1823–1910

Introduction

Born: Ap­ril 19, 1823, Plas-y-Velin, Neath, Gla­mor­gan­shire, South Wales.

Died: May 10, 1910, Clif­ton (near Bris­tol), Eng­land.

Buried: Ar­nos Vale Ce­me­te­ry, Bris­tol, Eng­land.

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Biography

Anna was the daugh­ter of Eli­jah War­ing.

She was raised a Quak­er, but was bap­tized into the Church of Eng­land in 1842 at St. Mar­tins, Win­nall, Hamp­shire.

She was deep­ly in­volved in phil­an­thro­pic work, es­pe­cial­ly the Dis­charged Pris­on­ers’ Aid So­ci­e­ty.

Waring mas­tered He­brew as a young girl, to be able to stu­dy Old Tes­ta­ment po­et­ry, and dai­ly read the orig­in­al He­brew psal­ter through­out her life.

Publications

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Be Not Far from Me, O My Strength
  2. Beam on Us Bright­ly, Bless­ed Day
  3. Bowed with a Bur­den
  4. Compassed About with Songs
  5. Dear Sav­ior of a Dy­ing World
  6. Ere An­o­ther Step I Take
  7. Father, I Know That All My Life
  8. Flow On, Thou Foun­tain of My Joy
  9. Go Not Far from Me
  10. Heavenly Things My Soul Hath Seen
  11. I Will Love Thee, O Lord, My Strength
  12. In Heav­en­ly Love Abid­ing
  13. Jesus, Lord of Hea­ven Above
  14. Living, Lov­ing, Last­ing Word, A
  15. My Heart Is Rest­ing, O My God
  16. My Pray­er to the Pro­mise Shall Cling
  17. My Sav­ior, on the Word of Truth
  18. My Sav­ior Whose In­fi­nite Grace
  19. O! There Is More Than Ear Hath Heard
  20. O, This Is Bless­ing, This Is Rest
  21. Source of My Life’s Re­fresh­ing Springs
  22. Source of My Spir­it’s Deep De­sire
  23. Strength of the Still Se­clud­ed Thought
  24. Sunlight of the Hea­ven­ly Day
  25. Sweet be Thy Words of Stern­est Truth
  26. Sweet Is the Pro­mise of Thy Love
  27. Tender Mer­cies, on My Way
  28. Thanksgiving and the Voice of Me­lo­dy
  29. Though Some Good Things of Low­er Worth
  30. Under Thy Wings, My God, I Rest
  31. While Toil and War­fare Urge Us on Our Way
  32. With a Heart Full of Anx­ious Re­quest
  33. Would That I Were More Close­ly Bound