My God, though cleaving to the dust

Author: François Boissier

Boissier, Francois Louis Cesar, b. at Boissières (Dept. of the Gard), June 7, 1807; sometime inspector of the Academy, Algiers, and died at Nimes, Dec. 29, 1875; was the author of "Seigneur! du sein de la poussiere," and not his brother Adrien, as stated on p. 1581, i. The hymn was written Jan. 1, 1837 (manuscipt from F. L. C. Boissier's son). H. Downton's translation was first printed in the Sunday Magazine, 1870, p. 353. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) Go to person page >

Author (attributed to): Adrion Boissier

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Translator: Henry Downton

Downton, Henry, M.A, son of Mr. John Downton, Sub-Librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge, was born at Pulverbatch, Shropshire, Feb. 12, 1818, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1840, and M.A. 1843. Taking Holy Orders in 1843, he became Curate of Bembridge, Isle of Wight, 1843, and of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, 1847. In 1849 he was preferred to the Incumbency of St. John's, Chatham. He went to Geneva as English Chaplain in 1857; and was appointed Rector of Hopton in 1873. He was also for some time Domestic Chaplain to the late Lord Monson. He died at Hopton, June 8, 1885. Mr. Downton published a translation of Professor Ernest Naville's Lectures on Modern Atheism, 1865; and Holy Scripture and the Temperance Qu… Go to person page >

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First Line:	My God, though cleaving to the dust
French Title:	Seigneur! du sein de la poussiere
Author (attributed to):	Adrion Boissier
Author:	François Boissier
Translator:	Henry Downton
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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My God! though cleaving to the dust. [Lent.] This translation from Adrion Boissier's "Seigneur! du sein de la poussiere," is from H. Downton's Hymns and Verses, 1873.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Boissier, François Louis Cesar, b. at Boissières (Dept. of the Gard), June 7, 1807; sometime inspector of the Academy, Algiers, and died at Nimes, Dec. 29, 1875; was the author of "Seigneur! du sein de la poussiere," and not his brother Adrien, as stated on p. 1581, i. The hymn was written Jan. 1, 1837 (manuscipt from F. L. C. Boissier's son). H. Downton's translation was first printed in the Sunday Magazine, 1870, p. 353. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Notes

My God! though cleaving to the dust. [Lent.] This translation from Adrion Boissier's "Seigneur! du sein de la poussiere," is from H. Downton's Hymns and Verses, 1873.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Boissier, François Louis Cesar, b. at Boissières (Dept. of the Gard), June 7, 1807; sometime inspector of the Academy, Algiers, and died at Nimes, Dec. 29, 1875; was the author of "Seigneur! du sein de la poussiere," and not his brother Adrien, as stated on p. 1581, i. The hymn was written Jan. 1, 1837 (manuscipt from F. L. C. Boissier's son). H. Downton's translation was first printed in the Sunday Magazine, 1870, p. 353. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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