Classic Hymns and Their Stories
Puzzle 33 · British Voices of the Nineteenth Century · Page 53 in print
Reginald Heber
Reginald Heber planned hymns to follow the church’s readings and to be sung after the Nicene Creed.
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The words
Brasenose
The Oxford college Heber attended.
Calcutta
Heber’s episcopal see in India.
Epistles
The biblical letters linked to Heber’s planned hymns.
Gifford
A literary friend of Heber.
Hodnet
The Shropshire parish Heber served.
Jeremy Taylor
The writer whose works Heber edited.
Lincoln's Inn
The institution where Heber preached in 1822.
Malpas
Heber’s birthplace.
Milman
A literary friend who contributed to Heber’s hymn collection.
Newdigate
The poetry prize won by Heber.
Nicene Creed
The statement of faith after which Heber intended hymns to be sung.
Palestine
Heber’s Newdigate prize poem.
Reginald Heber
The hymn writer and Bishop of Calcutta.
Southey
A literary friend of Heber.
Trichinopoly
The Indian city where Heber died.
Sources
- Reginald HeberJohn Julian, A Dictionary of Hymnology (1907), public-domain historical source via Hymnary