25 April 1792 A.D. Poet and Tractaphilic John Keble Born. Meanwhile, Archibald Alexander, Charles Hodge and other were doing heavy-lifting, thinking, and writing systematics and serious exegetical works
25 April
1792 A.D. Poet and
Tractaphilic John Keble Born. Meanwhile,
Archibald Alexander, Charles Hodge and other were doing heavy-lifting, thinking,
and writing systematics and serious exegetical works
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author. “John Keble.” Ccel.org. N.d.
http://www.ccel.org/browse/authorInfo?id=keble. Accessed 9 May 2014.
John Keble (25 April 1792 – 29 March 1866) was an English
churchman and poet, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement, and gave his
name to Keble College, Oxford.
April 25, 1792,
Fairford, Gloucestershire, England
Fairford, Gloucestershire, England
March 29, 1866,
The Hermitage Hotel, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
The Hermitage Hotel, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
Biography
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Keble's early career centered in Oxford University. After compiling a
brilliant undergraduate record, he became a tutor of Oriel College. Keble
gained fame first as the author of what became a nineteenth-century devotional
classic, The Christian Year (1827). His hymn verses, such as "Sun
of My Soul, Thou Savior Dear," based on a Scripture passage from each day
in the Church of England lectionary, won approval from evangelicals and other
Christians.
During the 1820s Keble attracted the
close friendship of three younger men, John Henry Newman, Richard Hurrell
Froude, and Edward Bouverie Pusey, who shared his alarm over decreasing respect
for the Church. In a sermon, "National Apostasy," before the
university on July 14,1833, Keble attacked doctrinal indifference and
disrespect for the office of bishop. That formally began the Oxford Movement.
Keble, however, lacked John Henry Newman's organizing drive. Keble largely
served behind the scenes in advising and encouraging Newman and others. In 1836
opposition to the Oxford Movement kept Keble from a coveted royal
professorship, so Keble spent the rest of his life in rural ministries, chiefly
in the parish of Hursley. There his personal devotional life, faithful
visitation, catechizing of parishioners, and attentiveness to the Church
services provided a model of the Oxford Movement's principles. Throughout his
life, Keble expressed dislike for the independent tendencies and principles of
evangelicals. His main conflicts, though, were with the growing liberal, or
Broad Church, party. Keble College at Oxford was founded as a memorial to him.
Christian Year
John Keble's prayer book
contains over 100 pieces of poetry to be used for prayer, devotions, or
mediations on Sunday and holidays throughout the Christian year. It was Keble's
desire that his readers would use his verses to unify their own spiritual
thoughts and feelings. The Christian Year opens with morning and evening
prayers, inspired by passages from Luke and Lamentations. The majority of Keble's
poems correspond with a particular Sunday in the Christian year, but the book
also contains a number of poems for Christian holidays and important events,
such as matrimony, communion, and baptism. Keble's surpassing talent as a poet
is evident on every page. The beauty of his words and the sincerity of his
message are inspiring to Christians and non-Christians alike.
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