T. Chamberlain › Hymnals

Chamberlain, Thomas, M.A., was born in 1810, and educated at Westminster, and Christ Church, Oxford, (B. A. in honours, 1831). From 1837 to 1842 he was Vicar of Cowley, Oxford, and in 1842 he became Vicar of St. Thomas the Martyr, Oxford. He was Student of Christ Church, and Hon. Canon (1862). He was also from 1844 to 1850 Rural Dean of Oxford. His published works include Theory of Christian Worship, 2nd ed. 1855; The Seven Ages of the Church, 1858; and a Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, 1870. He also edited:—
(1) Hymns Used in the Church of St. Thomas the Martyr, Oxford. Oxford, W. R. Bowden, 1861. This collection has been enlarged from time to time. (2) Hymns chiefly for the Minor Festivals, Edited by the Rev. T. Chamberlain, M.A., Student of Christ Church, and Vicar of St. Thomas the Martyr, Oxford. Lond., J. Masters, 1863. This contains 23 hymns.
To these collections Mr. Chamberlain contributed the following hymns :—
1. Among the saints of God. Royal Saints.
2. Another year is well nigh gone. Sunday next before Advent.
3. Apostle and Evangelist. St. Matthew. "To be inserted before the Doxology of any common metre hymn."
4. Before the throne of God. Ember Days.
5. Hark ! what mean those gladsome voices. Christmas. Adapted from other hymns.
6. O Guardian of the Church divine. Ordination. Adapted from other hymns.
7. Of all the twelve Thou callest. St. John the Evangelist.
8. Saint Mark goes forth to Afric's strand. St. Mark.
9. Sweet it is to blend in union. St. Edward the King; and St. Dunstan.
10. The Church is one throughout the globe. Unity of the Church.
11. The ten commandments once for all. For Monastic Saints.
12. The thoughts that filled the mind of Luke. St. Luke.
13. 'Twas Thou, O Lord, Who gav'st the word. St Augustine of Canterbury.
14. When once the Lord from Egypt. St. Edward the King; and St. Dunstan.
In addition to these hymns, No. 135, "And now the saint by whose dread pains," consists of stanzas adapted to SS. Andrew, Thomas, Matthias, Barnabas, Peter, James, Bartholomew, Simon and Jude, and designed to be introduced in the hymn "The eternal gifts of Christ the King." Died Jan. 20, 1892.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)