Anne Steele (1717 – November 11, 1778), English hymn writer, was born at Broughton, Hampshire.

Quotes

• 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.

External links

• Hymns by Anne Steele
• Gospel Standard Trust Publications, present day source of A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship