Short Name: | Cornelius Elven |
Full Name: | Elven, Cornelius, 1791-1873 |
Birth Year: | 1791 |
Death Year: | 1873 |
Elven, Cornelius, pastor for fifty years of the Baptist Church at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, was born in 1797, and died in 1873. His hymn, "With broken heart and contrite sigh” (Lent), is found in several collections in Great Britain and America. It was written in Jan., 1852 (Miller's Singers & Songs, p., 449) for use at special services by his own congregation, and was included in the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Texts by Cornelius Elven (2) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Aŋpetu woyasu kte ciŋ | Cornelius Elvin (Author) | Dakota | 1 |
With broken heart and contrite sigh | C. Elven (Author) | English | 185 |