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Mary Whitwell Hale

Short Name: Mary Whitwell Hale
Full Name: Hale, Mary Whitwell, 1810-1862
Birth Year: 1810
Death Year: 1862

Hale, Mary Whitwell, daughter of Eliphalet Hale of Boston, U.S.A., was born at Boston, Jan. 29, 1810. After receiving a good education she devoted herself to educational work in Boston, Taunton, Keene, N. H., and elsewhere. She died Nov. 17, 1862. Her hymn-writing was brought into notice by two hymns, one on "Home," and the second on "Music," which were written for a juvenile concert at the Unitarian Church in Taunton, April 1834. Several of the hymns and poetical pieces which she subsequently wrote were contributed to the Christian Register under the initials "Y. L. E.," the concluding letters of her name. Her Poems were published at Boston in 1840. A few of her hymns also appeared in the Unitarian Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship, commonly known as the Cheshire Collection, in 1844. [American Hymnody, ยง vii.] Putnam (to whom we are indebted for these details) gives the following of her hymns, with others, in full in his Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, 1874 :
1. "Praise for the glorious light." Temperance Anniversary.
2. "This day let grateful praise ascend." Sunday.
3. "Whatever dims the sense of truth." A Mother's Counsel.
4. "When in silence o'er the deep." Christmas.
These hymns were given in the Cheshire Collection, 1844. Nos. 2 and 3 were taken from her Poems. Some of the other pieces given by Putnam are worthy of attention.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology


Texts by Mary Whitwell Hale (24)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A Lord's Day well spentMary Whitwell Hale (Author)English1
A sweet and blessed strain they swellMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Around thy forest shrine, Eternal GodMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Author of all my blessings hereMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Eternal Father, throned above, Fountain of life and light and loveMary Whitwell Hale (Author)English2
Father, before I close mine eyesMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Father, enthroned above, Thou source of lifeMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Father, when gathered round thy throneMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Flowers for the early deadMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Has life no charm for theeMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Home, Home, As we kneel at thy time-hallowedMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
If ever angel's wing droop from its homeMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Is there a secret, hidden placeMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Nigh, in that hour of secret griefMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Not amid pleasure's giddy throngMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Not within palace halls the holy infant layMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
One universal strain of praiseMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Praise, for the glorious lightMary Whitwell Hale (Author)11
The hallowed morn returns againMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
This day let grateful praise ascendMary Whitwell Hale (Author)10
Welcome, thou blessed spot, Too long my feetMary Whitwell Hale (Author)2
Welcome, welcome, quiet morningMary Whitwell Hale (Author)English33
Whatever dims thy sense of truthMary W. Hale (Author)English14
When in silence, over the deepMary Whitwell Hale (Author)English11

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