Display Title: There is a green hill far away First Line: There is a green hill far away Tune Title: HORSLEY Author: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895 Meter: CM Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 John 4:7-12; 1 John 4:19; 1 Peter 2:23-24; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Hebrews 13:12-13; John 13:1; John 14:6; John 14:12; John 19:17-20; Luke 23:33-43; Mark 10:35-45; Mark 15:21-39; Matthew 27:33-35; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 5:9 Date: 2011 Subject: Jesus Christ the Suffering Servant: The Passion and The Cross |
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Alexander, Cecil Frances, née Humphreys, second daughter of the late Major John Humphreys, Miltown House, co. Tyrone, Ireland, b. 1823, and married in 1850 to the Rt. Rev. W. Alexander, D.D., Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Mrs. Alexander's hymns and poems number nearly 400. They are mostly for children, and were published in her Verses for Holy Seasons, with Preface by Dr. Hook, 1846; Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, pt. i. 1854, pt. ii. 1857; Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, 1853; Hymns for Little Children, 1848; Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, 1858; The Legend of the Golden Prayers 1859; Moral Songs, N.B.; The Lord of the Forest and his Vassals, an Allegory, &c.; or contributed to the Lyra Anglicana, the S.P.C.K. Psalms and Hym… Go to person page >
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