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Henry S. Parsons

Publisher of "" in Ancient Hymns of Holy Church

1630 - 1702 Person Name: G. de la Brunetiere Hymnal Number: d47 Author of "The Shepherd smitten is, and lo" in Ancient Hymns of Holy Church Brunetière, Guillaume de la, was the son of Anton de la Brunetiere, Lord du Plessis de Geste, and is the person referred to by Miller’s Singers and Songs, 1869, p. 143), and also sometimes in this Dictionary, as Guillaume du Flessis de Geste. He was educated at the University of Paris, and received from it the degree of D.D. For 16 years he was Vicar General at Paris prior to his consecration as Bishop of Saintes, on Nov. 30, 1677. He died May 2, 1702. His hymns are in the Paris Breviary, 1680; the Cluniac Breviary, 1686; the Paris Breviary, 1736; and other French Breviaries In the Paris Breviary of 1736 his hymns are signed, "G. Bp. S.," i.e. William, Bp. of Saintes. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Guillaume De La Brumetiere

Person Name: da la Brunetiére Hymnal Number: d31 Author of "Lord, from out thy glorious skies" in Ancient Hymns of Holy Church

J. Williams

1817 - 1899 Person Name: John Williams Hymnal Number: d1 Author of "As the fiery sun goes down" in Ancient Hymns of Holy Church John Williams was born at Deerfield, Mass., in 1817; graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, in 1835; was ordained Deacon, 1838; Priest, 1841; Rector of S. George's, Schenectady, N.Y., 1842; President of Trinity College, 1848-1853; Assistant Bishop of Connecticut, 1851, and sole Bishop, by the death of Bishop Brownell, in 1865. He has edited a number of works of value. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. ================ Williams, John, D.D., LL.D., was born at Deerfield, Massachusetts, Aug. 30, 1817; graduated at Trinity College, 1835, and was ordained in 1838. From 1842 to 1848 he was Rector at Schenectady, New York, and President of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, from 1848 to 1853. In 1861 he was consecrated Assistant Bishop of Connecticut, taking, in 1865, the full charge of that diocese. Bishop Williams is an eminent scholar. His contributions to hymnology were Ancient Hymns of Holy Church , Hartford, 1845, being translations from the Latin; the "Additional Hymns," pp. 81-127, were selected from the translations from the Latin by Isaac Williams. A few of Bishop Williams's translations have come into common use. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)