1711–1786

Introduction

Born: 1711. Va­ri­ous sourc­es give his birth­place as Dou­ai, France, or in Eng­land.

Died: Au­gust 16, 1786, Dou­ai, France.

Buried: West­min­ster Ca­thed­ral, Lon­don, Eng­land.

A Ca­tho­lic lay­man, Wade fled the Ja­cob­ite re­bel­lion in 1745, set­tling in Dou­ai, France. He taught mu­sic and co­pied plain chant and hymn ma­nu­scripts for pri­vate use.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Adeste Fideles
    • Approach, All Ye Faith­ful
    • Approach, Ye Faith­ful, and with Glad Ac­cord
    • Approach, Ye Faith­ful, Come with Ex­ul­ta­tion
    • Assemble, Ye Faith­ful
    • Be Present, Ye Faith­ful
    • Believers As­sem­ble, Come with Songs to Beth­le­hem
    • Come, All Ye Faith­ful, Joy­fu­lly
    • Come, Faith­ful All, Re­joice and Sing
    • Come Hi­ther, Ye Faith­ful
    • Come, O Faith­ful, with Sweet Voice
    • Draw Near, All Ye Faith­ful
    • Draw Near, Ye Faith­ful Chris­tians
    • Draw Nigh, All Ye Faith­ful
    • Exulting Tri­um­phant, Come from Ev­ery Na­tion
    • Hasten, Ye Faith­ful
    • Hither, Ye Fait­hful
    • In Tri­umph, Joy and Ho­ly Fear
    • O Christian Peo­ple, Come
    • O Come, All Ye Faith­ful, Joy­ful and Tri­um­phant
    • O Come, All Ye Faith­ful, Joy­ful Triu­mph Rais­ing
    • O Come, All Ye Faith­ful, Raise the Hymn of Glo­ry
    • O Come, All Ye Faith­ful, Tri­ump­hant­ly Sing
    • O Come, Ye Faith­ful, and Your Ho­mage Bring
    • O Hasten, Ye Faith­ful
    • O Hie, Ye Be­lieve­rs, Raise the Song of Tri­umph
    • Raise We Our Voic­es to the Lord of Gl­ory
    • With Hearts Tru­ly Grate­ful
    • Ye Faith­ful, Ap­proach Ye
    • Ye Faith­ful, Come Tri­um­phant, Come
    • Ye Faith­ful Souls, Ap­proach and Sing
    • Ye Faith­ful, Tri­um­phant En­ter in­to Beth­le­hem

Music

  1. Portuguese Hymn
  2. St. Tho­mas

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Wade (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), Note: The por­trait at Finda­grave is a pho­to, but Wade died be­fore the in­ven­tion of pho­to­gra­phy.