Frederick William Faber - Hymns

Hymns

Among his best-known hymns are:

  • Faith of Our Fathers (hymn)
  • Father of Mercies, Day by Day (1849)
  • I was wandering and weary
  • Jesus is God, the glorious bands (n. 298, The Church Hymn Book (1872)), written in 1862
  • My God, how wonderful thou art (n. 195 in Hymn Book), written in 1849
  • O Jesus, Jesus, dearest Lord (n. 754, Hymn Book), written in 1848
  • O paradise! O paradise (n. 1443, Hymn Book), written in 1849
  • Oh, come and mourn with me awhile (n. 464, Hymn Book), written in 1849
  • Oh, gift of gifts (n. 676, Hymn Book), written in 1848
  • Sweet Saviour, bless us were we go
  • There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (translated into Swedish in 1970 by Britt G. Hallqvist)
  • The Greatness of God
  • The Will of God
  • The Eternal Father
  • The God of my Childhood
  • The Pilgrims of the Night
  • The Land beyond the Sea
  • The Shadow of the Rock

Those hymns are also used in Protestant collections as well. Faber was a supporter of congregational singing and wrote his hymns in an age when English Catholics did not necessarily feel comfortable singing the hymns of their Protestant neighbors. So Faber, as a Catholic, expanded their hymns suitable for congregational singing and encouraged the practice.

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