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Thomas Whytehead

1815 - 1843 Hymnal Number: d324 Author of "Resting from his work today" in The Churchman's Hymn-Book, a Collection of Hymns Old and New, for Use in the Services of the Church Thomas Whytehead was born at Thormanby, York, in 1815. He studied at Beverly Grammar School, and S. John's College, Cambridge; graduated B.A. in 1837, and M.A. in 1840. He received various honours at the University, among them the Chancellor's medal for English verse. In 1839, he was appointed Curate of Freshwater, Isle of Wight. In 1841, he was appointed chaplain to the Bishop of New Zealand, but died the next year after reaching Sidney. One of his last works was to translate Bishop Ken's "Evening Hymn" into Maori. The few works which he published give a favorable impression of the piety and learning of their author. -Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. ========================== Whytehead, Thomas, M.A., son of H. R. Whytehead, Rector of Crayke, and Prebendary of Lincoln, was born at Thormanby, Nov. 30, 1815. He was educated at Beverley Grammar School, and St. John's College, Cambridge. He was Bell University Scholar; he also won the Chancellor's medal for English Verse twice; the Hulsean prize of 1835; and other distinctions. He was also twenty-second senior optirae in the Mathematical Tripos, and second in the first class in the Classical Tripos; B.A. in 1837, and Foundation Fellow of his college the same year. In 1838 he was classical lecturer at Clare College, but left the University for the Curacy of Freshwater, Isle of Wight, on taking Holy Orders in 1839. In 1841 he was appointed Chaplain to Dr. Selwyn, Bishop elect of New Zealand, and sailed for that country in 1842. He was appointed the first Principal of the College which the Bishop established in New Zealand; but owing to the rupture of a blood vessel shortly after landing in New South Wales, he never took any duty in New Zealand. The little time and strength which remained to him he spent in correcting the Maori translation of the Bible and Prayer Book. The end came, however, only too soon, and he died at Waimate, New Zealand, March 19, 1843. The esteem in which he was held is emphasised by the fact that "When the new chapel of his college [St. John's Cambridge] was erected and the vaulted roof was enriched with a series of figures, beautifully executed, according to the several successive centuries of the Christian era, the five which received the distinguished honour of being selected to represent the nineteenth century, all members of his college, were Henry Martyn, William Wilberforce, William Wordsworth, James Wood, and Thomas Whytehead."—( Mission Life, July 1873, p. 390.) Whytehead's Poems were published by Rivingtons in 1842, and his College Life, posthumously in 1845. In the former there are seven "Hymns towards a Holy Week." Of these "Last of creation's days" (Sixth day) and the widely known "Sabbath of the saints of old" (q.v.). Five days before he died he wrote to a friend:— "I took up the translation of the Evening Hymn (four verses for service) into Maori rhyming verse, the first of the kind of the same metre and rhythm as the English. Two hundred and fifty copies have been printed, and sung in church and school by the natives, and several of them came and sang under my window. They call it the 'new hymn of the sick minister.' Bishop Ken's lines ['Glory to Thee, my God, this night'] it is very hard for one to compress within the same bounds in a rude language. However it is done, and people seem pleased with it; and it is a comfort to think one has introduced Bishop Ken's beautiful hymn into the Maori's evening worship, and left them this legacy when I could do no more for them." A life so short and holy could have had no more beautiful ending. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

J. B. Cook

Hymnal Number: d382 Author of "The year is gone beyond recall" in The Churchman's Hymn-Book, a Collection of Hymns Old and New, for Use in the Services of the Church

Thomas Scott

1705 - 1775 Hymnal Number: d20 Author of "Angel [Angels], roll the rock [stone] away" in The Churchman's Hymn-Book, a Collection of Hymns Old and New, for Use in the Services of the Church Thomas Scott was born at Norwich, and was the son of a Dissenting minister. After his education he began his ministerial life at Wartmell, in Norfolk, adding also the labours of school-teaching. Subsequently he changed his pastoral relations several times, spending the last years of his life at Hupton, in Norfolk, where he died in 1776. He was the author of some prose works, several poems, and a few hymns. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872 ============================ Scott, Thomas, son of Thomas Scott, Independent Minister at Norwich, brother of Elizabeth Scott, and nephew of Dr. Daniel Scott, was born at Norwich, 1705. As a young man he kept a school at Wortwell, and preached once a month at Harleston, Norfolk. Then, after a short ministry at Lowestoft, he removed in 1734 to Ipswich as co-pastor with Mr. Baxter of the Presbyterian congregation meeting in St. Nicholas Street Chapel. On the death of his senior in 1740 he became sole pastor. In 1774 he retired to Hapton, and died there in 1775. He was the author of various poetical works, including:— (1) The Table of Cebes; or, the Picture of Human Life, in English Verse, with Notes, 1754; (2) The Book of Job, in English Verse; translated from the original Hebrew, with Remarks, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, 1771; 2nd ed. 1773; (3) Lyric Poems, Devotional and Moral. By Thomas Scott, London, James Buckland, 1773. To Dr. Enfield's Hymns for Public Worship, Warrington, 1772, he contributed "All-knowing God, 'tis Thine to know" (p. 43, ii.); "Angels! roll the rock away" (p. 69, i.); "As various as the moon " (p. 85, ii.); and the following:— 1. Absurd and vain attempt to bind. Persecution. 2. Behold a wretch in woe. Mercy. 3. Imposture shrinks from light. Private Judgment, its Rights and Duties. 4. Mark, when tempestuous winds arise. Meekness. 5. O come all ye sons of Adam and raise. Universal Praise to God. 6. Th' uplifted eye and bended knee. Devotion vain without Virtue. 7. Was pride,alas, e'er made for man? Humility. 8. Why do I thus perplex? Worldly Anxiety reproved. In his Preface to his Lyric Poems, 1773, he said that the object of his work was:— "To form a kind of little poetical system of piety and morals. The work opens with natural religion. Thence it proceeds to the mission of Jesus Christ, his sufferings, his exaltation, and the propagation of his doctrine. Next is the call to repentance, the nature and blessedness of a Christian life, and the entrance into it. These topics are succeeded by the various branches of devotion: after which are ranked the moral duties, personal and social, the happy end of a sincere Christian, and the coming of Jesus Christ to finish his mediatorial kingdom by the general judgment. The whole is closed with a description of the illustrious times, when by means of the everlasting gospel, the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea." Of Scott's better known hymns this volume contained most of those named above, and:— 9. Hasten, sinner, to be wise. p. 493, ii. 10. Who, gracious Father, can complain? The Divine Dispensation In the Collection of Hymns and Psalms, &c, 1795, by Kippis, Rees, and others, several of the above were repeated, and the following were new:— 11. If high or low our station be. Justice. 12. Happy the meek whose gentle breast. Meekness. Doctrinally Scott might be described as an evangelical Arian. Hymns of his appear in most of the old Presbyterian collections at the close of the last century, and in the early Unitarian collections. Several are still in common use in G. Britain and America. [Rev. Valentine D. Davis, B.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

T. Chamberlain

1810 - 1892 Hymnal Number: d264 Author of "O Guardian of the church divine" in The Churchman's Hymn-Book, a Collection of Hymns Old and New, for Use in the Services of the Church 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)

William Palmer

1811 - 1879 Person Name: W. Palmer Hymnal Number: d59 Author of "Christ in highest heaven enthroned" in The Churchman's Hymn-Book, a Collection of Hymns Old and New, for Use in the Services of the Church Palmer, William, M.A., eldest s. of W. J. Palmer, Rector of Mixbury, Oxford, was born July 12, 1811, and matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, July 27, 1826, aged 15. He graduated B.A. 1831, and M.A. 1833. He subsequently was a Fellow, Bursar, Tutor, and Vice-President of his College; and also held other important appointments both at Oxford and at the University of Durham. He joined the Church of Rome in 1855, and died April 5, 1879. Mr. Palmer published some translations of Latin hymns as Short Poems and Hymns, the latter mostly Translations, Oxford. Printed by I. Shrimpton, mdcccxlv. A few of these have come into common use. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Richard Meux Benson

1824 - 1915 Person Name: R. M. Benson Hymnal Number: d320 Author of "Praise to God, who reigns above" in The Churchman's Hymn-Book, a Collection of Hymns Old and New, for Use in the Services of the Church The Rev. Richard M. Benson was a clergyman of the Church of England, and was one of the "Cowley Brothers." He spent some time in 1870-71 in the United States, labouring with zeal and success in several dioceses. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. ===================== Benson, Richard Meux , M.A., educated at Christ Church, Oxford; B.A., in honours, 1847, M.A., 1849. On taking Holy Orders, he became curate of St. Mark's, Surbiton, 1849; and Vicar of Cowley, Oxford, 1850. He is also Student of Christ Church, Oxford. His works include The Wisdom of the Son of David; Redemption, 1861; The Divine Rule of Prayer; and others. His hymns, “O Thou whose all redeeming might," a translation of "Jesu, Redemptor omnium," q, v., and "Praise to God Who reigns above," were contributed to Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

S. Brown

Hymnal Number: d394 Author of "Three in One and One in three" in The Churchman's Hymn-Book, a Collection of Hymns Old and New, for Use in the Services of the Church

G. de la Brunetière

1630 - 1702 Person Name: G. de la Brunetiere Hymnal Number: d66 Author of "Christ's foe becomes his soldier" in The Churchman's Hymn-Book, a Collection of Hymns Old and New, for Use in the Services of the 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)

B. H. Draper

1775 - 1843 Person Name: Bourne H. Draper Hymnal Number: d438 Author of "Ye Christian heroes [heralds], go proclaim" in The Churchman's Hymn-Book, a Collection of Hymns Old and New, for Use in the Services of the Church Draper, Bourne Hall, born at Cumnor, near Oxford, in 1775, and educated for the Baptist Ministry at the Bristol Academy, under the Rev. Dr. J. Rylands. He was pastor of the Baptist Church at Chipping Norton 1804, and subsequently at Southampton, where he d. Oct. 12, 1843. See note on his hymn," Ye Christian heroes, go, proclaim," p. 1296, ii. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

William Rollinson Whittingham

1805 - 1879 Person Name: W. R. Whittingham Hymnal Number: d4 Author of "A mountain fastness is our God" in The Churchman's Hymn-Book, a Collection of Hymns Old and New, for Use in the Services of the Church Whittingham, William Rollinson, D.D., LL.D., was born in New York, Dec. 2, 1805. He received his early education from his mother, and subsequently graduated at the General Theological Seminary, New York, 1825. He was for some time Rector of St. Mark's, Orange, New Jersey; then of St. Luke's, New York; and afterwards Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the General Seminary, N. Y., 1835. In 1840 he was consecrated Bishop of Maryland, and died in 1879. For talent, learning, and character, Bishop Whittingham is allowed to be one of the great American Bishops, if not the greatest. His contributions to hymnology were Specimens of a Church Hymnal, Baltimore, Dec. 1865, and two translations from the German, which appeared in Hymns for Church and Home, 1859. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)