Born: 1816, London, England.
Son of George Darling, M. D., Thomas was educated at Charterhouse and St. John’s College, Cambridge (BA 1838, MA 1841). In 1839, he took Holy Orders, and subsequently became Incumbent of Thanington (near Canterbury), and in 1848 Rector of St. Michael Royal with St. Martin-Vintry, City of London. His works include:
- Hymns for the Church of England (London: Longmans, 1855 & later editions)
Sources
Lyrics
- All Saints of the Lord
- As Chief Among Ten Thousand See
- At Early Dawn the Mountain Bound
- Behold, I Come; and with Me Bring
- Behold, the Vineyard of the Lord
- By Faith, from Day to Day
- Everlasting Hills Declare, The
- Father of Heaven, All Nature Upholding
- From Cleft in the Pyrenean Rock
- Lift High a Festal Canticle
- Lord Jesus, Taken from Thy Servants’ Sight
- Most Gracious Lord, in All Distress
- O King of Kings, Before Whose Throne
- Shepherd of the Ransomed Flock
- There Are Who Mount with Eagle Wings
- There Is a Stream Whose Waters Flow
- To God the Glory, While We Tell
- We Now with One Accord
- Let All Men Praise the Lord
- What Light Is This Whose Silvery Gleam
- Where Dwells the Glorious King?
- Who, When Beneath Affliction’s Rod
- Winds of God Have Changed Their Note, The