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Bowed low in supplication

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Author: William Walsham How

William W. How (b. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, 1823; d. Leenane, County Mayo, Ireland, 1897) studied at Wadham College, Oxford, and Durham University and was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. He served various congregations and became Suffragan Bishop in east London in 1879 and Bishop of Wakefield in 1888. Called both the "poor man's bishop" and "the children's bishop," How was known for his work among the destitute in the London slums and among the factory workers in west Yorkshire. He wrote a number of theological works about controversies surrounding the Oxford Movement and attempted to reconcile biblical creation with the theory of evolution. He was joint editor of Psalms and Hymns (1854) and Church Hymns (1871). While rec… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Bowed low in supplication
Author: William Walsham How (1871)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

SACRIFICE (Lahee)KILMOREYCHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN (Vulpius)OtherHighcharts.com
Frequency of use
SACRIFICE (Lahee)


KILMOREY


CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN (Vulpius)

Melchior Vulpius (PHH 397) composed this short chorale tune, published as a setting for the anonymous funeral hymn "Christus, der ist mein Leben" ("For Me to Live Is Jesus") in Vulpius's Ein Schön Geistlich Gesangbuch (1609). Johann S. Bach (PHH 7) based his Cantata 95 on this tune and provided two…

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Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals187518801885189018951900190519101915192019251930193519401945195019551960050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Media

The Book of Common Praise: being the hymn book of The Church of England in Canada (revised 1938) #349

Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #266

Church Hymnal, Third Edition #258

Church Hymns with Tunes #340

ScoreAudio

The Book of Common Praise #349

Page Scan

The Book of Common Praise #375

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The Church Hymnary #515

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The Scottish Hymnal #337a

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The Scottish Hymnal #337b

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