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Mary Fawler Hooper was born in 1819 in [[Stanmore]], [[Middlesex]], England. She was the daughter of George H. Hooper.<ref name="Smith1903" />
In 1841, she married the Rev. Joseph Maude (d. 1887), who was [Vicar (Anglicanism)|Vicar]] of [[Chirk]], near [[Ruabon]],<ref name="Smith1903" /> and [[Canon (title)#Honorary canons|Honorary Canon]] of [[Diocese of St Asaph|St. Asaph]].<ref name="Julian1892">{{cite book |last1=Julian |first1=John |title=A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations |date=1892 |publisher=J. Murray |pages=719-20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nAktAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA719 |access-date=19 December 2023 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
Maude's hymns were published in her ''Twelve Letters on Confirmation'', 1848, and in ''Memorials of Past Years'', 1852.<ref name="Julian1892" />
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The hymn that made Maude's name familiar to many church people of her day begins with, "Thine for ever! God of love". The hymn was written in 1847 for Maude's class in the girls' Sunday school at [[Sts Thomas Minster|St. Thomas]], [[Newport, Isle of Wight |Newport]] [[Isle of Wight]], as a confirmation hymn.<ref name="Smith1903" /><ref name="Pitman1892">{{cite book |last1=Pitman |first1=Emma Raymond |title=Lady Hymn Writers |date=1892 |publisher=T. Nelson and Sons |pages=143-44 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TkFKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA143 |access-date=19 December 2023 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> It found acceptance in many countries, and was included in almost all collections. It did not, however, escape alteration at the hands of various editors.<ref name="TheStrand1895">{{cite magazine |first1=Francis Arthur |last1=Jones |editor1-last=Newnes |editor1-first=George |title=Some Popular Hymns, and How They Were Written. |magazine=The Strand Magazine |date=1895 |volume=9 |pages=584-85 |url=https://archive.org/details/strand-1895-v-9/page/584 |via=Internet Archive |access-date=18 December 2023 |publisher=G. Newnes |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref><ref name="Julian1892" />
Maude's life was not that of a [[intellectual|"woman of letters"]], or one lived in the public eye. She was the wife of a village pastor,
==Selected works==
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