James Steven Stallybrass

Stallybrass, James Steven, fourth son of the Rev. Edward Stallybrass, of the London Missionary Society, was born Oct. 3, 1826, at Selenginsk, in the province of Irkutsk, Siberia, where his father was then stationed. He resided for many years in Stoke Newington, London, and died there Dec. 2, 1888. He was a well known educationist, and translated from the German a number of scientific and other works. He contributed a large number of translations from German hymns and poems to the various publications of Mr. Curwen, e. g. to the Songs and Tunes for Education, 1861; the Tonic Sol fa Reporter, &c. In 1859 he contributed translations of 4 German hymns to Mr. Curwen's Sabbath Hymn Book (Nos. 234, 417, 418, 420). To Mr. Curwen's Child's Own Hymn Book, 1862, he also contributed:—
1. Who through Heaven is guiding. God the Child's Guide. This was originally published in 5 stanzas of 5 lines, as No. 117 in Songs and Tunes, 1861, and marked as a translation, but Mr. Stallybrass in 1881 could not remember from what. It has since been included in the Congregational Book of Praise for Children, 1881.
2. High heaven! my home and fatherland. Heaven Anticipated. First published in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, as No. 195, in Songs and Tunes, 1861, and marked as a translation, but Mr. Stallybrass in 1881 regarded it as an original composition.
[Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)