they were almost uniformly simple in language, natural and pleasing in imagery, and full of genuine Christian feeling. Steele may not inappropriately be compared with Frances Ridley Havergal. In both, there was the same evangelic fervour, in both the same intense personal devotion to Jesus. But whilst Steele seemed to think of Him more frequently as her "bleeding, dying Lord"—dwelling on His sufferings in their physical aspect, Havergal more often referred to His living help and sympathy, recognized with gladness His present claims as "Master" and "King," and anticipated almost with ecstasy His second coming. Looking at the whole of Steele's hymns, there is a wider range of thought than in Miss Havergal's compositions. Steele treats a greater variety of subjects. Selected works Poems on subjects chiefly devotional, 2 volumes Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse and Prose by Theodosia The works of Mrs. Anne Steele See also English women hymn-writers (18th to 19th-century) Eliza Sibbald Alderson Augusta Amherst Austen Sarah Bache Charlotte Alington Barnard Sarah Doudney Charlotte Elliott Ada R. Habershon Katherine Hankey Maria Grace Saffery Emily Taylor Emily H. Woodmansee References Attribution Bibliography External links Gospel Standard Trust Publications, present day source of A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship Expressing the Ineffable Selected Works of Anne Steele; Refuge of my Weary Soul 1717 births 1778 deaths 18th-century Baptists 18th-century English non-fiction writers 18th-century British women writers People from Test Valley Christian hymnwriters English hymnwriters English Baptists Pseudonymous women writers English essayists British women essayists British women hymnwriters 18th-century pseudonymous writers