The Dean of Derry, the Very Rev Raymond Stewart, has opened an exhibition at St Columb’s Cathedral and launched a new booklet, both of which commemorate the life and work of the renowned hymn–writer, Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander, and her husband, Bishop William Alexander – a former Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Both husband and wife were accomplished poets and exemplary Christians.
Pride of place in the exhibition goes to two 7×5 foot individual portraits of the Alexanders, commissioned for the 25th anniversary of Bishop Alexander’s consecration and painted by the distinguished artist, Charles Napier Kennedy. The paintings, which…
