Dearmer at­tend­ed West­min­ster School and Christ Church, Ox­ford (BA 1890, MA 1896). He was or­dained an Ang­li­can dea­con in 1891, priest in 1892, and served as Vic­ar of St. Mary the Vir­gin in Prim­rose Hill, Lon­don (1901-1915). In World War I, he was a Red Cross chap­lain in Ser­bia. In 1916, he worked with the Young Men’s Christ­ian As­so­ci­a­tion in France. In 1916 & 1917, he joined the Mis­sion of Help in In­dia. In 1919, he was ap­point­ed pro­fess­or of ec­cles­i­as­tic­al art at King’s Coll­ege, Lon­don. In 1931, he be­came a can­on of West­min­ster Abbey. He wrote or ed­it­ed:

• The Parson’s Handbook, 1899
• The Eng­lish Liturgy, 1903
• The Eng­lish Hymn­al, 1906 (general ed­it­or)
• The Eng­lish Carol Book, 1913 & 1919
• The Art of Pub­lic Wor­ship, 1919
• Songs of Praise, 1925

Sources

Hymns

1. Ah! Think Not the Lord Delayeth
2. Book of Books
3. Brighter Dawn Is Break­ing, A
4. Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether
5. Father, Who on Man Dost Show­er
6. God, We Thank Thee, Not in Vain
7. He Who Would Val­iant Be
8. Holy God, We Offer Here
9. Jesus, Good Above All Other
10. Let Us Rejoice, the Fight Is Won
11. Life Is Good, for God Contrives It
12. Lo, in the Wilderness a Voice
13. Lord, the Wind and Sea Obey Thee
14. Remember All the Peo­ple
15. Thou Judge by Whom Each Em­pire Fell
16. To the Name That Is Salva­tion
17. Welcome, Day of the Lord
18. When by Fear My Heart Is Daunted
19. Winter’s Sleep Was Long and Deep, The

Translations

1. Christ, the Fair Glo­ry of the Ho­ly Angels
2. Father Most Ho­ly, Merc­i­ful and Ten­der
3. Father of Spirits, Whose Di­vine Con­trol
4. Father, We Praise Thee
5. Little Jesus, Sweetly Sleep (1928)
6. Martyr of God, Whose Strength Was Steeled
7. O Glorious Maid, Exalted Far
8. O Let the Heart Beat High with Bliss
9. Sing, My Tongue, the Glor­i­ous Bat­tle
10. Strengthen for Ser­vice, Lord
11. Unto Us a Boy Is Born
12. When Christ Our Lord Had Passed Once More
13. Why, Im­pi­ous Herod, Shouldst Thou Fear