Background
Steele was born at Broughton, Hampshire, in 1717.
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Refuge Of My Weary Soul: Selected Works of Anne Steele
( Born in 1717 to a prosperous family in the United Kingd...)
Born in 1717 to a prosperous family in the United Kingdom, Anne Steele spent her life in cheerful devotion to her fathers lay pastorate, various friendships, and her prolific religious writings. Her hymns, poems, and psalmsonce well known and featured in early-nineteenth-century hymnalshave sadly receded to the background of modern worship. But in Refuge of My Weary Soul: The Collected Works of Anne Steele, believers of all ages and backgrounds will find the perfect devotional and worship guide. At the crux of her writing is the reality of sustaining faith despite difficultya timelessly relevant theme that resonates with all generations. Alex Webster edited and compiled Steeles works with the intent of retaining the original meter of the hymns and has ordered Steeles other works in a format accessible to todays readers. The result is the recapturing of some of the eighteenth centurys most heartfelt and beloved religious writings. The formative dimension of worship goes without saying. These refreshingly honest expressions of hope and faith amid one womans struggles with various issuesincluding serious health problemswill inspire you to see the beauty and blessing that come from running with patience the race that is this Christian life.
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Anne Steele
Anne Steele was an English Baptist and hymn writer.
Career
Steele's hymns, which were much used by Baptists, emphasize the less optimistic phases of Christian experience. In 1760 she published Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional under the name " Theodosia, " and her complete works (144 hymns, 34 metrical psalms and 50 moral poems) appeared in one volume in London (1863). She was a Baptist, and her hymns are much used by members of that communion, though some of them, e. g. " Father of mercies, in Thy word, " have found their way into the collections of other Churches. She has been called the Frances Ridley Havergal of the 18th century.
Achievements
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A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship, a hymn book compiled by William Gadsby and first published in 1814, includes twenty-seven of the hymns by Anne Steele. This book is used mainly by some of the Calvinistic Strict Baptist churches in England.
Works
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Refuge Of My Weary Soul: Selected Works of Anne Steele
( Born in 1717 to a prosperous family in the United Kingd...)
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Refuge Of My Weary Soul: Selected Works of Anne Steele
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Quotations:
"On Thee alone my hope relies,
Beneath Thy cross I fall;
My Lord! my Life! my Sacrifice!
My Saviour! and my All!"
(Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 82. )
"Let the sweet hope that Thou art mine,
My life and death attend;
Thy presence through my journey shine,
And crown my journey's end. "
(Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 328. "The Grace of God". Adopted as a hymn by several protestant denominations, sometimes under a different title. Probably first published pseudonymously as " Theodosia" in Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional (1760). )
"Dear Lord! while we adoring pay
Our humble thanks to Thee,
May every heart with rapture say, —
"The Saviour died for me!"'
(Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 371. )
Connections
It has often been written that the drowning of her betrothed, a Mr. Elscourt, a few hours before the time fixed for her marriage deeply affected an otherwise quiet life. However, modern research refutes the details of this story. One man did ask for the hand of Anne Steele, in 1742. This was Benjamin Beddome, but she turned him down, and remained unmarried.
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Born
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January 1, 1778 (aged 61) -
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Religion
Baptist