As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandment… Go to person page >
For all Thy Saints, a noble throng. Cecil F. Alexander. [St. James.] Contributed to Hymns Ancient & Modern, revised edition, 1875, and repeated in Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881.
Display Title: For All Thy Saints, a Noble ThrongFirst Line: For all Thy saints, a noble throngTune Title: ST. JAMESAuthor: Cecil F. AlexanderMeter: CM
Display Title: For thy blest saints, a noble throngFirst Line: For thy blest saints, a noble throngTune Title: DUNLAP'S CREEKAuthor: Cecil Francis Alexander, 1818-1895Meter: CMDate: 1985Subject: Holy Days and Various Occasions | Saint James (July 25)
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