1841 - 1902 Person Name: Alassie Faussett Hymnal Number: 235 Author of "O Lamb of God! that tak'st away" in Songs of the Christian Life Faussett, Alessie, née Bond, daughter of the Rev. William Bond, Rector of Bailee, county of Down; born at Bailee Rectory, Jan. 8, 1841, and married to the Rev. Henry Faussett, Incumbent of Edenderry, county of Tyrone, 1875.
Her poetical works are (1) Thoughts on Holy Words, 1867, printed for private circulation; (2) The Triumph of Faith, 1870; (3) The Cairns of Iona, and other Poems, 1873.
Her hymns in common use include:—
1. Be with us all for evermore. For Divine Protection. Written in 1867, and first printed for private circulation in her Thoughts on Holy Words, 1867.
2. O Lamb of God, that tak'st away. Lent. Written in 1865, and first published in The Triumph of Faith, 1870.
These hymns were given in the Irish Church Hymnal, 1873. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Alessie B. Faussett