Welcome that star in Judah's sky

Welcome that star in Judah's sky

Author: Robert S. Hawker
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Robert S. Hawker

Hawker, Robert Stephen, M.A., grandson of Dr. Robert Hawker, was born at Plymouth, Dec. 3, 1804, and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford (B.A. 1828, M.A. 1836). On taking Holy Orders in 1829, he became Curate of Wellcombe, Devon, and in 1834 Vicar of Morwenstow, Cornwall. He died at Morwenstow, Aug. 15, 1873, having been received into the Roman Catholic communion the previous evening. He published several poetical works, including Ecclesia, 1840, in which some of his hymns appeared. Hymns by him were also published in Lyra Messianica, 1864. His “Child Jesus, a Cornish Carol," beginning, "Welcome, that star in Judah's sky," appeared in both these works. Very few of his hymns are in common use. -- John Julian, D… Go to person page >

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First Line: Welcome that star in Judah's sky
Author: Robert S. Hawker
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Songs of the Soul #90

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #285

The St. Alban Hymnal #d491

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Hymns for the Reformed Church in the United States #63

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