Glory to Thee, O Lord

Glory to Thee, O Lord. Emma Toke*(1812-1878).  This hymn for Holy Innocents’ Day was first published anonymously in the SPCK Hymns for Public  Worship (1852). It became widely known in the 19th century following its publication in the First Edition of A&M (1861) and in Church Hymns (1871; Church Hymns with Tunes, 1874), where Emma Toke was given in the index as author, and the text had slight alterations. Church Hymns printed all six stanzas; A&M omitted stanza 2.  The 1852 text was as follows:              Glory to Thee, O Lord!             Who, from this world of sin,        By the fierce monarch’s ruthless sword             Those precious ones didst win!              Glory to...