Short Name: | W. J. Sparrow-Simpson |
Full Name: | Sparrow-Simpson, W. J. (William John), 1859-1952 |
Birth Year: | 1859 |
Death Year: | 1952 |
Simpson, William John Sparrow, M.A., was educated at Trin. College, Camb., B.A. 1882, M.A. 1886. Ordained in 1882, he held various appointments until 1904, when he became Chaplain to St. Mary's Hospital, Great Ilford. He has published several works, including a Memoir of Dr. W. S. Simpson, 1899. He contributed "All for Jesus—all for Jesus" (All for Jesus), and "Jesus, the Crucified, prays for me" (Passiontide), to C. W. A. Brooke's Additional Hymns, 1901). These hymns originally appeared in Sir J. Stainer's cantata The Crucifixion, 1887, the book of words of which was compiled by Mr. Simpson.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Texts by W. J. Sparrow-Simpson (7) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Jesus the crucified, pleads for me | J. Sparrow Simpson (Author) | English | 13 |
I adore Thee, I adore Thee! | William James Sparrow Simpson (Author) | English | 12 |
Holy Jesus, by thy passion | Rev. W. J. Sparrow Simpson (Author) | English | 6 |
Heil'ges Kreuz, du sollst mir werden | W. J. Sparrow-Simpson (Adapter) | German | 1 |
Hark, the voices of the happy throng | W. J. Sparrow-Simpson (Author) | 3 | |
Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow | William J. Sparrow-Simpson (Author) | English | 52 |
All for Jesus, all for Jesus, This our song shall ever be | William J. Sparrow-Simpson (Author) | English | 28 |