As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandment… Go to person page >
Display Title: All things bright and beautifulFirst Line: All things bright and beautifulTune Title: GREYSTONEAuthor: Cecil Frances AlexanderDate: 1929
Display Title: All Things Bright and BeautifulFirst Line: All things bright and beautifulTune Title: GREYSTONEAuthor: Cecil Frances AlexanderDate: 1946
Display Title: All things bright and beautifulFirst Line: All things bright and beautifulAuthor: Cecil Frances AlexanderDate: 1942Subject: Praise and Worship |
Display Title: All things bright and beautifulFirst Line: All things bright and beautifulTune Title: ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFULAuthor: C. Frances AlexanderDate: 1906