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Emma Leslie Toke
1812 - 1878 Person Name: Mrs. Emma Toke Author of "Glory to Thee, O Lord" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 Mrs. Toke is the wife of the Rev. Nicholas Toke, Rector of Godington, Ashford, Kent.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.
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Toke, Emma, nèe Leslie, daughter of John Leslie, D.D., Bishop of Kilmore, was born at Holywood, Belfast, Aug. 9, 1812; married to the Rev. Nicholas Toke, Godington Park, Ashford, Kent, in 1837; and died in 1878. Mrs. Toke's early hymns were written in 1851, "at the request of a friend who was collecting for the Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge", and they appeared in the S. P. C. K. Hymns for Public Worship, 1852, as follows:—
1. Glory to Thee, 0 Lord.
2. Lord, of Thy mercy, hear our cry. National Thanksgiving.
3. 0 Lord, in all our trials here. Saints' Days, General.
4. 0 Lord, Thou knowest all the snares. Lent.
5. 0 Thou, to Whose all seeing eye. Annunciation.
6. 0 Thou, Who didst with love untold. St. Thomas.
7. Thou art gone up on high. Ascension.
The most popular of these hymns are, "Glory to Thee, O Lord"; "O Lord, Thou knowest all the snares"; and "Thou art gone up on high." These hymns as a whole are simple and pleasing. They seldom rise into passionate fervour, and are weakened in several instances by faulty construction. They have been widely adopted in Great Britain and America. Another series of hymns by Mrs. Toke was contributed to the Sunday School Liturgy . . . and Hymn Book, arranged by the Rev. B. Judd, B.A., Incumbent of St. Mary's, Halifax. Halifax, F. King, 1870.
These hymns have failed to attract attention, although in literary merit they fall little short of her earlier efforts. They are:—
8. Jesu! by Whose Almighty Grace. St. Andrew.
9. Lord God, the strength and stay of all. General.
10. Lord of all power and might. General.
11. Lord of light and life. St. Mark.
12. O Father, Whom in truth to know. Saints Philip and James.
13. 0 God of comfort, Thou alone. St. Barnabas.
14. O God of mercy, chill and dark. St. John Evangist
15. O God, the strength and stay of all. General.
16. O God, upon this solemn day. St. Matthias.
17. O Thou, Who didst through heavens, &c. Puri¬fication Blessed Virgin Mary
18. The joyful day at last is come. Easter.
19. This is the day when Jesus Christ. Christmas.
20. Upon this sad and solemn day. Good Friday.
21. We bless Thee, Lord, for that clear light. Conversion St. Paul.
In addition to these hymns Mrs. Toke rewrote and expanded some of her earlier compositions. In their new form, however, they are almost unknown.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Emma Leslie Toke
Wm A. White
Person Name: Rev. Wm. A. White Author of "Spirit of truth, we call" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892
Wm A. White
Ednah Dow Cheney
1824 - 1904 Person Name: Mrs. E. D. Cheney Author of "The Larger Prayer" in Christ in Song Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney (June 27, 1824 – November 19, 1904) was a writer, reformer, and philanthropist, born on Beacon Hill, Boston to Sargent Smith Littledale and Ednah Parker (Dow). She was educated in private schools in Boston. She was secretary of the School of Design for Women from 1851 till 1854.
She married portrait artist Seth Wells Cheney on May 19, 1853. His ill health limited his volume of work and after a winter trip abroad (1854-1855) he died in 1856. They had one child, Margaret Swan Cheney (September 8, 1855 – September 22, 1882) Edna's daughter, Margaret Swan Cheney died of tuberculosis while a student in the 1882 class at MIT and a reception room of the Women’s Chemistry Laboratory was named in her memory.
After her husband's death she took an interest in social concerns such as the Freedman's Aid Society (secretary of the committee on aid for colored regiments and of the teachers' committee, 1863), Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association (vice president), New England Women's Club (vice president) and the New England Hospital for Women and Children (secretary, 1862). She lectured at the Concord School of Philosophy on the history of art. She was an active member of the Margaret Fuller conversation class.
She went south to visit the Freedmen's schools in 1866, 1868, and 1869. She visited Europe several times, and spoke before lyceums west of New England in 1873, 1875, and 1876.
Works--
Patience: a series of thirty games with cards. 1870
Social games. A collection of 31 games with cards. 1871
Faithful to the Light and Other Tales. 1871
Sally Williams, the mountain girl. 1872
The Child of the Tide, By Ednah D. Cheney. 1874
Memoir of Susan Dimock: resident physician of the New England Hospital for Women and Children. 1875
Jenny of the Lighthouse. 1877
Memoir of Seth W. Cheney, artist. 1881
Gleanings in the Fields of Art. 1881
Louisa May Alcott, the Children's Friend. 1888
The Life of Louisa May Alcott. 1888
Memoir of John Cheney, Engraver. 1889
Nora’s return: a sequel to "The doll’s house" of Henry Ibsen / by Ednah D. Cheney. 1890
Memoirs of Lucretia Crocker and Abby W. May. 1893
Life of Christian Daniel Rauch of Berlin, Germany. Drawn from German authorities by Ednah D. Cheney. 1893
Reminiscences of Ednah Dow Cheney (born Littlehale). 1902
--en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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