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O Thou who, though with veiled face
Author: Mrs. Charles Appears in 3 hymnals Text Sources: 15th century
O Thou who, though with veiled face
O Thou who, though with veiled face
Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns #72 (1859) Languages: English
O Thou who, though with veiled face
O thou, who though with veiled Face
Hymnal: A Church of England Hymn Book #169 (1880) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Languages: English
O thou, who though with veiled Face
O Thou who, though with veiled face
Author: Mrs. Charles Hymnal: Songs of the Soul #172 (1880)
O Thou who, though with veiled face
Elizabeth Rundle Charles
1828 - 1896 Person Name: Elizabeth R. Charles Author of "O Thou who, though with veiled face" Charles, Elizabeth, née Rundle, is the author of numerous and very popular works intended to popularize the history of early Christian life in Great Britain; of Luther and his times; of Wesley and his work; the struggles of English civil wars; and kindred subjects as embodied in the Chronicles of the Schönherg-Cotta Family, the Diary of Kitty Trevelyan, &c, was born at Tavistock, Devonshire, Her father was John Rundle, M.P., and her husband, Andrew Paton Charles, Barrister-at-Law. Mrs. Charles has made some valuable contributions to hymnology, including original hymns and translations from the Latin and German. These were given in her:—
(1) The Voice of Christian Life in Song; or, Hymns and Hymn-writers of Many Lands and Ages, 1858; (2) The Three Wakings, and other Poems, 1859; and (3) The Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family; (4) Poems, New York, 1867. This has some additional pieces.
Her hymn on the Annunciation, "Age after age shall call thee [her] blessed," appeared in her Three Wakings, &c., 1859.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Charles, Elizabeth, née Rundle. Mrs. Charles has assumed the name of "Rundle-Charles," as given in the 1890 edition of the Hymnal Companion. Other hymns in common use are:—
1. Around a Table, not a tomb. Holy Communion. Dated Oct. 1862. In her Poems, 1868, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines.
2. Come, and rejoice with me. Joy in Christ. Some-times dated 1846. From her Three Wakings, 1859, p. 146, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed "Eureka."
3. Jesus, what once Thou wast. Jesus the Unchangeable One. In Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881.
4. Never further than Thy Cross. Passiontide. In The Family Treasury, Feb. 1860.
5. What marks the dawning of the Year? New Year. From her Three Wakings, 1859, p. 155.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Charles, Elizabeth, née Rundle, pp. 218, ii.; 1556, i. Mrs. Rundle-Charles was born Jan. 2, 1828, married in 1851, and died March 28, 1896. Her hymn, "The little birds fill all the air with their glee" (Thankfulness), was published in her Three Waitings, 1859, p. 165, as a "Song for an Infant School." It is found in The Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and others. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Elizabeth Rundle Charles
