Luke, Jemima Thompson, the wife of Rev. Samuel Luke, an Independent minister of England, was the daughter of Thomas 422 Thompson, a philanthropist, and was born at Colebrook Terrace, Islington, August 19, 1813. When only thirteen years of age she began writing for the Juvenile Magazine. She published a volume titled The Female Jesuit in 1851 and A Memoir of Eliza Ann Harris, of Clifton, in 1859, but her name is known to the Christian world almost wholly through the one hymn found in this volume. Mrs. Luke died February 2, 1906.
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Hymn Writers of the Church, 1915, Charles Nutter… Go to person page >
Translator: "Hualalai", 1852-1938
"Hualalai" was the pen name of Ellen (or Ella) Hudson Paris, 1852-1938, daughter of John Davis Paris, a missionary in Hawai'i. (more information can be found on John Davis Paris and Hualalai on John Davis Paris's Wikipedia page). Go to person page >
Display Title: Aia hoomanao wau i ka lono lai eFirst Line: Aia hoomanao wau i ka lono lai eTune Title: [Aia hoomanao wau i ka lono lai e]Author: "Hualalai"; Jemima LukeDate: 1967
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