Cristo, A Mi Puerta Velas

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Cristo, a mi puerta velas

Author: William W. How; Translator: J. M. Cueva; Translator: George Paul Simmonds
Tune: ST. HILDA (Knecht)
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Author: William W. 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 >

Translator: J. M. Cueva

(no biographical information available about J. M. Cueva.) Go to person page >

Translator: George Paul Simmonds

Used pseudonyms G Paul S., J. Paul Simon, and J. Pablo Símon Go to person page >

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Cristo, a mi puerta velas
Title:	Cristo, A Mi Puerta Velas
Original Language:	English
Translator:	J. M. Cueva
Translator:	George Paul Simmonds
Author:	William W. How
Language:	Spanish

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Tune

ST. HILDA (Knecht)

The original form of ST. EDITH (also known as ST. HILDA) was composed in 1793 by Justin Heinrich Knecht for the text “Der neidern Menschhiet Hülle.” It was published in Vollstandige Sammlung … Choralmelodien (1799), edited by Johann Friedrich Christmann and Knecht, who composed ninety-seven o…

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