Emma Toke

Toke was born to the Irish bishop John Leslie and his wife Isabella St. Lawrence. She married Reverend Nicholas Toke in 1837.^[1]

In 1851, she started writing hymns at the request of a friend who was collecting for the Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.^[2] She contributed seven hymns to the hymn book.^[3] One hymn featured was "Thou Art Gone Up On High".^[4] She contributed a further series of hymns to the Sunday School Liturgy…and Hymn Book, Arranged by the Rev. R. Judd, B.A.^[2]