Sep­tem­ber 14, 1833, Dub­lin, Ire­land.

Jan­u­a­ry 11, 1890, Red Li­on Square, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Wok­ing, Sur­rey, Eng­land.

• A. L. P.
• B. T.
• D. L. [Dr. Lit­tle­dale]
• F. R. [Fred­er­ick Rich­ard]
• P. C. E. [Priest of the Church of Eng­land]

Littledale at­tend­ed Bec­tive House Sem­in­a­ry, and Trin­i­ty Coll­ege, Dub­lin. In 1852 he be­came a Un­i­ver­si­ty Schol­ar; in 1854, he was first class in Class­ics and gold me­dal­ist; in 1856, he won the Ber­kel­ey gold me­dal for Greek, and other awards. He grad­u­at­ed BA, 1855; MA, 1858; LLD, 1862; and DCL at Ox­ford, 1862.

Littledale took Ho­ly Or­ders in 1856, and served as Cur­ate at St. Mat­thew’s Thorpe Ham­let, Nor­wich (1856-57), and at St. Ma­ry the Vir­gin, So­ho, Lon­don (1857-61). In 1861, he re­tired due to ill health, and de­vot­ed him­self to li­ter­a­ture. He pub­lished about 50 works, co­ver­ing sub­jects in the­ol­o­gy, his­to­ry, li­tur­gy, and hym­nol­o­gy, inc­lud­ing:

• Application of Col­our to the De­co­ra­tion of Church­es, 1857
• Catholic Ri­tu­al in the Church of Eng­land, 1861
• Religious Com­mun­i­ties of Wo­men in the Ear­ly Church, 1862
• Offices of the Ho­ly Eas­tern Church, in the Orig­in­al Greek, 1863
• Carols for Christ­mas and Other Sea­sons, 1863
• The Al­tar Man­u­al, 1863-77
• The Priest’s Pray­er Book, with hymns, 1864
• The Peo­ple’s Hym­nal, 1867
• The Child­ren’s Bread. A Com­mun­ion Of­fice for the Young, with hymns, 1868
• Primitive Li­tur­gies and Trans­la­tions, with John Neale, 1868-69
• Continuation of John Neale’s Com­men­ta­ry on the Psalms, 1868-74
• Commentary on the Song of Songs, 1869
• Children at Cal­va­ry: Be­ing the Sta­tions of the Cross in Me­tre for Sing­ing, 1872
• The Chris­tian Pass­o­ver, 1873
• The Pet­rine Claims, 1878-84
• Plain Rea­sons Against Join­ing the Church of Rome, 1880
• Short His­to­ry of the Coun­cil of Trent, and sev­er­al ar­ti­cles in the En­cy­clo­pe­dia Bri­tan­ni­ca, 1882-88

Littledale’s hymn­o­lo­gi­cal works in verse in­clude trans­la­tions from Dan­ish, Swed­ish, Greek, La­tin, Syr­i­ac, Ger­man, and Ital­i­an.

• Julian, pp. 212, 679, 1577

1. Captain of Sal­va­tion
2. Cedar of Le­ba­non, The
3. Christ, on Whose Face the Sol­diers
4. Christ, Our Song We Lift to Thee
5. Christ, Our Sun, on Us Arose
6. Christ, the Lord, Whose Mighty Hand
7. Christ, Who Hast for Sin­ners Suf­fered
8. Clouds of Sor­row Rest up­on Mine Eyes, The
9. Day Is Past and Gone
10. Eternal Shep­herd, God Most High
11. Eternal Wis­dom, God Most High
12. Fight Is o’er, the Crown Is Won, The
13. From Hid­den Source Aris­ing
14. God Eter­nal, In­fin­ite
15. God the Fa­ther, from on High
16. God the Fa­ther, God the Son
17. Hidden Sav­ior, Great High Priest
18. I Be­lieve in God the Fa­ther
19. I Wor­ship Thee, Lord Je­su
20. In Par­a­dise Re­pos­ing
21. In Songs of Glad Thanks­giv­ing
22. Lord Je­su, by Thy Pass­ion
23. Lord, Whose Good Will Is Ev­er Sure
24. Now the Sun Is in the Skies
25. O God of Mer­cy, God of Love
26. O God, Who Met­est in Thine Hand
27. O God, Whose Sole Be­got­ten Left
28. O Je­su, in Thy Tor­ture
29. O Lord, to Whom the Spir­its Live
30. O Sing to the Lord, Whose Boun­ti­ful Hand
31. Set up­on Si­on’s Wall
32. Spirit Blest, Who Art Adored
33. We Are March­ing through the De­sert
34. When the Day Hath Come at Last
35. Wintry Time Hath End­ed, The

1. Christ, En­throned in High­est Hea­ven
2. Come Down, O Love Di­vine
3. Eternal Light, Di­vin­i­ty
4. O Glor­i­ous King of Mar­tyr Hosts
5. On the Birth­day of the Lord