Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >
Lord, how shall sinners dare? [Christ the Intercessor.] A cento from two of Miss A. Steele's hymns. See her Poems, i., 1760, p. 250, and iii., 1780, p. 130.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Display Title: Lord, how shall sinners dare Look up to thine abodeFirst Line: Lord, how shall sinners dare Look up to thine abodeAuthor: Anne SteeleDate: 1860
Display Title: Lord, how shall sinners dare Look up to thine abodeFirst Line: Lord, how shall sinners dare Look up to thine abodeAuthor: Anne SteeleDate: 1852
Display Title: Lord, how shall sinners dare Look up to thine abodeFirst Line: Lord, how shall sinners dare Look up to thine abodeAuthor: Anne SteeleDate: 1865
Display Title: Lord, how shall sinners dare Look up to thine abodeFirst Line: Lord, how shall sinners dare Look up to thine abodeMeter: L. M.Date: 1855Subject: Offices of Christ | Christ as Mediator and Intercessor
Display Title: He ever liveth to make intercession for usFirst Line: Lord, how shall sinners dareMeter: S. M.Date: 1872Subject: His Priesthood and Intercession |
Display Title: He ever liveth to make intercession for usFirst Line: Lord, how shall sinners dareMeter: S. M.Scripture: Hebrews 7:25; 1 John 2:1Date: 1889Subject: Jesus Christ | Priesthood and Intercession