1807–1885

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Born: Oc­to­ber 30, 1807, Bock­ing, Es­sex, Eng­land.

Died: March 20, 1885, Lin­coln, Eng­land.

Buried: In the grave­yard of the church at Rise­holme Col­lege, north of Lin­coln. There are me­mo­ri­als to him in Lin­coln Ca­thed­ral and All Saints Church, Hare­wood, York­shire.

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Biography

Christopher was a ne­phew of po­et Will­iam Words­worth, and fa­ther of Eli­za­beth Words­worth.

He was both a scho­lar and ath­lete in his stu­dent days. Later, he served as head­mas­ter of Har­row Boys School (1836–50), which fu­ture prime min­is­ter Win­ston Church­ill would at­tend a cen­tu­ry or so later.

Wordsworth was al­so vi­car at Stan­ford-in-the-Vale, Berk­shire (1850–69), and arch­dea­con of West­min­ster, and be­came bi­shop of Lin­coln in 1868.

A re­cog­nized Greek scho­lar, he wrote theo­lo­gic­al and oth­er works. Of his hymns, he said, It is the first du­ty of a hymn to teach sound doc­trine and thence to save souls.

Works

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Lyrics

  1. Amid the Doc­tors of the Law
  2. Another Year Has Now Be­gun
  3. Arm These Thy Sol­diers, Migh­ty Lord
  4. Ark of God in Safe­ty Rode, The
  5. As Some Fair Ri­ver, from Pure Fount
  6. At Thy Trans­fi­gu­ra­tion, Lord
  7. Awake! Awake! the Apos­tle Cries
  8. Beloved Phy­si­cian! Ti­tle True
  9. Banner of the Cross, The
  10. Blest Be, O Lord, the Grace of Love
  11. Bright Bea­con on an Is­land Rock
  12. Buried in Hea­then Dark­ness Lay
  13. Cephas and Pe­ter—Heav’n Taught Name
  14. Crowd Thronged Christ with Pres­sure Rude, The
  15. Daughter of Zi­on, Shout with Joy
  16. Day Is Come, The
  17. Day Is Gent­ly Sink­ing to a Close, The
  18. Down from the Mount­ain Je­sus Came
  19. Elisha’s Servant and His Staff
  20. Father of All, from Land and Sea
  21. Father of All, in Whom We Live
    • O God, in Whose All-Search­ing Eye
  22. Father of Lights! to Thee We Pray
  23. Father, We Hum­bly Pray
  24. Fig Tree Near the Way­side Showed, The
  25. Five Peb­bles from the Brook
  26. Four Ri­vers from One Ho­ly Fount Arise
  27. From Je­su’s Eyes, Be­side the Grave
  28. Galilean Fish­ers Toil, The
  29. Giver of Law Is God’s Dear Son
  30. Glory Be to God on High
  31. Go, Show Your­selves un­to the Priests
  32. God, When the Hea­vens and Earth Were Made
  33. Gracious Spir­it, Ho­ly Ghost
  34. Hail! the Wo­man’s Pro­mised Seed
  35. Hark! the Sound of Ho­ly Voic­es
  36. Hearts to Hea­ven and Voic­es Raise
  37. Heavens De­clare Thy Glo­ry, The
  38. Heav’nly Fa­ther, Send Thy Bless­ing
  39. Holy, Ho­ly, Ho­ly Lord, God of Hosts
  40. Holy, Ho­ly, Ho­ly Lord, Mak­er of This World­ly Frame
  41. Holy Jesus, Migh­ty Lord
  42. Holy of Ho­lies! Aw­ful Name
  43. How Bless­èd Is the Force of Pray­er
  44. How Blest Are Hearts, Which Christ the Lord
  45. How Blest the Days That An­gels See
  46. How Dread­ful Is This Place!
  47. How Fair and Plea­sant Is the Sight
  48. How Won­drous and Mys­te­ri­ous Are
  49. I Need to Be Bap­tized of Thee
  50. In All Our Wan­der­ings Here Be­low
  51. In Sor­row and Dis­tress
  52. In the Wil­der­ness Pre­pare Thee
  53. In Thy Glo­ri­ous Re­sur­rect­ion
  54. It Will Not Come
  55. Jerusalem! Thy Judge Will Come
  56. Lilies in the Field That Grow, The
  57. Lo He Comes! Whom Ev­ery Na­tion
  58. Lord, Be Thy Word My Rule
  59. Lord, for Thy Grace’s Show­ers
  60. Lord, May We Nev­er, Save to One
  61. Lord, Not for Store of World­ly Wealth
  62. Lord, Not with Poor and Pal­try Gifts
  63. Lord, Who Didst the Pro­phets Teach
  64. Man Fell from Grace by Car­nal Ap­pe­tite
  65. Mankind in Ad­am Fell
  66. Moses from Si­nai Brings the Law
  67. Night Is Dark, the Winds Are Nigh, The
  68. No Long­er Thou in Hu­man Form
  69. Not Bound by Chains, nor Pent in Cells
  70. Not Gifts or Pro­phe­cy Can Save
  71. O Day of Rest and Glad­ness
  72. O Fear Not Though Be­fore Thee Lies
  73. O Je­ru­sa­lem Be­lov­èd
  74. O King of Kings, We Thee Adore
  75. O Lord, How Al­tered Is the Face
  76. O Lord of Heav’n and Earth and Sea
  77. O Lord, Our Strength in Weak­ness
  78. O Lord, Who Didst a Sam­uel Give
  79. O Lord, Who in Thy Love Di­vine
  80. O Lov­ing Je­su, for Us Cru­ci­fied
  81. O Sav­ior, Who at Nain’s Gate
  82. O Son of God, Eter­nal Word
  83. O Thou, the Way, the Truth, the Life
  84. O Won­drous Love, that He, Whose Bliss
  85. On Ev­ery New-Born Babe of Earth
  86. On the Dark Bil­lows of the World
  87. Once All the Na­tions Were as One
  88. Once with a Le­gion of Foul Fiends Pos­sessed
  89. Our Hearts and Voic­es Let Us Raise
  90. Peace to This House!
  91. Praised Be Thy Ho­ly Name, O God
  92. Repent, Re­pent, the Bap­tist Cries
  93. Saved by Thy Blood, the Red Sea Passed
  94. See He Comes!
  95. See, the Con­quer­or Mounts in Tri­umph
  96. Shall We—the Liegemen of the Lord
  97. Sing, O Sing, This Bless­èd Morn
  98. Son of God, In­car­nate Word
  99. Songs of Thank­ful­ness and Praise
  100. Sun Is Sink­ing in the West, The
  101. There Was of Old a Place
  102. They Have No Wine
  103. Thou Bidd’st Us Vi­sit in Dis­tress
  104. Thou Hast a Tem­ple Found­ed
  105. Though Days Are Evil, and as Slaves
  106. To All the Saints of God on Earth
  107. To Plead for Us with His Own Blood
  108. Today, O Lord, the Ho­ly James
  109. Today with Bright Ef­ful­gence Shine
  110. Touch Me Not, to Ma­ry Said
  111. Tribes of Is­ra­ël Revered, The
  112. Upon the Sixth Day of the Week
  113. Virtues of Thy Saints, O Lord, The
  114. We All, O God, Un­right­eous Are
  115. We Hear the Toll­ing Bell
  116. We, in Our­selves, Un­right­eous Are
  117. When Abraham up­on the Wood
  118. When from the Bo­dy Freed by Death
  119. When from the Ci­ty of Our God
  120. When Da­vid and His Faith­ful Friends
  121. When the Ar­chi­tect Al­migh­ty
  122. When the Lord of Hosts As­cend­ed
  123. When Thou Hadst Blest the Loaves
  124. When Thou, O Lord, Didst Send the Twelve
  125. When Two Friends on East­er Day
  126. When We the Migh­ty Acts of Jo­shua See
  127. Who Is This That Comes from Ed­om?
  128. Winds and Bil­low Wild­ly Roar, The
  129. Wounds Which Je­sus Once En­dured, The