The Kind Savior

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How kind is the Savior

Author: Edward Francis Hughes
Tune: MENTONE
Published in 14 hymnals

Author: Edward Francis Hughes

Hughes, Edward Francis, p. 1572, i. This writer, the author of ”How kind is the Saviour," &c, was an English Baptist Minister who took up his abode in Australia, where he became editor of a newspaper. He died in Victoria, and is buried in the Portland Cemetery there. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	How kind is the Savior
Title:	The Kind Savior
Author:	Edward Francis Hughes
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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How kind is the Saviour! how great is His love, p. 1572, i. This is the last of nine hymns, p. 60 in The Benighted Traveller, a Tale; and other Poems. By Edward Francis Hughes (London: C. A. Bartlett, 1846), in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled "The Saviour's Love." Mr. Hughes also published The Millenium: an Epic Poem. Portland, Victoria, n.d. [1873.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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