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When thro' life's dewy fields we go
Author: Annie Matheson Appears in 4 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 Used With Tune: DONA LUCEM
When thro' life's dewy fields we go
DONA LUCEM
Appears in 9 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: John Goss (1800-1880) Incipit: 51354 32176 17651 Used With Text: When thro' life's dewy fields we go
DONA LUCEM
NOTTINGHAM
Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: Emma Mundella Incipit: 35342 32112 34567 Used With Text: When thro' life's dewy fields we go
NOTTINGHAM
When through life's dewy fields we go
Author: Annie Matheson Hymnal: Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal #166 (1892) Languages: English Tune Title: OLMUTZ
When through life's dewy fields we go
When thro' life's dewy fields we go
Author: Annie Matheson Hymnal: The Day School Hymn Book #146 (1896) Languages: English Tune Title: NOTTINGHAM
When thro' life's dewy fields we go
When thro' life's dewy fields we go
Author: Annie Matheson Hymnal: The Sunday School Hymnary #87 (1906) Languages: English Tune Title: WREFORD
When thro' life's dewy fields we go
Annie Matheson
1853 - 1924 Author of "When thro' life's dewy fields we go" in The Sunday School Hymnary Matheson, Annie, eldest daughter of Rev. James Matheson, Congregational Minister, of Nottingham, was born at Blackheath, March, 1853, and resided at Notting Hill, London. She died in 1924.
At an early age she showed considerable literary ability, her first hymn, "Jesus, the children are calling," being composed when she was only 13 years old. This hymn, attracting the attention of Dr. George MacDonald, was introduced by him to the notice of the editor of Good Words, who inserted it in that magazine, as a "Hymn by a Child." In 1869 appeared "I am weak and weary, Lord," and from that time Miss Matheson was a frequent contributor to Good Words, Macmillan, The Spectator, St. Nicholas, and other magazines, both English and American. Her illustrated book for children, Margaret's Year Book, containing twelve poems from her pen, was published in 1887.
The following are the best known of Miss Matheson's hymns:—
1. Dear Master, what can children do? Children as Workers for Christ.
2. How shall we worship Thee, O Lord? Divine Worship.
3. I am weak and weary, Lord. Divine Strength desired.
4. Jesus, the children are calling. Children's Prayer to Christ.
5. Lord, when we have not any light. Evening.
6. O little birds, that all day long. God's Love to all Creatures.
7. The little snowdrops rise. Easter.
8. When through life's dewy fields we go. Comfort in God's Presence.
Of these hymns, Nos, 5, 6, and 7 were written for W. E. Stevenson's School Hymnal, 1880; and Nos. 1 and 2 for a Harvest Festival about 1882.
Miss Matheson's hymns are characterised by a pleasing combination of simplicity and refinement, both of thought and expression.
[Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Matheson, Annie, p. 719, ii. She wrote two hymns in 1905 for the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905:—
1. What is the name of the Lord God Almighty? [God is Love.] 1905, No. 407. The original form was partly rewritten in accordance with suggestions made by the editor.
2. When there is peace, where praise hath been. [Evening.] 1905, No. 157. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Annie Matheson
John Goss
1800 - 1880 Person Name: John Goss (1800-1880) Composer of "DONA LUCEM" in Pilgrim Songs (Number Two) John Goss (b. Fareham, Hampshire, England, 1800; d. London, England, 1880). As a boy Goss was a chorister at the Chapel Royal and later sang in the opera chorus of the Covent Garden Theater. He was a professor of music at the Royal Academy of Music (1827-1874) and organist of St. Paul Cathedral, London (1838-1872); in both positions he exerted significant influence on the reform of British cathedral music. Goss published Parochial Psalmody (1826) and Chants, Ancient and Modern (1841); he edited William Mercer's Church Psalter and Hymn Book (1854). With James Turle he published a two-volume collection of anthems and Anglican service music (1854).
Bert Polman
John Goss
