1823–1910

Introduction

Born: Ap­ril 19, 1823, Plas-y-Ve­lin, Neath, Gla­mor­gan­shire, South Wales.

Died: May 10, 1910, Clif­ton (near Bris­tol), Eng­land.

Buried: Ar­nos Vale Ce­me­te­ry, Bris­tol, Eng­land.

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Biography

Anna was the daugh­ter of Eli­jah War­ing.

She was raised a Quak­er, but was bap­tized into the Church of Eng­land in 1842 at St. Mar­tins, Win­nall, Hamp­shire.

She was deep­ly in­volved in phil­an­thro­pic work, es­pe­cial­ly the Dis­charged Pris­on­ers’ Aid So­ci­ety.

Waring mas­tered He­brew as a young girl, to be able to stu­dy Old Tes­ta­ment po­et­ry, and dai­ly read the orig­in­al He­brew psal­ter through­out her life.

Works

Poem

To _____

When turning to my place of rest,
In hope of glory soon to be,
Lo, leaning on our Savior’s breast,
Dear child of God, I meet with thee.
And hushed is every bitter sigh
For strength bowed down at early day,
And busy doubting lowly lie,
And anxious musings fly away.

In the clear light I see thee here,
The light no earthly cloud may dim,
O who can have a gloomy fear
For those whom Jesus keeps with Him?
The sharpest gale that lays us low,
Our Savior’s still small voice obeys—
And every sacred joy we know
Springs to His eternal praise.

When, with one heart to Jesus given,
Within His sheltering arms we stay,
Our happy hope with Him in Heaven
Seems not so very far away.
The hope we have, with patience waits,
Kept in His secret presence thus—
And lo, we see the open gates
Of God’s bright city near to us.

Safe in that city of delight,
How glad my ransomed soul will be,
When walking with the Lamb in white,
Dear child of God, I meet with thee.
If, by His love from fear set free,
This shadowy vale to thee seems fair,
O how my heart will long to see,
Thy pleasure in His presence there.

Anna Laetitia Waring
Hymns and Meditations
Fourth edition, 1854

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Be Not Far from Me, O My Strength
  2. Beam on Us Bright­ly, Bless­ed Day
  3. Bowed with a Bur­den
  4. Compassed About with Songs
  5. Dear Sav­ior of a Dy­ing World
  6. Ere An­oth­er Step I Take
  7. Father, I Know That All My Life
  8. Flow On, Thou Fount­ain of My Joy
  9. Go Not Far from Me
  10. Heavenly Things My Soul Hath Seen
  11. I Will Love Thee, O Lord, My Strength
  12. In Hea­ven­ly Love Abid­ing
  13. Jesus, Lord of Hea­ven Above
  14. Living, Lov­ing, Last­ing Word, A
  15. My Heart Is Rest­ing, O My God
  16. My Pray­er to the Pro­mise Shall Cling
  17. My Sav­ior, on the Word of Truth
  18. My Sav­ior Whose In­fi­nite Grace
  19. O! There Is More Than Ear Hath Heard
  20. O, This Is Bless­ing, This Is Rest
  21. Source of My Life’s Re­fresh­ing Springs
  22. Source of My Spir­it’s Deep De­sire
  23. Strength of the Still Se­clud­ed Thought
  24. Sunlight of the Hea­ven­ly Day
  25. Sweet be Thy Words of Stern­est Truth
  26. Sweet Is the Pro­mise of Thy Love
  27. Tender Mer­cies, on My Way
  28. Thanksgiving and the Voice of Me­lo­dy
  29. Though Some Good Things of Low­er Worth
  30. Under Thy Wings, My God, I Rest
  31. While Toil and War­fare Urge Us on Our Way
  32. With a Heart Full of Anx­ious Re­quest
  33. Would That I Were More Close­ly Bound