Born: Au­gust 16, 1818, Kings­ton up­on Hull, Hum­ber­side, Eng­land.

Died: March 18, 1889, Heath (near Wake­field), West York­shire, Eng­land.

Buried: Kirk­thorpe, West York­shire, Eng­land.

In 1850, Eliza mar­ried Rev. W. Al­der­son, chap­lain to the West Rid­ing House of Cor­rect­ion, Wake­field. It was there she wrote the ma­jor­i­ty of her hymns. Her bro­ther was com­pos­er John Bacchus Dykes.

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Hymns

1. And Now, Beloved Lord, Thy Soul Re­sign­ing
2. Lord of Glo­ry, Who Hast Bought Us