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Short Name: | William Canton |
Full Name: | Canton, William, 1845-1926 |
Birth Year: | 1845 |
Death Year: | 1926 |
Canton, William, was b. Oct. 27, 1845, on the Isle of Chusan, China, and now (1906) resides in Highgate, London. He is the author of various volumes of poems, of a History of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1903, &c. Two of his poems are used as hymns in the English Hymnal, 1906, and others.
1. Hold Thou my hands! [Hold Thou me up.] First published in Good Words, May 1893, p. 333, and reprinted in his The Invisible Playmate, 1894, p. 21.
2. Through the night Thy angels kept. [Morning.] From his The Comrades, 1902, p. 233. [Rev. James Mearns. M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Texts by William Canton (4)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Hold Thou my hands In grief and joy, in hope and fear (Canton) | William Canton (Author) | English | 10 |
North and south and east and west, May Thy holy name be blest | William Canton (Author) | English | 3 |
Through the night thy angels [spirit] kept | William Canton (Author) | English | 13 |
When the herds were watching | William Canton, 1845-1926 (Author) | English | 8 |