1813–1856

Introduction

Born: 1813, Cir­en­ces­ter, Glou­ces­ter­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Ju­ly 29, 1856, Clifton, Glou­ces­tershire, Eng­land.

Buried: Ar­no’s Vale Ce­me­te­ry, Bris­tol, Eng­land.

Biography

Mary was the daugh­ter of Ri­chard Bow­ly of Cir­en­ces­ter, and wife of John Mc­Will­iam Pe­ters, rector of Quen­ing­ton, Glou­ces­ter­shire.

She con­trib­ut­ed se­ver­al hymns to the Plym­outh Breth­ren’s Psalms, Hymns and Spi­ri­tu­al Songs (Lon­don: D. Wal­ther, 1842). She pub­lished these and oth­ers, 58 in all, in Hymns In­tend­ed to Help the Com­mu­nion of Saints (Lon­don: Nis­bet, 1847).

Her oth­er works in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Blessed Lord, Our Hearts Are Pant­ing
  2. Earth’s Firm­est Ties Will Per­ish
  3. Enquire, My Soul, En­quire
  4. Hallelujah, We Are Hast­en­ing
  5. Holiest We Enter, The
  6. Holy Fa­ther, We Ad­dress Thee
  7. How Can There Be One Ho­ly Thought!
  8. Jesus, How Much Thy Name Un­folds
  9. Jesus, of Thee We Ne’er Would Tire
  10. Lord Je­sus, in Thy Name Alone
  11. Lord, Through the De­sert Drear and Wide
  12. Lord, We See the Day Ap­proach­ing
  13. Many Sons to Glo­ry Bring
  14. Murmurs of the Wil­der­ness, The
  15. O Lord, We Know It Mat­ters Not
  16. O Lord, While We Con­fess the Worth
  17. Our God Is Light, We Do Not Go
  18. Praise Ye the Lord, Again, Again
  19. Saints Awhile Dis­persed Abroad, The
  20. Salvation to Our God
  21. Through the Love of God Our Sav­ior
  22. Thy Grace, O Lord, to Us Hath Shown
  23. Unworthy Is Thanks­giv­ing
  24. We’re Pil­grims in the Wil­der­ness
  25. Whom Have We, Lord, but Thee?
  26. With Thank­ful Hearts We Meet, O Lord

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