1818–1871

Introduction

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Born: Ju­ly 5, 1818, Dun­mow, Es­sex, Eng­land.

Died: May 9, 1871, Cam­den Town, Mid­dle­sex, Eng­land. His last words: Now I am go­ing to be­gin to live.

Buried: Ab­ney Park Ce­me­tery, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Biography

Thomas was the son of sur­geon John Burke Lynch.

A min­is­ter, he served pas­tor­ates at High­gate, Mor­ti­mer Street, Graf­ton Street, and Fitz­roy Square, Lon­don (1849–56). He was then in­ca­pa­ci­tat­ed by ill­ness for three years.

But start­ing in 1860, and for the rest of his life, he served on Gow­er Street and in Hamp­stead Road, Lon­don.

Works

Poem

I Have Looked Above Me

I have looked above me,
Saying as I stood,
Shall I ever love Thee
Even as I would?
Hands together clasping
Prayer to Thee I urge;
Like a swimmer gasping
In the ocean surge.

I for love endeavor
As for breath of life;
Must I seek it ever
With a painful strife?
I on waves of thinking
Foothold cannot keep;
Downward I am sinking,
Over me they sweep.

Lord, Thou art above me,
Silent and serene;
Surely I could love Thee
If I once had seen
Christ as Savior ready
Fearful hearts to save;
Giving footsteps steady
Even on the wave.

Is He coming near me?
Will He by me stand?
Will He speak and cheer me,
Take me by the hand?
May the humble-minded
See Him on His way,
Though the proud are blinded
By the fretful spray?

O, if I but know Thee
In Thy human form;
O, if Thou but show me
Jesus in the storm;
Perils never counting,
In love’s air I’ll breathe;
Hugest doubts surmounting,
Though they cry and seethe.

Thomas Toke Lynch
The Rivulet, 1868

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Above the Dusky Air
  2. Again from Mid-Win­ter
  3. Ah, Mi­se­ra­ble Man
  4. All Fad­ed Is the Glow­ing Light
  5. Aloft in the Qui­et­est Air
  6. Amid the Hills Re­tired
  7. Another Day May Bring An­oth­er Mind
  8. Apostle Spake of Judg­ment Just, The
  9. Appear, O Thou, Who Ve­ry Pre­sent Art
  10. Arise, Sad Heart, Arise in Haste
  11. Arising, We Sing
  12. As One Who for a Let­ter Waits
  13. As to a Qui­et Val­ley
  14. As We by Suc­cess­ive Stag­es
  15. As with Sun­ny Show­ers of Song
  16. Be Thy Word with Pow­er Fraught
  17. Behold, How Migh­ty Truth
  18. Beneath the Dark­est, Bas­est Will
  19. Bread Art Thou by Thy Com­ing Down
  20. Breathe on Us for the Pass­ing Day
  21. Brethren, Let Us to the Lord
  22. Brooks That Brim with Show­ers, The
  23. A Bubble I Would Be, Says One
  24. Can a Trust­less Thought In­trude?
  25. Christ in His Word Draws Near
  26. Chrysalis in Cran­nies Lies, The
  27. Close Not, Ye Hea­vens
  28. Come Forth with Twice-An­oint­ed Feet
  29. Creator, Lov­er of the Whole
  30. Day Is Pass­ing, Night Is Nigh
  31. Departing in Peace
  32. Dewy Flow­ers, More Beau­ti­ful, The
  33. Dismiss Me Not Thy Ser­vice, Lord
  34. Fallen from An­ces­tral Glo­ry
  35. Father, What Por­tion of Thy Goods
  36. Flowers Will Not Cease to Speak
  37. Folded Close the Flowers Are
  38. Forget Not: Can the Mo­ther’s Love
  39. From Each Dark Branch­let of the Trees
  40. Give Him Brain and Breast
  41. Giver of Sleep, Un­sleep­ing Lord
  42. Glory of God from the Way of the East, The
  43. God of the Shin­ing Sun
  44. Gracious Spir­it, Dwell with Me
  45. He Sat up­on the Mount­ain Side
  46. Heart of Christ, O Cup Most Gold­en
  47. Help, Holy Lord, Against the League
  48. Here Are We Dark and Weak
  49. How Calm­ly the Ev­en­ing
  50. How Can I Sing?
  51. How Firm­ly They Stand
  52. How Ho­ly and Se­cure Those An­gels Kind
  53. How Oft­en on a Morn­ing Bright
  54. How Sweet to Me Is Life
  55. I Give My­self to Pray­er
  56. I Have Looked Above Me
  57. I Tra­veled Up­wards to the Stars
  58. I Walked on Sands Be­side the Sea
  59. If Love in Any Heart Arise
  60. In Si­lence Migh­ty Things Are Wrought
  61. In the Fel­low-ship of Song
  62. In the Time of Our Youth
  63. In Well Loved Blue the Hea­ven Shines
  64. Irresolute, I Stand Per­plexed
  65. Is Life a Grop­ing and a Guess?
  66. Jesus, Great Friend of Op­en Speech
  67. Jordan, O Thou Crook­ed Riv­er
  68. King of Dark­ness, King of Light
  69. Lengthening Light Leads on the Year, The
  70. Let Child­ren Come
  71. Let Us with a Wind-Like Song
  72. Lift Up Your Heads, Re­joice
  73. Little Sunshine and a Lit­tle Talk, A
  74. Look Up; the Rainy Hea­vens With­draw
  75. Lord, All Things Ev­ery­where
  76. Lord, Break the Dead­ly Bat­tle-Bow
  77. Lord, How Won­der­ful Is Man
  78. Lord, I on Ev­ery Day
  79. Lord Is Rich and Mer­ci­ful, The
  80. Lord of That Un­dis­tract­ed Realm
  81. Lord, Oft the Hea­vens of Day and Night
  82. Lord, on Thy Re­turn­ing Day
  83. Lord, When in Si­lent Hours I Muse
  84. Lord, Why Dost Thou Thy Love Con­ceal?
  85. Love Me, O Lord, For­giv­ing­ly
  86. Mighty Wind Arose in Air, A
  87. Most High and Pa­tient God
  88. Mountains by the Dark­ness Hid­den
  89. My Faith, It Is an Oak­en Staff
  90. My Hast­en­ing Hear Ad­mon­ish­es
  91. My Lit­tle Flow­er
  92. My Soul, hu­mil­ity Her Fears Have Taught Her
  93. My Work Ap­point­ed I Have Done
  94. Not Afar from Surf and Wave
  95. Now Have We Met That We May Ask
  96. O Baby, He Loved Pret­ty Things
  97. O Book! The Birth of Win­ter Days
  98. O, Break My Heart
  99. O, Day of Rest for Bu­sy Men
  100. O God, Our Spir­its Un­as­sist­ed
  101. O Hand, O Breath Di­vine
  102. O Ho­ly Ones, O Watch­ers Calm
  103. O, Is the Heart Too Soon Ap­peased
  104. O Lit­tle One Who Art So Great
  105. O Lord, Thou Art Not Fic­kle
  106. O Morn­ing So Bright
  107. O, There Are Words Lips Oft­en Say
  108. O Thou, Who by the Meat and Drink
  109. O Thou Whose In­most Name Is Love
  110. O, Were I Ev­er What I Am Some­times
  111. O Where Is He That Trod the Sea?
  112. O Won­drous Wea­ry Years
  113. Oft When of God We Ask
  114. Oh, Rest Awhile
  115. One Bless­ing Is There of the Sun
  116. One Sat with Ang­ry Heart Alone
  117. One Says, The Glow of Life Is Ov­er
  118. Our Heart Is Like a Lit­tle Pool
  119. Praying by the Ri­ver Side
  120. Remember Us Who Would Aright
  121. Rise! He Call­eth Thee, Arise!
  122. Sacred Word, So Fraught with Use, The
  123. Say Not, My Soul, from Whence
  124. Shadows Now Are Dark­er Grow­ing
  125. See, Ban­nered Arm­ies Hem
  126. See Mul­ti­tudes Sur­round­ing
  127. See the Tide Ad­vanc­ing
  128. See! Through the Hea­ven­ly Arch
  129. Sere Leaf Flick­ers Down, The
  130. Since Pen­al­ties So Fear­ful
  131. Slow Is the Fall to Win­ter Dark
  132. Sometimes God Lights His Tem­ple Up
  133. Soul’s Sweet Sum­mer Is Not Here, The
  134. Speak Not in the Shak­ing Thun­der
  135. Spirit of Beau­ty!
  136. Spirit of Sac­red Hap­pi­ness
  137. Spirit! Whose Va­ri­ous En­er­gies
  138. Sufferer Had Been Heard to Say, The
  139. Sun Aloft, but Not Aloof, The
  140. There Is Pur­pose in This Waste
  141. Thou Shalt Not Doubt the King Most High
  142. Thousand Years Have Come and Gone, A
  143. Today They Know Not What They Do
  144. Together for Our Coun­try Now We Pray
  145. We Come, but Not with Sighs Alone
  146. We Come to the Place of Our Rest
  147. We Use or Waste the Beams So Bright
  148. Weak We Are, Al­though Sin­cere
  149. What! Is This the On­ly Rest?
  150. What Tears Are These That Flow So Fast?
  151. When Dor­cas Worked to Clothe the Poor
  152. When Fra­grant­ly To­wards the Skies
  153. When Hap­py Chris­tian Hope Be­gan
  154. When Strength Is Shak­en and I Fail
  155. When the Clouds So Soft and Ten­der
  156. When the Wind Is Blow­ing
  157. Where Is the Stream, the Hap­py Stream?
  158. Where Is Thy God, My Soul?
  159. While the Law on Stone Is Writ­ten
  160. While Wait­ing for the Sum­mer Sun
  161. Who Will Roll Away the Stone?
  162. Why Stooped the Ma­jes­ty on High?
  163. Wisdom Com­ing from Above
  164. With Feet of Burn­ing Brass
  165. With Ma­ny a Swift and Crash­ing Stroke
  166. World Was Dark with Care and Woe, The