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John Bowdler

1783 - 1815 Hymnal Number: d24 Author of "As, panting in the sultry beam" in Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. John Bowlder was born in London, in 1783. He was educated at Winchester College, and entered the legal profession. As a barrister, he gave unusual promise of eminence; but died in 1815, at the age of thirty-two. His miscellaneous writings were published in 1816, by his father, under the title of "Select Pieces of Prose and Verse." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872. ================================= Bowdler, John, born in London, Feb. 4, 1783, and educated at the Sevenoaks Grammar School, and Winchester. In 1807 he was called to the Bar, but ill-health necessitated his residence abroad for a short time. On his return he resumed the duties of his profession. His weakness, however, increased, and gradually sinking, he died Feb. 1, 1815. He was a person of more than usual parts, and gained the friendship of Macauluy, Wilberforce, and other men of eminence. In 1816 his Select Pieces in Verse and Prose, were published by his father with a brief Memoir, Lond., G. Davidson. The two vols. contain essays, reviews, poetical pieces, versions of 4 Psalms, and 6 hymns. Of his hymns and Psalm versions nearly all are in common use. The best of these are, “As panting in the sultry beam"; “Children of God, who pacing slow;" and "Lord, before Thy throne we bend." The rest include: — 1. Beyond the dark and stormy bound. Heaven. This is a part of his hymn on the Sabbath. The ori¬ginal begins "When God from dust created man," is in 10 stanzas of 6 lines, and dated 1812. 2. Children of God, who pacing [faint and] slow. Encouragement. 3. Lord, before Thy throne we bend. Ps. cxx. 3. 4. 0 fcod, my heart within me faints. Ps. xlii. 5. Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. Praise. Entitled "Thankfulness," and dated "Jan. 1814." 6. To heaven I lift mine eyes. Ps. cxxi. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Goodwyn Barmby

1820 - 1881 Person Name: Goodwin Barmby Hymnal Number: d42 Author of "Beside the shore of Galilee" in Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. Barmby, Goodwin, 1820-1881. Minister at Wakefield, author of the Return of the Swallows, and other poems, 1864, &c. J. P. Hopp’s Collection, 1877, gives a hymn of his on The following of Christ, "Beside the shore of Galilee." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Norton

Hymnal Number: d220 Author of "My God, I thank thee, may no thought" in Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed.

T. Doubleday

1790 - 1870 Hymnal Number: d129 Author of "Gone is the hollow, murky night" in Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. Doubleday, Thomas, was the son of a Quaker of the firm of Doubleday & Easterby, Soap Boilers, Newcastle on Tyne. When over 30 years of age he joined the Church of England, and died in her communion. He was the author of two dramas, Diocletian, and Caius Marius; and of a novel, The Eve of St. Mark. His translations from the Latin were published as Hymnarium Anglicanum in 1814. Born Feb. 1790; died Dec. 18, 1870. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Henry Wilder Foote

1838 - 1889 Person Name: Henry W. Foote Hymnal Number: d337 Author of "O thou, with whom, in sweet content" in Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed.

Bryant

Hymnal Number: d351 Author of "Our Father, to thy love we owe" in Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed.

Andrew Chalmers

1840 - 1912 Hymnal Number: d388 Author of "Spirit of truth, our fathers reared" in Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. Chalmers, Andrew, b. 1840, died 24 July 1912 in Wakefield, Yorkshire. He published three volumes of hymns: - Hymns & Litanies - Modern Hymns - Litanies and Chants --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chalmers, Andrew, b. 1840. Since 1880 Minister of Westgate Chapel, Wakefield. Editor of Modern Hymns, privately printed in 1891 for the use of his congregation. A collection of 626 hymns, with much modern material, considerable adaptations, and 25 of his own hymns. 1. Great Lord of Life! what length of days. In His hands. 2. 0 Thou, Who swayed the hearts of all. Influence of Jesus. 3. Spirit of Truth! our fathers reared. Victory of Truth. 4. What ask we for the children. Intercession for the Young. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Jones Very

1813 - 1880 Hymnal Number: d93 Author of "Father, thy wonders do not singly stand" in Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. Very, Jones, was born at Salem, Massachusetts, Aug. 28, 1813, his father, Jones Very, being a shipmaster. He graduated at Harvard College in 1836. He remained at his College, as tutor in Greek, for two years, and then entered the Unitarian Ministry (1843). He has been engaged in the work of a preacher without a pastorate from the first, a great part of his time being devoted to literary pursuits. In 1839 he published a volume of Essays and Poems, from which several pieces have been taken as hymns, including:— 1. Father! I wait Thy word. The sun doth stand. Waiting upon God. 2. Father, there is no change to live with Thee. Peace in the Father's Care. 3. Father! Thy wonders do not singly stand. The Spirit-Land. 4. Wilt Thou not visit me? The Divine Presence desired. These hymns were included in Longfellow and Johnson's Unitarian Book of Hymns, 1846. In the same collection also appeared:— 5. I saw on earth another light. The Light Within. 6. The bud will soon become a flower. Sowing and Reaping. 7. Turn not from him who asks of thee. Kind Words. In addition the following hymns appeared in Longfellow and Johnson's Hymns of the Spirit, 1864 :— 8. One saint to another I heard say,"How long?" The Future anticipated. 9. There is a world eye hath not seen. The Spirit World. Most of these hymns are in the Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868; and in Putnam's Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, 1874. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================ Very, J., p. 1219, i. His hymn, "O heavenly gift of love divine" (Divine assistance asked), from his Poems and Essays, 1839, is given in The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904. He d. May 8, 1880. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ================ Very, Jones. (Salem, Massachusetts, August 28, 1813--May 8, 1880, Salem). He was brother of Washington Very. He graduated from Harvard College in 1836, and served as tutor in Greek there for two years. Although Julian (p. 1219) says that he entered the Unitarian ministry in 1843, he was never ordained as a settled minister though he served frequently as an occasional lay preacher. Most of his life was given to literary pursuits. In 1839 he published Essays and Poems, and thereafter was a frequent contributor in prose and verse to periodicals, including The Christian Register and the Monthly Magazine. --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives

William Enfield

1741 - 1797 Person Name: W. Enfield Hymnal Number: d39 Author of "Behold, where in a mortal form" in Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. Enfield, William , LL.D., born at Sudbury, Suffolk, March 29, 1741, of poor parents. Through the assistance of Mr. Hextall, the local Dissenting Minister, at 17 he entered the Daventry Academy under Dr. Ashworth. His first pastorate was of the congregation at Benn's Garden, Liverpool, to which he ministered from 1763 to 1770. In conjunction with Rev. J. Brekell of Key St. chapel, he edited A New Collection of Psalms proper for Christian Worship, in three parts. I. Psalms of David, &c. II. Psalms of Praise to God. III. Psalms on various Subjects. Liverpool. Printed in the year 1764. Known as the Liverpool Old Collection; Later eds., 1767, 1770, 1787. In this last, 60 more hymns are added to the 3rd part. From 1770 to 1785 Enfield was at Warrington, as minister to the Old Presbyterian congregation, and as teacher of Belles-lettres and other subjects, in the Dissenting Academy founded there in 1757. He published in 1774, The Speaker; 1783, Institutes of Natural Philosophy, and other works, including:— Hymns for Public Worship: selected from Various Authors, and intended as a supplement to Dr. Watts’s Psalms. Warrington. Printed for the Editor, 1772. 3rd ed. 1789. London. Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Churchyard, and W. Kyres, Warrington. Contains 160 hymns, rather more than half being the same as in the Liverpool Collection. In this Collection some of Mrs. Barbauld’s hymns appeared for the first time. From Warrington he proceeded to Norwich as pastor of the Octagon chapel, and died there Nov. 3, 1797. In 1791 he published an abridgment of Brucker's History of Philosophy , and at the time of his death was engaged with Dr. J. Aikin, son of his late colleague at the Warrington Academy, in bringing out a General Biographical Dictionar , vol. i. 1796. He also published A Selection of Hymns for Social Worship. Norwich. Printed by J. March for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church¬yard, London, 1795. 2nd ed., 1797 ; 3rd ed., 1802. Lon-don, J. Johnson. Printed by W. Eyres, Horse Market, Warrington. Contains 232 hymns, more than half by Watts, and of the rest 93 were retained from the Warrington Collection. In this Collection Enfield's own hymns first appeared, “Behold where in a mortal form" (Example of Christ); "Wherefore should man, frail child of clay" (Humility); and "O Thou, through all thy works adored" (God the Ruler of Nature). They are characteristic of the "moral preacher" and the Unitarian, and in taste are unexceptionable. Dr. Enfield received his degree from Edinburgh University. On his death Johnson brought out 3 volumes of his Sermons "on Practical Subjects,” with a Memoir by Dr. Aikin. [Rev. Valentine D. Davis, B.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Charles E. Smith

b. 1844 Person Name: Charles Smith Hymnal Number: d213 Author of "Lord, when through sin I wander" in Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. Smith, Charles, an officer in the National Provincial Bank, born at Hackney, London, Jan. 29, 1844, is the author of “Lord! when through sin I wander" (Holy Labour), and "When in the morning I awake" (Joy and Sorrow alike from God), which were written for Horder's Book of Praise for Children, 1875. The former was revised for Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884. [Rev. W. Garrett Horder] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)