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ALEXANDER, CECIL FRANCES HUMPHREYS (1818-1895) Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander was the second daughter of Major John Humphreys of Miltown House, County Tyrone, Ireland. She was married for forty-five years to William Alexander, archbishop and primate of the Anglican church for all of Ireland. She engaged herself in parish duties and charity work. Her husband said of her, “From one poor home to another she went. Christ was ever with her, and all felt her influence.” Mrs. Alexander had been active before her marriage in the Sunday school movement, and her love of children and interest in their spiritual instruction never diminished. Almost all of the 400 poems and hymns that she wrote were prompted by this concern. See: Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. |