Born: 1813, Cir­en­ces­ter, Eng­land.

Died: Ju­ly 29, 1856, Clifton, Gloucestershire, Eng­land.

Daughter of Richard Bowly of Cir­en­ces­ter, Mary mar­ried the Rev. John Mc­Wil­liam Pe­ters, Rec­tor of Quen­ing­ton, Glou­ces­ter­shire. She con­trib­ut­ed sev­er­al hymns to the Ply­mouth Breth­ren’s Psalms, Hymns and Spir­it­u­al Songs (Lon­don: D. Wal­ther, 1842). She pub­lished these and others, 58 in all, in Hymns Intended to Help the Com­mun­ion of Saints (Lon­don: Nis­bet Co., 1847). Her other works in­clude:

• The World’s His­to­ry from the Cre­a­tion to the Ac­cess­ion of Queen Vic­to­ria (sev­en vol­umes)

Sources

Hymns

1. Blessed Lord, Our Hearts Are Panting
2. Earth’s Firmest Ties Will Perish
3. Enquire, My Soul, Enquire
4. Hallelujah, We Are Hastening
5. Holiest We Enter, The (The Holiest Now We Enter)
6. Ho­ly Father, We Address Thee
7. How Can There Be One Ho­ly Thought!
8. Jesus, How Much Thy Name Unfolds
9. Jesus, of Thee We Ne’er would Tire
10. Lord Jesus, in Thy Name Alone
11. Lord, Through the Desert Drear and Wide
12. Lord, We See the Day Approaching
13. Many Sons to Glory Bring
14. Murmurs of the Wilderness, The
15. O Lord, We Know It Matters Not
16. O Lord, While We Con­fess the Worth
17. Our God Is Light, We Do Not Go
18. Praise Ye the Lord, Again, Again
19. Saints Awhile Dispersed Abroad, The
20. Salvation to Our God
21. Through the Love of God Our Savior
22. Thy Grace, O Lord, to Us Hath Shown
23. Unworthy Is Thanksgiving
24. We’re Pilgrims in the Wilderness
25. Whom Have We, Lord, But Thee
26. With Thankful Hearts We Meet, O Lord