Author Bio Information
Addison, Joseph's bio information
Sunday, May 1, 1672 - Saturday, June 17, 1719
Born: May 1, 1672, Milston (near Amesbury), Wiltshire, England.
Died: June 17, 1719, Holland House, Kensington, England.
Buried: Westminster Abbey, London, England.
Son of Lancelot Addison, sometime Dean of Lichfield and author of Devotional Poems, Joseph attended the Charterhouse, and Magdalen College, Oxford (BA 1691, MA 1693). Although intended for the Church, he studied law and politics, and soon attained, through powerful influence, some important posts. He was successively a Commissioner of Appeals, Under Secretary of State, Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Chief Secretary for Ireland. He married the Dowager Countess of Warwick in 1716.
Addison is best known for his contributions to the newspapers The Spectator (where his hymns appeared), The Tatler, The Guardian, and The Freeholder. He also wrote the tragedy Cato.
Hymns
How Are Thy Servants Blest, O Lord!
Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare, The
Spacious Firmament on High, The
When All Thy Mercies, O My God
When Israel, Freed from Pharaoh’s Hand
When Rising from the Bed of Death
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/a/d/addison_j.html
Died: June 17, 1719, Holland House, Kensington, England.
Buried: Westminster Abbey, London, England.
Son of Lancelot Addison, sometime Dean of Lichfield and author of Devotional Poems, Joseph attended the Charterhouse, and Magdalen College, Oxford (BA 1691, MA 1693). Although intended for the Church, he studied law and politics, and soon attained, through powerful influence, some important posts. He was successively a Commissioner of Appeals, Under Secretary of State, Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Chief Secretary for Ireland. He married the Dowager Countess of Warwick in 1716.
Addison is best known for his contributions to the newspapers The Spectator (where his hymns appeared), The Tatler, The Guardian, and The Freeholder. He also wrote the tragedy Cato.
Hymns
How Are Thy Servants Blest, O Lord!
Lord My Pasture Shall Prepare, The
Spacious Firmament on High, The
When All Thy Mercies, O My God
When Israel, Freed from Pharaoh’s Hand
When Rising from the Bed of Death
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/a/d/addison_j.html
The last 10 hymns uploaded.
- # 1 - Father, Lead Us 2 (uploaded on Jun 22, 2022)
- # 2 - According To Thy Gracious Word (uploaded on Jun 20, 2022)
- # 3 - God's Law Is Perfect (uploaded on Jun 19, 2022)
- # 4 - There Is A Region Lovelier Far (uploaded on Jun 19, 2022)
- # 5 - Thou Hidden Source Of Calm Repose (uploaded on Mar 29, 2022)
- # 6 - Resurrection (Heft) (uploaded on Mar 29, 2022)
- # 7 - Prayer Is The Soul's Sincere Desire (uploaded on Mar 29, 2022)
- # 8 - In My Heart There Rings A Melody (uploaded on Mar 29, 2022)
- # 9 - I Love To Steal Awhile Away (uploaded on Mar 29, 2022)
- #10 - Heavenly Father, We Beseech Thee (uploaded on Mar 29, 2022)