Composer: Frederick A. J. Hervey
Born: May 18, 1846, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
Died: August 8, 1910, Norwich, England.
Buried: St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Sandringham, Norfolk, England.
Son of Alfred, Lord Hervey, Frederick was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1868, MA 1872). He was ordained a deacon in 1869, and priest in 1870. He served as Rector of Upton-Pyne, Devon (1876); Sandringham (1878-1907); Canon of Norwich (1897); and Domestic Chaplain to King Edward VII (1901).
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Encouragement to PrayPeople of the living GodPeople of the living God,
I have sought the world around,
Paths of sin and sorrow trod,
Peace and comfort nowhere found.
Now to you my spirit turns,
Turns, a fugitive unbless'd;
Brethren, where your altar burns,
O receive me into rest!
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