Excerpt from Esprit du P. Faber: Extraits de Ses OEuvres, Class�s M�thodiquement Et Pr�sentant un Expos� de Sa Doctrine, Suivis de Tables Et Pr�c�d�s d'une Introduction
Ses premi�res ann�es purent faire pr�sager ce qu'il serait un jour. Au milieu de ses vivacit�s et de ses ar deurs, qui �taient charmantes, il fut ais� de deviner que le sens religieux serait la dominante de son �me. Chez lui, d'ailleurs, la religion n'�tait pas calme et reposante, mais agit�e et f�brile. Il faut tout dire l'�poque o� il vi vait n'�tait pas faite pour donner satisfaction � ses d�sirs enfiamm�s. C'�tait en 1820 - 1830. Le pi�tisme se d�ve10p pait au sein du clerg� anglican, fatigu� de consid�rer uniquement la foi comme une simple morale �. L'usage des honn�tes gens. Au naturalisme du si�cle pr�c�dent, beaucoup d'�mes souhaitaient de faire succ�der une sorte de mysticisme �vang�lique, plus conforme � l'esprit des saintes-lettres et aux traditions de l'antiquit�. Parmi les Pasteurs, les uns demeuraient soumis a l'ancienne �cole; les autres se rangeaient dans la nouvelle. C'�tait l'anar chic, et lame du jeune Faber allait souffrir �trangement de ces d�chirements de son �glise. Mais ils devaient un jour le conduire � l'�glise.
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Frederick William Faber, British hymn writer and theologian, was born at Calverley, Yorkshire, where his grandfather, Thomas Faber, was vicar. Faber attended the grammar school of Bishop Auckland for a short time, but a large portion of his boyhood was spent in Westmorland. He afterwards went to Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1835, he obtained a scholarship at University College. In 1836, he won the Newdigate Prize for a poem on "The Knights of St John," which elicited special praise from John Keble. Among his college friends were Dean Stanley and Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne.
Among his best-known hymns are: "Souls of Men, Why Will Ye Scatter", "Faith of Our Fathers", and "My God, How Wonderful Thou Art".
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