. Of thes… Go to person page >

He sendeth sun, He sendeth shower. Sarah Adams, née Flower. [Resignation.] Contributed to and first published in W. J. Fox's Hymns and Anthems, 1841, No. 101, in 3 stanzas of 6 lines. It is in extensive use, especially in America. Sometimes it is given as "God sendeth sun, He sendeth shower," as in the Leeds Hymn Book, 1853, and other collections.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)