The City of David is Sleeping
In summer of 2023, I was approached by Peter Meggison, producer of The Devotional Hymns Project to engrave five original manuscripts by a religious Sister of Mercy. He recounted a
Let a Pious Prayer Be Said
Father Jeremiah Cummings, D.D. (1814-1866) wrote the words of this hymn. He was from a family of Northern Irish Protestants who came to the United States and settled in what
O Queen of the Holy Rosary
Emily Mary Shapcote (née Steward) wrote the words to this hymn in 1882 and it first appeared in ST. DOMINIC’S HYMN-BOOK published in 1885 by Burns and Oates and was
Immaculate Mary
The author of this hymn is not known. The verses that we sing today are thought to be a translation of a French hymn originally authored by Abbot Jean Gaignet
Jesus, Teach Me How To Pray
The words of this hymn were written by a Sister of Mercy from the Convent of Charleville, County Cork, Ireland. We know her only as Sister M. B. Her hymn
I Need Thee, Precious Jesus
This hymn was written by Frederick Whitfield (1827-1904) an Anglican clergyman, and it first appeared in hymn-sheets and leaflets in various languages in 1855, and later in his collection of