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Home Song Book, prepared for the use of the Children of the Home for the Friendless
Publication Date: 1857 Publisher: American Female Guardian Society Person Name: American Female Guardian Society Publication Place: New York Editors: American Female Guardian Society
Home Song Book, prepared for the use of the Children of the Home for the Friendless
Thou, from whom we never part
Author: Mrs. Follen Appears in 50 hymnals Person Name: Mrs. Follen
Thou, from whom we never part
I knew a widow, very poor
Author: Dr. Hawks Appears in 6 hymnals Person Name: Dr. Hawks
I knew a widow, very poor
By thy fireside, gentle lady
Author: Effie Johnson Appears in 1 hymnal Person Name: Effie Johnson
By thy fireside, gentle lady
Thou, from whom we never part
Author: Mrs. Follen Hymnal: HSBC1857 #51 (1857) Person Name: Mrs. Follen Languages: English
Thou, from whom we never part
I knew a widow, very poor
Author: Dr. Hawks Hymnal: HSBC1857 #58 (1857) Person Name: Dr. Hawks Languages: English
I knew a widow, very poor
By thy fireside, gentle lady
Author: Effie Johnson Hymnal: HSBC1857 #4 (1857) Person Name: Effie Johnson Languages: English
By thy fireside, gentle lady
American Female Guardian Society
Publisher of "" in Home Song Book, prepared for the use of the Children of the Home for the Friendless New York
American Female Guardian Society
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
1787 - 1860 Person Name: Mrs. Follen Hymnal Number: 51 Author of "Thou, from whom we never part" in Home Song Book, prepared for the use of the Children of the Home for the Friendless Follen, Eliza Lee, née Cabot, a well-known Unitarian writer, daughter of Samuel Cabot, born at Boston, August 15, 1787, and married, in 1828, to Professor Charles Follen, who perished on board the "Lexington," which was burnt on Long Island Sound, Jan. 13,1840. Mrs. Follen died at Brookline, Mass., 1860. She was a voluminous writer. Her Poems were first published at Boston (Crosby & Co.), 1839, and whilst she was in England she issued another volume for children's use, entitled The Lark and the Linnet, in 1854. Both volumes also contain some translations from the German, and versions of a few Psalms.
Her best known hymns are:—
1. How sweet to be allowed to pray. Resignation. Appeared in the Christian Disciple, Sept., 1818, and in her Poems, 1839, p. 116, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled, "Thy will be done."
2. How sweet upon this sacred day. Sunday. In her Poems, 1839, pp. 113-114, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled “ Sabbath Day.” It previously appeared in Sabbath Recreations, 1829.
3. Lord, deliver, Thou canst save. Prayer for the Slave. Found in Songs of the Free, 1836; but is not given in her Poems, 1839. In Adams and Chapin's Hymns for Christian Devotion, Boston, U.S., 1846, it is No. 802, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines. In common with No. 2 it has found acceptance out¬side Unitarian Collections.
4. God, Thou art good, each perfumed flower. This is the original of J. H. Gurney's hymn," Yes, God is good," &c. (q.v.) There is some obscurity about the text. It is found in her Hymns for Children, Boston, 1825, beginning, "God is good," each perfumed flower," and this obvious misprint (which destroys the metre) was usually copied in later books. It is also given with the same first line as an original piece, never before published, and signed "E. L. C." (initials of Mrs. Follen's maiden name), in Emily Taylor's Sabbath Recreations, Wellington, Salop, 1826, p. 203. This suggests that it was printed in the American book after the US. was posted to England. Mrs. Follen may have written at first “Yes, God is good," but this cannot now be determined. It begins, “God, Thou art good," &c, in her Poems, 1839, p. 119, and in her verses, The Lark and the Linnet, &c, 1854, and in each case is in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, with the title, "God is Good."
5. Will God, Who made the earth and sea. A Child's Prayer. Given in her Poems, 1839, p. 164, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines. In Dr. Allon's Children's Worship, 1878, No. 212, it is abbreviated to 4 stanzas (i.-iv.), and attributed to H. Bateman in error. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
