9 lines
3.0 KiB
HTML
9 lines
3.0 KiB
HTML
<html><head>
|
|
<script src="../../js/basepath.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
|
|
<script src="./js/nav.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
|
|
<script src="./js/MainHeader.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
|
|
<title>BLB Hymns</title>
|
|
<h2>John Bowring</h2>
|
|
<h2>1792-1872</h2>
|
|
<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>
|
|
<hr>
|
|
<div align="center"><center>
|
|
<table><tr>
|
|
<td><em>Born:</em> October 17, 1792, Exeter, England.<p><em>Died:</em> November 23, 1872, Exeter, England.</p><p><em>Buried:</em> Exeter, England. On his tombstone were the words from his famous hymn: “In the Cross of Christ I Glory.”</p></td>
|
|
<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_b_o_bowring_j.jpg" alt="John Borwing (1792-1872)" width="98" height="131.333333333333"></td>
|
|
</tr></table>
|
|
</center></div>
|
|
<p div class="just">At age 33, Bowring became editor of the <em>Westminster Review</em>. An accomplished linguist, it has been said he was fluent in over 20 languages and could speak 80 more; he was known for his translations of Dutch poetry. He was also one of the preeminent British statesmen of his day: Commissioner to France, Consul at Canton, Minister Plenipotentiary to China, Governor of Hong Kong, and twice a member of Parliament. He was knighted in 1854. His works include:</p>
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><em>Matins and Vespers</em>, 1823</li>
|
|
<li><em>Hymns, as a Sequel to the Matins</em>, 1825</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
<p>Hymns:</p>
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<multicol cols="2">
|
|
<li>Clay to Clay, and Dust to Dust</li>
|
|
<li>Come the Rich, and Come the Poor</li>
|
|
<li>Drop the Limpid Waters Now</li>
|
|
<li>Earth’s Transitory Things Decay</li>
|
|
<li>Father, Glorify Thy Name</li>
|
|
<li>Father and Friend, Thy Light, Thy Love</li>
|
|
<li>Father of Spirits, Humbly Bent Before Thee</li>
|
|
<li>From All Evil, All Temptation</li>
|
|
<li>From the Recesses of a Lowly Spirit</li>
|
|
<li>Gather Up, O Earth, Thy Dead</li>
|
|
<li>Gently the Shades of Night Descend</li>
|
|
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_g_i_gisloveh.html" >God Is Love; His Mercy Brightens</a></li>
|
|
<li>Heavenly Spheres to Thee, O God, The</li>
|
|
<li>How Dark, How Desolate</li>
|
|
<li>How Shall We Praise Thee, Lord of Light?</li>
|
|
<li>How Sweetly Flowed the Gospel Sound</li>
|
|
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_i_n_intcross.html" >In the Cross of Christ I Glory</a></li>
|
|
<li>Lead Us with Thy Gentle Way</li>
|
|
<li>O Let My Trembling Soul Be Still</li>
|
|
<li>O Sweet It Is to Feel and Know</li>
|
|
<li>On the Dust I’m Doomed to Sleep</li>
|
|
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_u_p_upongosp.html" >Upon the Gospel’s Sacred Page</a></li>
|
|
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_w_a_watchman.html" >Watchman, Tell Us of the Night</a></li>
|
|
<li>When Before Thy Throne We Kneel</li>
|
|
<li>Where Is Thy Sting, O Death?</li>
|
|
</multicol>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
<hr>
|
|
<script src="./js/MainFooter.js" type="text/javascript"></script> |