Bowed low in supplication

Bowed low in supplication

Author: William Walsham How
Published in 8 hymnals

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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 >

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First Line: Bowed low in supplication
Author: William Walsham How
Language: English

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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, Third Edition #258

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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

ScoreAudio

The Book of Common Praise #349

Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #266

Church Hymns with Tunes #340

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