Nephew of po­et Will­iam Words­worth, Christ­o­pher was both a schol­ar and ath­lete in his stu­dent days. La­ter, he served as head­mas­ter of Har­row Boys School (1836-50), which 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 al­so 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. His works in­clude:

• Athens and At­ti­ca, 1836
• Ancient Writ­ings Co­pied from the Walls of Pom­peii, 1837
• Greece, Pic­tor­ial, De­scrip­tive, and His­tor­ic­al, 1839
• Theophilus An­gli­can­us, 1843
• On the Can­on of the Scrip­tures, 1848
• Memoirs of Will­iam Words­worth, 1851
• Commentary on the Whole Bi­ble, 1856-70
• The Ho­ly Year; or Hymns for Sun­days and Ho­ly­days Throug­hout the Year, and for Other Oc­ca­sions (Lon­don: 1862)
• Church His­to­ry, 1881-83

• Erickson, p. 429
• Julian, pp. 1293, 1729
• Robinson, pp. 31-32
• Stulken, p. 190

1. Arm These Thy Sol­diers, Mighty Lord
2. Banner of the Cross, The
3. Day Is Gent­ly Sink­ing to a Close, The
4. Father of All, from Land and Sea
5. Five Peb­bles from the Brook
6. Galilean Fish­ers Toil, The
7. Giver of Law Is God’s Dear Son
8. Gracious Spir­it, Ho­ly Ghost
9. Hallelujah! Christ Is Ris­en
10. Hark! the Sound of Ho­ly Voic­es
11. Hearts to Hea­ven and Voic­es Raise
12. Heav’nly Fa­ther, Send Thy Bless­ing
13. Ho­ly, Ho­ly, Ho­ly Lord
14. How Bless­ed Is the Force of Pray­er
15. How Blest Are Hearts Which Christ the Lord
16. How Won­drous and Mys­ter­i­ous Are
17. In Sor­row and Dis­tress
18. In Thy Glor­i­ous Re­sur­rect­ion
19. Lo He Comes! Whom Ev­ery Na­tion
20. Lord, Be Thy Word My Rule
21. Lord, May We Ne­ver, Save to One
22. Lord, Not with Poor and Pal­try Gifts
23. Lord, Who Didst the Pro­phets Teach
24. Man Fell from Grace by Car­nal Ap­pe­tite
25. Mankind in Ad­am Fell
26. Not Bound by Chains, Nor Pent in Cells
27. Not Gifts or Pro­phe­cy Can Save
28. O Day of Rest and Glad­ness
29. O Fear Not Though Be­fore Thee Lies
30. O Je­ru­sa­lem Be­loved
31. O Lord of Heav’n and Earth and Sea
32. O Lord, Our Strength in Weak­ness
33. O Lord, Who in Thy Love Di­vine
34. O Sav­ior, Who at Nain’s Gate
35. O Son of God, the Eter­nal Word
36. On Ev­ery New-Born Babe of Earth
37. Once All the Na­tions Were as One
38. Peace to This House!
39. See, the Con­quer­or Mounts in Tri­umph
40. Sing, O Sing, This Bless­èd Morn
41. Songs of Thank­ful­ness and Praise
42. Thou Bidd’st Us Vi­sit in Dis­tress
43. Thou Hast a Tem­ple Found­ed
44. Today, O Lord, the Ho­ly James
45. Today with Bright Ef­ful­gence Shine
46. Upon the Sixth Day of the Week
    • Grave It­self a Gar­den Is, The
47. We All, O God, Un­right­eous Are
48. We Hear the Toil­ing Bell
49. When from the Ci­ty of Our God
50. When Thou, O Lord, Didst Send the Twelve