1824–1906

Introduction

Born: Ap­ril 27, 1824, Kings­ton-up­on-Hull, York­shire, Eng­land.

Died: De­cem­ber 6, 1906, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land.

Buried: Dean Ce­me­te­ry, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land.

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Biography

Anne was the daugh­ter of a doc­tor, and wife of Will­iam Cou­sin, pas­tor of the Free Church of Mel­rose, Scot­land.

She con­trib­ut­ed ma­ny po­ems to va­ri­ous pe­ri­od­ic­als; se­ven hymns to The Ser­vice of Praise (Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land: 1865); and one to Psalms and Hymns for Di­vine Wor­ship, 1866, the hym­nal of the Eng­lish Pres­by­ter­ian Church. Four of her hymns were in­clud­ed in the 1876 Scot­tish Pres­by­ter­ian Hym­nal.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. In the Song­less Night, the Day­light Drea­ry
  2. Is Je­sus Able to Re­deem?
  3. King Eter­nal, King Im­mor­tal
  4. Lord, Mine Must Be a Spot­less Dress
  5. O Christ, What Bur­dens Bowed Thy Head
  6. O Now Is the Time
  7. O Thou That on the Bil­low
  8. Sands of Time Are Sink­ing, The
  9. To Thee and to Thy Christ, O God
  10. To Thy Fa­ther and Thy Mo­ther
  11. When We Reach Our Peace­ful Dwell­ing