1837–1898

Introduction

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Born: June 14, 1837, Bris­tol, Eng­land.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 9, 1898, Ched­dar, Ax­bridge, So­mer­set, Eng­land.

Buried: St. An­drew’s Church, Ched­dar, So­mer­set, Eng­land.

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St. Andrew’s Church, Cheddar
Andrew Rabbott
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Biography

Dix’ fa­ther, a sur­geon, wrote a bio­gra­phy of po­et Tho­mas Chat­ter­ton, and gave his son his mid­dle name in his hon­or.

William at­tend­ed the Bris­tol Gram­mar School. Lat­er, he man­aged a ma­rine in­sur­ance com­pa­ny in Glas­gow, Scot­land, but his heart was in the po­et­ry of wor­ship.

He wrote more than 40 hymns dur­ing his life.

Works

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Lyrics

  1. All Ho­ly, Ho­ly, Ho­ly to Thee
  2. Alleluia! Sing to Je­sus!
    • ¡Aleluya, Glo­ria a Cris­to! (Ál­va­rez)
    • ¡Aleluya! Glo­ria a Cris­to, Po­de­ro­so Sal­va­dor
    • Alléluia, Chante à Jé­sus
  3. Alleluia, Praise Our Master
  4. As with Glad­ness, Men of Old
    • Con Gran Go­zo y Can­dor
  5. Beauteous Are the Flow­ers of Earth
  6. Bridegroom Com­ing at Mid­night, The
  7. Christians, Car­ol Sweet­ly
  8. Come un­to Me, Ye Wea­ry
  9. Cross Is on Thy Brow, The
  10. Easter Stan­zas
    • Darkness Fell on the Wea­ry Earth
    • Every Ge­ne­ra­tion, Ma­ry, Calls Thee Blest
  11. Expectant Bride, The
  12. First Came the Hour of Pray­er
  13. Householder Send­ing Forth His Son, The
  14. Holy Je­sus, Ev­ery Day
  15. How Long, O Lord?
  16. In Our Work and in Our Play
  17. In the Hol­low of Thine Hand
  18. Jesu, Si­on’s King, We Greet Thee
  19. Joy Fills Our In­most Hearts To­day!
  20. Judgment at the Door
  21. Lift Up Your Songs, Ye Ang­el Choirs
  22. Lift Up Your Songs, Ye Thank­ful
  23. Like Sil­ver Lamps in a Dis­tant Shrine
  24. Night Was Rest­ing on the Peo­ple
  25. Now in Num­bers Soft­ly Flow­ing
  26. Now, My Soul, Re­hearse the Sto­ry
  27. Now, O Fa­ther, We Adore Thee
  28. O Babe! in Man­ger Ly­ing
  29. O Christ, Thou Son of Ma­ry
  30. O Cross Which On­ly Canst Al­lay
  31. O Thou, the Eter­nal Son of God
  32. On the Wa­ters Dark and Drear
  33. Only One Pray­er To­day
  34. Prophecy and the Ful­fill­ment, The
  35. Rejoice! To­day Earth Tells Abroad
  36. Sitting at Re­ceipt of Cus­tom
  37. Song of the First Christ­mas Night, A
  38. Stars Above Our Head, The
  39. To Christ the Mon­arch
  40. To Thee, O Lord, Our Hearts We Raise
  41. Virgin Is Hush­ing Her Ba­by to Rest, The
  42. Way of Sor­rows, The
  43. What Child Is This?
    • Cóż to za Dziecię slodko śpi
  44. When the Shades of Night Are Fall­ing
  45. Within the Tem­ple’s Hal­lowed Courts

Translations

  1. As Those Who Seek the Break of Day
  2. Bend to Our Hymns, Re­deem­er
  3. Bethlehem Hath Opened Ed­en
  4. Christ, We Sing Thy Sav­ing Pass­ion
  5. He Who with His Migh­ty Hand
  6. Today in Beth­le­hem Hear I
  7. Wonder Work­ing Mas­ter, The

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Dix (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), would you send us an e-mail?

We un­der­stand there is a good por­trait of Dix, by Lin­don Holt of Clif­ton, in The Il­lus­trat­ed Lon­don News, Sep­tem­ber 24, 1898, but we have been un­able to find that is­sue on­line. Please note: We have no bud­get for pur­chas­es; we’re seek­ing an im­age we can le­gal­ly down­load.