Frederick William Faber
Frederick William Faber
Frederick William Faber Cong. Orat.was a noted English hymn writer and theologian, who converted from Anglicanism to the Catholic priesthood. His best-known work is Faith of Our Fathers. Though he was a Roman Catholic writing for fellow Catholics at that point, many of his hymns today are sung by Protestant congregations...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth28 June 1814
temptation victory resistance
Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.
kindness men self
Kindness is too often left uncultivated, because men do not sufficiently understand its value. Men may be charitable and not kind; merciful, yet not kind; self-denying and yet not kind. If they would add a little common kindness to their uncommon graces, they would convert ten where they now only abate the prejudice of one.
time littles fagots
Every hour comes with some little fagot of God's will fastened upon its back.
kind persons
Nobody is kind to only one person at once, but to many persons in one.
disloyalty
For right is right, since God is God.
kindness charity world
Kind words are the music of the world.
hymns sea oratory
There's a wideness in God's mercy Like the wideness of the sea Oratory Hymns.