William St. Hill Bourne

Bourne, William St. Hill, born in 1846, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and the London College of Divinity. Taking Holy Orders in 1869 he became successively Curate of Holy Trinity, Derby; Harrow-on-the-Hill; St. Paul's, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Ashford, Kent; in 1875, Vicar of Pinner, Middlesex; and in 1880, Vicar of All Saints, Haggerstone. Author of Poems in various periodicals; Church Work and the Working Classes, published in Church Bells, 1875, &c. In 1879 he became editor of The Mission Field, for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. As a hymn-writer he is known through the following hymns:—
1. Children's voices strive not vainly, Sunday School Anniversary. Written in 1868.
2. Christ, Who once among us. The Good Shepherd. Written in 1868, and first published in the revised Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875.
3. Enter with thanksgiving. Processional for Dedication Service. Written in 1880 for the reopening of the Parish Church of Pinner, and published, with music, by Skeffington & Son.
4. For the freshness of the morning. Praise for all things. Written in 1868, first printed on a broadsheet, and then included in The Universal Hymn Book, 1885.
5. In the Name of God the Father, In Whose Image we are made. Purity. Written in 1885 for the Church Purity Society, printed in The Vanguard, Dec. 1885, and in the White Cross Hymnal, 1886.
6. The evening shadowy dimness. Evening. Written in 1868, printed on a broad-sheet, and again in The Universal Hymn Book, 1885.
7. The Sower went forth sowing. Harvest or Burial. Written in 1874 for Harvest Festival at Christ Church, South Ashford, Kent; printed in Church Bells the same year, and included in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875. It is sometimes used as a Funeral hymn.
8. Through the feeble twilight. Easter hymn for Church Workers. Written in 1884 for the Additional Curates Society's Home Mission Field, and printed therein, April 1884.
Mr. Bourne has also printed several hymns on fly-sheets for special occasions. Some of these are worthy of the attention of hymnal compilers.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Bourne, W. St. Hill, p. 165, ii. Mr. Bourne published in 1898 A Supplementary Hymnal, consisting of 19 of his hymns, which had previously appeared in The Church Monthly, and other periodicals. He became Rector of Finchley in 1900.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)