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O head, so full of bruises, Brow that its life blood loses

Author: Joseph Stammers Appears in 3 hymnals

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O head, so full of bruises, Brow that its life blood loses

Author: J. Stammers Hymnal: The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #150 (1876)

O head, so full of bruises, Brow that its life blood loses

Author: J. Stammers Hymnal: Christ in Song #221 (1871)

O head, so full of bruises!

Author: Joseph Stammers Hymnal: Songs of the Soul #181 (1880)

1801 - 1885 Author of "O head, so full of bruises, Brow that its life blood loses" Joseph Stammers was born at Bury S. Edmunds, in 1801. He was educated for the legal profession, and practised for some years as a solicitor in London. In 1833, he was called to the bar, and continued to practice as a barrister. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872. ============================= Stammers, Joseph, was born at Bury St. Edmunds in 1801, and educated for the legal profession. After practising in London as a solicitor for some time he was called to the Bar in 1833, and joined the Northern Circuit. (Lyra Britannica,1868.) He died in London, May 18, 1885. His popular hymn— Breast the wave, Christian (Perseverance) was contributed to the Cottage Magazine (a small serial edited by the Rev. John Buckworth, late Vicar of Dewsbury) in 1830. It has passed into several collections, including the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858; the People's Hymnal, 1867 (altered), and others. Mr. Stammers also contributed 4 hymns to Dr. Rogers's Lyra Britannica1868, but these have not come into common use. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)