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American Church and Church School Hymnal #d83
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Cecil F. Alexander Date: 1937
American Church and Church School Hymnal #d83
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Forgive Them, O My Father
Forgive them, O my Father
Author: Cecil Frances AlexanderTune: ST. MARGARET (Statham)
Published in 34 hymnals
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Author: Cecil Frances Alexander
As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandment… Go to person page >Arrangements
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American Church and Church School Hymnal #121
Display Title: Forgive them, O My Father First Line: Forgive them, O My Father Tune Title: STATHAM Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Date: 1927
American Church and Church School Hymnal #121
Book of Common Praise #d129
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Cecil F. Alexander Date: 1915
Book of Common Praise #d129
Church Hymnal, Third Edition #129
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Date: 1919
Church Hymnal, Third Edition #129
CPWI Hymnal #153
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Tune Title: VULPIUS Author: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895 Meter: 7.6.7.6 Scripture: Luke 23:34 Date: 2010 Subject: Hymns for the Church Year | Good Friday
CPWI Hymnal #153
Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #151
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Mrs. C. F. Alexander Date: 1908
Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #151
Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #89
Display Title: "Forgive them, O my Father" First Line: "Forgive them, O my Father" Date: 1886
Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #89
Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #151
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Mrs. C. F. Alexander Date: 1907
Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #151
Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #115
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Meter: 76 76 Date: 1924
Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #115
Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #130
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Meter: 76 76 Date: 1904
Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #130
Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised #114
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Date: 1950
Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised #114
Hymns of the Living Church #141
Display Title: Forgive them, O My Father First Line: Forgive them, O My Father Tune Title: ST. MARGARET Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Date: 1910
Hymns of the Living Church #141
Sursum Corda #200
Display Title: Forgive them, Oh, my Father First Line: Forgive them, Oh, my Father Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Date: 1898
Sursum Corda #200
The American Hymnal #d141
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Cecil F. Alexander Date: 1919
The American Hymnal #d141
The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #131
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Date: 1883
The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #131
The Baptist Hymnal #131
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Date: 2012
The Baptist Hymnal #131
The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d146
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Cecil F. Alexander Date: 1905
The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d146
The Book of Common Praise #d134
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Cecil F. Alexander Date: 1940
The Book of Common Praise #d134
The Book of Common Praise #143a
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Tune Title: CHRISTUS DER IST MEIN LEBEN (BREMEN) Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Meter: 7 6. 7 6. Scripture: Luke 23:34 Date: 1939 Subject: Good Friday | The Seven Last Words; First Word; Passiontide |
The Book of Common Praise #143a
The Book of Common Praise #143b
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Tune Title: ST. ALPHEGE Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Meter: 7.6.7.6. Scripture: Luke 23:34 Date: 1939 Subject: Good Friday | The Seven Last Words; First Word; Passiontide |
The Book of Common Praise #143b
The Book of Common Praise #148
Display Title: Forgive them, O My Father First Line: Forgive them, O My Father Author: Cecil Frances Alexander Date: 1909
The Book of Common Praise #148
The Chapel Hymnal with Tunes #102
Display Title: Forgive them, O My Father First Line: Forgive them, O My Father Tune Title: ST. MARGARET Author: Miss C. F. Alexander Date: 1882
The Chapel Hymnal with Tunes #102
The Children's Hymn Book #112
Display Title: Forgive them, O My Father First Line: Forgive them, O My Father Tune Title: ST. MARGARET Date: 1881
The Children's Hymn Book #112
The Church Hymnary #59
Display Title: Forgive them, O My Father First Line: Forgive them, O My Father Tune Title: ST. MARGARET Date: 1902
The Church Hymnary #59
The Cyber Hymnal #1587
Display Title: Forgive Them, O My Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Tune Title: VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN Author: Cecil F. Alexander Meter: 76.76 D Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875, alt.
The Cyber Hymnal #1587
The English Hymnal #112
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Mrs. C. F. Alexander, 1823-95 Meter: 76.76. Date: 1906
The English Hymnal #112
The English Hymnal #112
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Tune Title: ST. MARY MAGDALENE Author: Mrs. C. F. Alexander, 1823-95 Date: 1906
The English Hymnal #112
The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #290
Display Title: "Forgive them, O My Father First Line: "Forgive them, O My Father Author: Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander, 1823- Date: 1880
The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #290
The National Baptist Hymn Book #d145
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Cecil F. Alexander Date: 1906
The National Baptist Hymn Book #d145
The National Baptist Hymn Book #ad145
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Cecil F. Alexander Date: 1906
The National Baptist Hymn Book #ad145
The National Baptist Hymnal #151
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Tune Title: AULE Author: Alexander Date: 1904
The National Baptist Hymnal #151
The Sanctuary Hymnal, published by Order of the General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ #197
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Tune Title: ST. MARGARET Author: Cecil F. Alexander, 1823-1895 Date: 1914 Subject: Jesus Christ | His Passion
The Sanctuary Hymnal, published by Order of the General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ #197
The Scottish Hymnal #39
Display Title: Forgive them, O My Father First Line: Forgive them, O My Father Tune Title: S. MARGARET Date: 1892
The Scottish Hymnal #39
The Second Belfrey Book #d4
Display Title: Forgive them, O my Father First Line: Forgive them, O my Father Author: Cecil F. Alexander Date: 1955
The Second Belfrey Book #d4
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