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<h2>William Henry Havergal</h2>
<h2>1793-1870</h2>
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<p><em>Born:</em> January 18, 1793, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.</p>
<p><em>Died:</em> April 19, 1870, Leamington, Warwickshire, England.</p>
<p><em>Buried:</em> Astley, Worcestershire, England. The epitaph on his white marble tomb reads:</p>
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<table width=50% bgcolor=white style="border: outset 10pt"><tr><td align=center>The Rev. William Henry Havergal, M.S., Vicar of Shareshill and Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral.<br>Died at Leamington, 19th April 1870, aged 77.<br>Curate 7, and Rector 13 years, of this parish, 1822 to 1843.<br>&#8220;A faithful minister in the Lord&#8221; (Eph. Vi. 21).</td></tr></table>
<p>Memorial tablets to him were placed in Worcester Cathedral, St. Nicholas and Shareshill churches.</p>
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<p class=just>Havergal was educated at St. Edmund&#8217;s Hall, Oxford, earning his bachelor&#8217;s degree in 1815, and his master&#8217;s in 1819. He held three rectorships: Astley, Worcestershire (1829); St. Nicholas, Worcester (1842); and Shareshill, near Wolverhamptom (1860). Hymnist <a href="havergal_fr.htm">Frances Havergal</a> was his daughter.</p>
<p>Hymns:</p>
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<li>Blessed Jesus, Lord and Brother</li>
<li>Brighter Than Meridian Splendor</li>
<li>Christians, Awake to Joy and Praise</li>
<li>Come, Shepherds, Come, &#8217;Tis Just a Year</li>
<li>Forever and Forever, Lord</li>
<li>Hallelujah, Lord, Our Voices</li>
<li>Heralds of the Lord of Glory</li>
<li>Hosanna, Raise the Pealing Hymn</li>
<li>How Vast the Field of Souls</li>
<li>In Doubt and Dread Dismay</li>
<li>Jerusalem the Golden, the Home of Saints Shall Be</li>
<li>My Times Are in Thy Hand</li>
<li>No Dawn of Holy Light</li>
<li>Our Faithful God Hath Sent Us</li>
<li>Shout, O Earth! from Silence Waking</li>
<li>So Happy All the Day</li>
<li>Soon the Trumpet of Salvation</li>
<li>To Praise Our Shepherd&#8217;s Care</li>
<li>Widely Midst the Slumbering Nations</li>
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<p><em>Music:</em></p>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_b_l_blestbet.html" >Evan</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_c_w_cwgfthes.html" >Ratisbon</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_l_e_leehcomb.html" >St. John (Parish)</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_j_t_jthyname.html" >Stobel</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_t_h_i_thisistd.html" >Swabia</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_h_a_haillord.html" >Zoan</a></li>
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