Au­gust 22, 1827, Tot­ten­ham, Mid­dle­sex, Eng­land.

Oc­to­ber 31, 1904, West Der­by, Lan­ca­shire, Eng­land.

Daughter of Tho­mas Wig­les­worth, Es­ther was, as of 1891, Ma­tron of the Mag­da­len Asy­lum, Streat­ham, Eng­land. She wrote a num­ber of small po­et­ic works, and con­trib­ut­ed num­er­ous hymns and po­ems to per­i­od­ica­ls. Her works in­clude:

• Verses for the Sun­days and Hol­i­days of the Chris­tian Seasons, 1863
• Verses for Chris­tian Child­ren, 1871
• Hymns for the Feasts, and Other Vers­es, 1878
• Songs of Per­se­ver­ance, 1885

1. Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia, Hea­ven and Earth To­ge­ther Sing
2. Almighty Fa­ther, God of Love
3. Dear Child­ren, Ev­er­more
4. Father, Look up­on Thy Child­ren
5. Gentle Je­su, See Thy Child­ren
6. God Choos­eth Out the Place
7. God Sets a Still Small Voice
8. Hail, Sweet Ba­by, Pure and Ho­ly
   • Hail, Sweet Babe, So Pure and Ho­ly
9. Hark, What Mu­sic Fills the Sky
10. Holy Spir­it, Bless­ed Dove
11. How Beau­ti­ful Is Earth
12. Little Child­ren, Ad­vent Bids You
13. Little Child­ren, Who Would Ev­er
14. O Fount of Life and Beau­ty
15. O Lamb of God, Most Ho­ly
16. Soldiers, True and Faith­ful
17. Thou Who with Dy­ing Lips
18. Thrice Bless­ed Word of God
19. We Are Lit­tle Chris­tians
20. We Are Lit­tle Pil­grims
21. When We in Ho­ly Wor­ship
22. Zion, Zi­on, Haste to Meet Him

• Julian, p. 1596