The blind man, in his darkness

The blind man, in his darkness

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander
Published in 6 hymnals

Author: Cecil Frances Alexander

As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandment… Go to person page >

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First Line: The blind man, in his darkness
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

The blind man in his darkness. Cecil F. Alexander. [Blind Bartimmus.] From her Narrative Hymns , 1853, No. xiii., into several collections, including the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and others.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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Instances (1 - 6 of 6)

A New Service and Tune Book for Sunday Schools. New ed. #d121

New Service and Tune Book for Sunday School #d119

Prayer and Praise Book #d153

Sunday School Hymns #d137

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The School Hymnal #63

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The Sunday School Hymnary #214

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