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Helen <I>Cadbury Alexander</I> Dixon

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Helen Cadbury Alexander Dixon Famous memorial

Birth
Warwickshire, England
Death
1 Mar 1969 (aged 92)
Warwickshire, England
Burial
Birmingham, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England Add to Map
Plot
Section B6, Grave 290
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Religious Hymnist, Entrepreneur. She was a member of the famous family and heiress of Cadbury chocolatiers. She was also well-known as a writer of religious hymns. She is probably best remembered for writing the hymn, "A Romance Of Preaching" (1904). She was born one of four children as Helen Cadbury in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, to Richard Cadbury (1835-1899), a chocolate manufacturer, philanthropist, industrialist, and artist, and his wife Emma Jane Wilson Banbury Cadbury (1846-1907), on January 10, 1877. She also had a half-brother named William Adlington Barrow Cadbury (1867-1957), a businessman and politician, who served as the Lord Mayor of Birmingham from 1919 to 1921. A member of the Quaker fellowship, she held a high interest in evangelical mission work which would eventually lead her to write hymns. She was educated locally, attended university, and spent some time abroad in Germany, where she furthered her interests in both languages and music. She later traveled extensively with John Wilbur Chapman (1859-1918), a Presbyterian evangelist and hymnist, and Rubin Archer Torrey (1856-1928), an evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer. Besides, writing the hymn, "A Romance Of Preaching" (1904), her other published works include some in English, Hawaiian, Norwegian, and Spanish, "A cualquiera parte sin temor iré," "A servir a Cristo sin temor iré," "After the shadows have passed away," "All unseen the Master walketh," "Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go," "Hvorsomhelst med Jesus jeg kan sikkert gaa," "Hele au me Iesu ma na wahi a pau," "Jesus calls us, o'er the tumult," "Jesus is our Leader, we his soldier's," "Jesus, the Savior, is calling today, Sinner, will you come," "Tell of Christ who saves from sin," "There is a green hill far away," "There's a city bright and fair, over," "While Jesus whispers to you," "Work, for the night, is coming, Work through the morning hours," "Come While You May," "Hustad," "The Glory Of Heaven," "Over The Jasper Sea," and "Make Him Known." In 1893, she founded what would become the Pocket Testament League. She continued to be very active in business pursuits, religious endeavors, and writing hymns and other material until her death. She passed away at her home in Birmingham, England, on March 1, 1969, at the age of 92. Her funeral service was held at the Friends Meeting House in Stirchley, England, and she was buried in Lodge Hill Cemetery and Crematorium in Birmingham, England. She was married twice, first to Charles McCallon Alexander (1867-1920), a gospel singer and evangelist whom she also had extensively traveled with, and second to, Amzi Clarence Dixon (1854-1925), a pastor, Bible expositor, and evangelist. Both her husbands predeceased her. She had no children. Her final written work, the biography about her first husband, "Charles M. Alexander: A Romance Of Song And Soul-Winning" (1921), was released a year after his death.
Religious Hymnist, Entrepreneur. She was a member of the famous family and heiress of Cadbury chocolatiers. She was also well-known as a writer of religious hymns. She is probably best remembered for writing the hymn, "A Romance Of Preaching" (1904). She was born one of four children as Helen Cadbury in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, to Richard Cadbury (1835-1899), a chocolate manufacturer, philanthropist, industrialist, and artist, and his wife Emma Jane Wilson Banbury Cadbury (1846-1907), on January 10, 1877. She also had a half-brother named William Adlington Barrow Cadbury (1867-1957), a businessman and politician, who served as the Lord Mayor of Birmingham from 1919 to 1921. A member of the Quaker fellowship, she held a high interest in evangelical mission work which would eventually lead her to write hymns. She was educated locally, attended university, and spent some time abroad in Germany, where she furthered her interests in both languages and music. She later traveled extensively with John Wilbur Chapman (1859-1918), a Presbyterian evangelist and hymnist, and Rubin Archer Torrey (1856-1928), an evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer. Besides, writing the hymn, "A Romance Of Preaching" (1904), her other published works include some in English, Hawaiian, Norwegian, and Spanish, "A cualquiera parte sin temor iré," "A servir a Cristo sin temor iré," "After the shadows have passed away," "All unseen the Master walketh," "Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go," "Hvorsomhelst med Jesus jeg kan sikkert gaa," "Hele au me Iesu ma na wahi a pau," "Jesus calls us, o'er the tumult," "Jesus is our Leader, we his soldier's," "Jesus, the Savior, is calling today, Sinner, will you come," "Tell of Christ who saves from sin," "There is a green hill far away," "There's a city bright and fair, over," "While Jesus whispers to you," "Work, for the night, is coming, Work through the morning hours," "Come While You May," "Hustad," "The Glory Of Heaven," "Over The Jasper Sea," and "Make Him Known." In 1893, she founded what would become the Pocket Testament League. She continued to be very active in business pursuits, religious endeavors, and writing hymns and other material until her death. She passed away at her home in Birmingham, England, on March 1, 1969, at the age of 92. Her funeral service was held at the Friends Meeting House in Stirchley, England, and she was buried in Lodge Hill Cemetery and Crematorium in Birmingham, England. She was married twice, first to Charles McCallon Alexander (1867-1920), a gospel singer and evangelist whom she also had extensively traveled with, and second to, Amzi Clarence Dixon (1854-1925), a pastor, Bible expositor, and evangelist. Both her husbands predeceased her. She had no children. Her final written work, the biography about her first husband, "Charles M. Alexander: A Romance Of Song And Soul-Winning" (1921), was released a year after his death.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39873726/helen-dixon: accessed ), memorial page for Helen Cadbury Alexander Dixon (10 Jan 1877–1 Mar 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39873726, citing Lodge Hill Cemetery and Crematorium, Birmingham, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.