1813-1897

Ap­ril 9, 1813, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land.

Sep­tem­ber 7, 1897, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land.

H. L. L. (Hymns from the Land of Lu­ther)

Borthwick be­longed to the Free Church of Scot­land. In 1855, she and her sis­ter Sarah Find­la­ter co-pro­duced a book of trans­la­tions of Ger­man hymns ti­tled Hymns from the Land of Lu­ther (1854, 1855, 1858 & 1862). In 1875, while liv­ing in Swit­zer­land, she pro­duced ano­ther book of trans­la­tions called Al­pine Lyr­ics. Borth­wick was al­so ac­tive with the Ed­in­burgh House of Re­fuge, the Mo­ra­vi­an Mis­sion in Lab­ra­dor, and other mis­sion work. She nev­er mar­ried. Her other works in­clude:

  1. And Is the Time Ap­proaching?
  2. Come, La­bor On
  3. Hasten the Time Ap­point­ed
  4. Rest, Wea­ry Soul
  5. Thou Know­est, Lord
  1. Alleluia, Fair­est Morn­ing
  2. Be Still, My Soul
  3. Hallelujah! Je­sus Lives!
  4. Jesus, Still Lead On
  5. Long Hast Thou Wept and Sor­rowed
  6. Lord, Re­move the Veil Away
  7. How Blessed, from the Bonds of Sin
  8. My Je­sus, as Thou Wilt