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Priscilla jane owens bio


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    • Priscilla jane owens bio

  • Priscilla jane owens bio
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    Will Your Anchor Hold

    "Will Your Anchor Hold"
    Textby Priscilla Jane Owens
    Melody"Anchor" by William J.

    Kirkpatrick

    Published1882 (1882)

    "Will Your Anchor Hold" (sometimes titled "We Have an Anchor") is a Christianhymn, written in 1882 by Priscilla Jane Owens in the United States.

    History

    Priscilla Owens (1829–1907) was a Sunday school teacher at the Union Square Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland. She wrote a number of hymns and songs for her pupils; this is the best known today.[1] The music was written by William J.

    Kirkpatrick (1838–1921) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the same Christian denomination, Methodist Episcopal Church as Owens, and was a prolific writer of hymn tunes and compiler of hymn collections.[2] The hymn has always been closely associated with the Boys' Brigade founded by Sir William Alexander Smith, which has the motto, "Sure and Steadfast".[3] It is the o