1862–1946

Introduction

Born: No­vem­ber 27, 1862, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: March 12, 1946, Jes­sup, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Biography

Henry at­tend­ed La­Salle Col­lege, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­van­ia, and St. Charles Se­mi­na­ry, Ov­er­brook, Penn­syl­van­ia.

After or­di­na­tion in 1889, he taught Eng­lish and La­tin at the se­mi­na­ry un­til 1894, mu­sic and li­te­ra­ture un­til 1917, and di­rect­ed the se­mi­na­ry choir.

He went on to serve as rec­tor of the Penn­syl­van­ia Ca­tho­lic High School for Boys (1902–19), and pro­fess­or of ho­mi­let­ics at the Ca­tho­lic Uni­ver­si­ty of Am­eri­ca, Wash­ing­ton, DC (1919–37).

He was al­so a lec­tur­er at the Ca­tho­lic Summ­er School, Cliff Ha­ven, New York; pre­si­dent of the Am­eri­can Ca­tho­lic His­tor­ic­al So­ci­ety of Penn­syl­van­ia; ed­it­or of Church Mu­sic (1905–14); and au­thor of Ca­tho­lic Cus­toms and Sym­bols.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Hail, Thou Liv­ing Vic­tim Blest
  2. Lord, My Shep­herd Is, The
  3. Lord Said un­to My Lord, The
  4. Maid of France, with Vi­sioned Eyes, The
  5. Memory of Je­sus Sweet, The
  6. My Dearest Sav­ior, I Would Fain
  7. Now Let the Dark­ling Eve
  8. O Dear­est Love Di­vine
  9. O Hap­py Day! That Could Dis­play
  10. Savior Is Our Sure­ty, The
  11. Savior Is Our Ve­ry Food, The
  12. Sing, My Tongue, the Mys­tic Sto­ry
  13. Unto Him, for Whom, This Day
  14. Wondrous Love That Can­not Fal­ter

Translations

  1. Cometh a New Year
  2. Hail, An­gel­ic Bread of Hea­ven
  3. Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
  4. O Bread of Life from Hea­ven
  5. Very An­gels’ Bread, The
  6. Wondrous Theme of Mor­tal Sing­ing
  7. Word, Des­cend­ing from Above, The
  8. Ye Faith­ful, with Glad­ness

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