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<h2>Thomas Rawson Birks</h2>
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<h2>1810-1883</h2>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<td><em>Born:</em> September 28, 1810, Staveley, Derbyshire, England.
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<p><em>Died:</em> July 21, 1883, Cambridge, England.</td>
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<p class="just">Birks attended Trinity College at Cambridge, where he became a Fellow. He took Holy Orders in 1837, then became rector of Kelshall, Hertfordshire, in 1844; vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, 1866; Canon of Ely Cathedral, 1871; and Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge, 1872. His 25 works include Biblical, astronomical, scientific, prophetic, and other subjects. He also wrote the <em>Memoirs
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of Rev. E. Bickersteth</em> (his father-in-law), 1851. He wrote about 100 hymns; some appeared in Bickersteth’s <em>Christian Psalmody</em>, 1833, others in his <em>Companion Psalter</em>, 1871.</p>
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<p><em>Hymns:</em></p>
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<li>Except the Lord Do Build the House</li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_h_e_heavensd.html" >Heavens Declare Thy Glory, The</a></li>
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<li>Lord Himself My Portion Is, The</li>
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<li>Mighty God, the Lord Hath Spoken, The</li>
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<li>O Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord</li>
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<li>O Taste and See That He Is Good</li>
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<li>O When from All the Ends of the Earth</li>
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<li>Thou Art Gone on High, O Christ</li>
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<li>Whom Have I Lord in Heaven, but Thee</li>
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