E. C. W.

E. C. W. These are the initials of a lady who published through Mr. John Hodges, of Frome Hymns for Infant Minds [n. d.], and who desires to remain unknown. From this work the following hymns are in common use:—
1. I love to think of heaven, O Lord. Heaven Desired.
2. Lord, Who hast made me Thy dear child. Lent.
3. My Father, hear my prayer Before I go, &c. Evening.
Nos. 1 and 2 are in W. R. Stevenson's School Hymnal, 1880, and others; and No 3 in Horder's Book of Praise for Children, 1875.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)