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 - Bring Your Vessels, Not A Few (TTBB) (uploaded on Mar 11, 2023)
- # 2 - Songs Of Praises (TTBB) (uploaded on Mar 10, 2023)
- # 3 - Something For Thee (TTBB) (uploaded on Feb 25, 2023)
- # 4 - The Blessedness Of Prayer (TTBB) (uploaded on Feb 17, 2023)
- # 5 - Give Thy Blessing (TTBB) (uploaded on Feb 08, 2023)
- # 6 - Come, Let Us, Who In Christ Believe (TTBB) (uploaded on Feb 07, 2023)
- # 7 - God Of Our Life (TTBB) (uploaded on Feb 06, 2023)
- # 8 - I Will Strive (TTBB) (uploaded on Feb 05, 2023)
- # 9 - Be Strong In The Lord (TTBB) (uploaded on Feb 04, 2023)
- #10 - Thee We Adore, Eternal Lord (TTBB) (uploaded on Feb 04, 2023)