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<h2>Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander</h2>
<h2>1818-1895</h2>
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<td><i>Born:</i> Early April 1818, Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland.
<p><i>Died:</i> October 12, 1895, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.</p>
<p><i>Buried:</i> City Cemetery, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.</td>
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<p class="just">Alexander&#8217;s husband was William Alexander, bishop of Derry and Raphoe, and later the Anglican primate for Ireland. Cecil and her sister founded a school for the deaf, and she set up the Girls&#8217; Friendly Society in Londonderry. Cecil Alexander wrote about 400 hymns in her lifetime. Her works include:</p>
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<li><i>Verses From the Holy Scriptures</i>, 1846</li>
<li><i>Hymns for Little Children</i>, 1848</li>
<li><i>Narrative Hymns for Village Schools</i>, 1853</li>
<li><i>Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament</i>, 1854 &amp; 1857</li>
<li><i>Hymns Descriptive and Devotional</i>, 1858</li>
<li><i>The Legend of the Golden Prayer</i>, 1859</li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_a_l_allthing.html" >All Things Bright and Beautiful</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_d_o_donosina.html" >Do No Sinful Action</a></li>
<li>Eternal Gates Lift Up Their Heads, The</li>
<li>For All Thy Saints, a Noble Throng</li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_f_o_forgivet.html" >Forgive Them, O My Father</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_h_i_hischisc.html" >He Is Coming, He Is Coming</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_h_i_hisrisen.html" >He Is Risen</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_h_i_hisr1000.html" >His Are the Thousand Sparkling Rills</a></li>
<li>In Nazareth in Olden Times</li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_j_e_jesuscus.html" >Jesus Calls Us</a></li>
<li>O Love Most Patient, Give Me Grace</li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_o_n_onceirdc.html" >Once in David&#8217;s Royal City</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_r_o_rosehues.html" >Roseate Hues of Early Dawn, The</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_s_a_sawyoune.html" >Saw You Never, in the Twilight?</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_s_o_soulsind.html" >Souls in Death and Darkness Lying</a></li>
<li>Spirit of God, That Moved of Old</li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_s_t_stpatric.html" >St. Patrick&#8217;s Breastplate</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_t_i_tiagreen.html" >There Is a Green Hill Far Away</a></li>
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