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Rev. John East |
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East, John, Rev., 1793-1856 |
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1793 |
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1856 |
East, John, sometime Curate of St. Michael's, Bath, and Rector of Croscombe, Somerset, pub.:—
(1) Psalmody for the Churches: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns arranged for Public Worship in the Churches and Chapels throughout the Rectory of Bath, &c, 1838. (2) The Sabbath Harp, a collection of Sacred Poetry, n.d.; and (3) My Saviour; or, Devotional Meditations in Prose and Verse, 3rd ed., 1836.
The following hymns by this author have come into common use:—
1. Come unto Me, ye weary, come. Invitation and Response. In his Sabbath Harp, n.d., in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and signed "J. E."
2. Lord of the Soul and its light. The Light of Life. From the Sabbath Harp into a few American hymnals.
3. There is a fold whence none can stray. Heaven. In My Saviour, &c., 3rd ed.; 1836, Meditation, No. 44, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines.
4. Where is my faith if I survey! Increase of Faith, desired. Sometimes ascribed to J. East, but not traced to his works. [William T. Brooke]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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East, J. , p. 318, i. Son of William East of St. Martin's parish, Westminster, born in 1793; St. Edmund's Hall, Ox. 1811-1816; B.A. 1816, M.A. 1819. Rector of Croscombe, Somerset. 1828; Rector of St. Michael's, Bath, 1843. He died c. 1857.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
John East (died 1856) was a 19th-century Anglican clergyman and writer. At Oxford he was a friend of William Henry Havergal. He became:
* Rector of Croscombe, Somerset (some of his earlier writings were published in Evesham so one wonders whether he may also have lived in that area)
* Curate of St Michael's, Bath
* Rector of St Michael's, Bath from 1843 (when the church became an independent parish for the first time since the Reformation) until his death. St Michael's, Bath, was rebuilt in 1837 during East's time there.
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