Father, the [sweetest] dearest [holiest] name

Author: Frederick W. Faber

Raised in the Church of England, Frederick W. Faber (b. Calverly, Yorkshire, England, 1814; d. Kensington, London, England, 1863) came from a Huguenot and strict Calvinistic family background. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and ordained in the Church of England in 1839. Influenced by the teaching of John Henry Newman, Faber followed Newman into the Roman Catholic Church in 1845 and served under Newman's supervision in the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. Because he believed that Roman Catholics should sing hymns like those written by John Newton, Charles Wesley, and William Cowpe, Faber wrote 150 hymns himself. One of his best known, "Faith of Our Fathers," originally had these words in its third stanza: "Faith of Our Fathers! Mary'… Go to person page >

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First Line: Father, the [sweetest] dearest [holiest] name
Author: Frederick W. Faber
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

ST. AGNES (Dykes)

John B. Dykes (PHH 147) composed ST. AGNES for [Jesus the Very Thought of Thee]. Dykes named the tune after a young Roman Christian woman who was martyred in A.D. 304 during the reign of Diocletian. St. Agnes was sentenced to death for refusing to marry a nobleman to whom she said, "I am already eng…

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d153

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d153
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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #289

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #289

The Pius X Hymnal for Unison, Two Equal, or Four Mixed Voices. Rev. ed. #d24

The Pius X Hymnal for Unison, Two Equal, or Four Mixed Voices. Rev. ed. #d24

The St. Alban Hymnal #d93

The St. Alban Hymnal #d93
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Worship Song #38

Worship Song #38
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