Wells, Amos R. A Treasure of Hymns. Books for Libraries Press, 1971.
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Erik Routley
Standard Name: Routley, Erik
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Charlotte Elliott | The hymn was immediately popular, and was a great comfort to Dora Wordsworth
in her final illness. CE
received and preserved over a thousand letters thanking her for having written it. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. |
| Literary responses | Charlotte Elliott | Shortly after CE
's death, the New York Evangelist claimed that writing Just as I am was a higher honour than to have worn a crown, “The Late Charlotte Elliott”. New York Evangelist, Vol. 46, No. 42, p. 2. 46.42 (16 November 1871): 2 |
| Author summary | Charlotte Elliott | CE
was a prolific author in the mid nineteenth century of religious lyrics, many of them hymns, which circulated in periodicals, annuals, and collections. Her enduring reputation rests on the hymn Just as I am—without... |
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