1782–1866

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 30, 1782, Is­ling­ton, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: De­cem­ber 20, 1866, Not­ting­ham, Eng­land.

Buried: Ge­ne­ral Ce­me­te­ry, Not­ting­ham, Eng­land.

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Biography

Ann was the daugh­ter of Isaac Tay­lor, and sis­ter of Jane Tay­lor. A at the time Ann’s birth, her father was a Lon­don en­gra­ver; He sub­se­quent­ly be­came a Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter, liv­ing first at Col­ches­ter, then at Ong­ar.

In 1813, she mar­ried Rev. Jo­seph Gil­bert, a clas­si­cal and ma­the­ma­tics tu­tor at the Con­gre­ga­tion­al College, Mas­brough (near Roth­er­ham), York­shire. From Mas­brough they moved to Hull, and lat­er Not­ting­ham.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Among the Deep­est Shades of Night
  2. As Mary Sat at Je­sus’ Feet
  3. Father, My Spir­it Owns
  4. God Is in Hea­ven! Can He Hear?
  5. God of Hea­ven Is Pleased to See, The
  6. Good Da­ni­el Would Not Cease to Pray
  7. Great God, and Wilt Thou Con­des­cend?
  8. Hark the Sound of Joy and Glad­ness
  9. How Long, Some­times a Day Ap­pears
  10. I Faint, My Soul Doth Faint
  11. I Thank the Good­ness and the Grace
  12. Jesus, the Con­des­cend­ing King
  13. Jesus Was Once Des­pised and Low
  14. Jesus Who Lived Above the Sky
  15. Lo, at Noon, ’Tis Sud­den Night
  16. Lord, Help Us as We Hear
  17. Lord, What Is Life? ’Tis Like a Flow­er
  18. My Father, I Thank Thee for Sleep
  19. O Hap­py They Who Safe­ly Housed
  20. Scattered to Ev­ery Wind They Roam
  21. Spared to An­oth­er Spring
  22. This Year Is Just Go­ing Away
  23. We, Sit­ting Round the Sav­ior’s Board
  24. Wearied with Earth­ly Toil and Care
  25. What Was It, Bless­èd God?
  26. When I List­en to Thy Word
  27. When Lit­tle Sam­uel Woke
  28. Why Should We Weep for Those Who Die?