King's College Cambridge Easter #1 There is a Green Hill far away [Horsley] [Cecil Alexander][2011]

There is a Green Hill far away
William Horsley (18 November 1774 -- 12 June 1858) was an English musician.
In 1790 he became the pupil of Theodore Smith, an indifferent musician of the time, who, however, taught him sufficiently well to obtain the position of organist at Ely Chapel, Holborn, in 1794.
Perhaps his best-known hymn tune is "There is a green hill far away.
Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander (Early April 1818, Dublin -- 12 October 1895), was a hymn-writer and poet.
She was born in Dublin, the daughter of Major John Humphreys and Elizabeth (née Reed). She began writing verse in her childhood. Her religious work was strongly influenced by her contacts with the Oxford Movement and in particular with John Keble, who edited one of her anthologies. By the 1840s she was already known as a hymn writer and her compositions were soon included in Church of Ireland hymnbooks.
Her book, Hymns for Little Children reached its 69th edition before the close of the nineteenth century. Some of her hymns, e.g. "All Things Bright and Beautiful", "There is a Green Hill Far Away" and the Christmas carol "Once in Royal David's City", are known by many millions of Christians the world over, as is her translation of "Saint Patrick's Breastplate".
In Strabane in October 1850 she married the Anglican clergyman William Alexander, afterwards Bishop of Derry and Archbishop of Armagh. Her husband also wrote several books of poetry, of which the best known is St. Augustine's Holiday and other Poems.
She was also involved in charitable work. Money from her first publications had helped build the Derry and Raphoe Diocesan Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, which was founded in 1846 in Strabane. The profits from "Hymns for Little Children" were donated to this school.
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[@bb0411]

There is a green hill far away, without a city wall, where our dear Lord was crucified who died to save us all. We may not know, we cannot tell, what pains he had to bear, but we believe it was for us he hung and suffered there. He died that we might be forgiven, he died to make us good, that we might go at last to heaven, saved by his precious blood. There was no other good enough to pay the price of sin, he only could unlock the gate of heaven and let us in. O dearly, dearly has he loved! And we must love him too, and trust in his redeeming blood, and try his works to do.

[@janeough45]

what a beautiful song sung by this divine choir ......its lovely it was written by an englishman x

[@robinharris3425]

Not so: it was written by Cecil Frances Alexander who was a woman. Yes she was English.

[@hudsonbailey674]

Green Hill is but ext door compliments of Kings College. My visits to Kings remain "but a step away."

[@chrisharms1309]

Hudson Bailey is