Abel Gerald Wilson Blunt

Blunt, Abel Gerald Wilson, M.A., some time Travelling Fellow of Cambridge University, was born in 1827, and graduated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, B.A., 1850; M.A., 1860. Taking Holy Orders in 1851, he was from 1856 to 1860 Incumbent of Crew Green, Cheshire. In 1860 he was preferred to the Rectory of St. Luke's, Chelsea. Mr. Blunt's hymns, written for festival occasions at St. Luke's, are:—
1. Evening comes, may we, 0 Lord. Evening.
2. From meadows bright with blossom. Flower Services. This is dated June, 1882.
3. Here, Lord, we offer Thee all that is fairest. Flower Services. This is the best known and most popular of Mr. Blunt's hymns. From its composition in 1879, when it was first sung at the Flower Service at St. Luke's, it has attracted attention until it is deemed essential to the completeness of most collections of importance.
4. Here, on this our festal day. St. Luke. Written in 1882 for St. Luke's, Chelsea. All these hymns are printed in a small Supplement in use at St. Luke's.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)