O fire of God the Comforter

O fire of God the Comforter

Author: Richard Frederick Littledale
Tune: SUAVITAS
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Richard Frederick Littledale

Richard Frederick Littledale (b. Dublin, 1833; d. London, 1890) entered Trinity College, Dublin, as a foundation scholar, graduated with a bachelors degree in classics, a Masters of Divinity in 1858, then a Bachelors and Doctorate in Civil Law at Oxford in 1862. From 1856 to 1857 he was the curate of St. Matthew in Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk, and from 1857 to 1861 was the curate of St. Mary the Virgin, in Soho, London. For the remainder of his life he suffered from chronic illness and spent most of his time writing. He authored many books and pamphlets on Anglican liturgy, theology, and the church’s engagement with society, and completed his good friend John Mason Neale’s work on the psalms after Neale died in 1866. Laura de Jong… Go to person page >

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First Line: O fire of God the Comforter
Author: Richard Frederick Littledale
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Songs of the Soul #77

Songs of the Spirit #d260

The Home and School Hymnal #122

The Plymouth Hymnal #d343

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