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John Marckant

Hymnal Number: d1134 Author of "Turn not thy face away, O Lord" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Marckant, John, fl. 1562; one of contributors to the Sternhold & Hopkins metrical psalter of 1562; inducted vicar of Clacton-Magna 1559; Vicar of Shopland, Essex 1563-8. LOC Name Authority Files ================== 16th Century Marckant was Incumbent of Clacton Magna (1559) & Shopland (1563-68), England. He wrote only few small pieces: a political poem on Lord Wentworth (1558-59); a New Year’s gift entitled With Speed Return to God; and Verses to Divers Good Purposes (circa 1580). He also contributed four entries to the metrical version of the Psalms known as the Old Version. Sources: Hughes, pp. 141-46 Julian, p. 863 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/r/c/marckant_j.htm ================ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Marckant

S. Deacon

1746 - 1816 Hymnal Number: d1120 Author of "To Jordan's stream the Savior goes to do his Father's will" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Deacon, Samuel, born 1746, at Ratby, in Leicestershire, d. 1816 at Barton, near Market Bosworth, in the same county. He was son of Samuel Deacon, sen., one of the first preachers of the Leicestershire General Baptists; and half brother to John Deacon (q.v.) of Leicester. In 1771, S. Deacon settled at Barton, a small agricultural village, where, however, he presently established a considerable business as clock and watchmaker, and became well known for his mechanical skill. In 1779 he was invited to assist his father in ministering to the cluster of village congregations of General Baptists, of which Barton was the centre. He was popular and useful as a preacher, and continued minister of this church 37 years, receiving no pecuniary remuneration, but himself contributing liberally to various religious enterprises. In 1785 he published a volume entitled, A New Composition of Hymns & Poems chiefly on Divine Subjects; designed for the Amusement and Edification of Christians of all Denominations, more particularly them of the Baptist persuasion, Leicester: printed for the author by George Ireland. It contained 63 hymns, and 20 meditations. Subsequent editions were considerably enlarged, and the collection became known as the Barton Hymns, S. Deacon's style is very homely, and of his numerous hymns, "0 who can comprehend the rest" (Heaven), and "Ye heavy-laden souls" (Invitation), represent most, if not all, now in common use S. Deacon was also the author of several religious books, some very popular in their day, and most of them in metre, but they do not contain any of his hymns. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Eleazar Thompson Fitch

1791 - 1871 Hymnal Number: d997 Author of "The God of peace who from the dead" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Fitch, Eleazar Thompson, D.D. Born at New Haven, Jan. 1, 1791, and graduated at Yale College, 1810. In 1817 he was appointed Professor of Divinity in Yale, and retained the Professorship to 1863. Died Jan. 31, 1871. His published works include Sermons, &c. With Dr. Bacon and others he compiled the Connecticut Congregational Psalms & Hymns, 1845, and contributed to it 3 psalm versions and 3 hymns. Of these the following are in use: (1) "Lord, at this closing hour." (Close of Divine Service. ) This is extensively used in America, and is also found in the English Presbyterian Psalms & Hymns, 1867. (2) "The God of Peace, Who from the dead." (Close of Divine Service.) (3) "By vows of love together bound." (Holy Matrimony.) [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

H. Sonar

Hymnal Number: d425 Author of "I close my heavy [weary] eye" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed.

Richard Burdsall

1735 - 1824 Hymnal Number: d1035 Author of "Hallelujah to the Lamb who hath purchased" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Burdsall, Richard, for many years a Wesleyan minister, was born in 1735, and died in 1824. To his Memoirs, published at York, n.d., is appended a hymn beginning, "Now Christ He is risen, the Serpent's head is bruised." The hymn “The voice of free grace cries—'Escape to the mountain,'" begins with stanza ii. of this hymn, but with alterations. In some American hymnals, including Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, Burdsall's two stanzas are expanded into five, but by whom we cannot say. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

George Clayton

1783 - 1862 Hymnal Number: d264 Author of "From yon delusive scene" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Clayton, George, born in London, April 9, 1783; died July 14, 1862, was a Congregational Minister at Walworth. His hymn on Consecration of Self to Christ, begins "From yon delusive scenes." Sedgwick dates his hymns 1815. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

George Smith

1803 - 1870 Hymnal Number: d1063 Author of "Thou art, O Christ, the Way" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Smith, George, D.D., Secretary of the Congregational Union, began his ministry at Liverpool in 1827, and passed on first to Plymouth, and then to Trinity Chapel, Poplar, London (1842). He is the author of The Domestic Prayer Book, 1848; Sermons, 1851; Life Spiritual, 1855; Lectures on the Pentateuch, 1863, &c. He also compiled during his residence at Plymouth a Supplement to Watts's Psalms & Hymns, which, he contributed:— 1. Come in, ye chosen of the Lord. Admission of Church Members. 2. Thou art, O Christ, the Way. Christ the Way, the Truth, and the Life. which were included in the New Congregational Hymn Book 1859. --Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

George Robinson

Person Name: G. W. Robinson Hymnal Number: d839 Author of "One sole baptismal sign" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Robinson, George, contributed five hymns to J. Leifchild's Original Hymns, 1842, from which "One sole baptismal sign" (Unity), and "When to the exiled seer were given" (New Jerusalem), are taken with alterations. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

George Sandys

1577 - 1643 Hymnal Number: d1082 Author of "Thou who dwellest enthroned above" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Sandys, George, son of Dr. Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, was born at Bishopthorpe Palace, York, in 1577, and educated at St. Mary Hall and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. For some years he devoted himself to travelling in Europe and Asia, and published in 1615 a curious account of his experiences. After visiting America, where he was for a time the Treasurer of the British Colony of Virginia, he became, on his return, a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber of Charles I. He died at Bexley Abbey, Kent, March 1643. His publications included his Traveller's Thanksgiving; the prose work on his travels, A Relation of a journey begun in 1610, &c, 1615; a translation of the Metamorphoses of Ovid; and Grotius's tragedy of Christ's Passion. His productions which most nearly concern hymnology were:— (1) A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David, and upon the Hymns dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments. London: at the Bell in St. Paul's Churchyard. MDCXXXVI. (2) A Paraphrase upon the Divine Poems by George Sandys. London: at the Bell in St. Paul's Churchyard. M.DCXXXVIII. This volume contained the Paraphrase of the Psalms, paraphrases upon Job, Ecclesiastes, the Lamentations of Jeremiah, and the Songs collected out of the Old and New Testaments. (3) His paraphrase of The Song of Solomon was published in 1642. The most available form of these works is the Rev. R. Hooper's reprint of Sandys's Poems, in Smith's Library of Old Authors. A few only of Sandys's versions of the Psalms are found in modern hymnbooks, although they were set to music by Henry Lawes. His influence, however, upon later paraphrasers was considerable. The following, together with a few others annotated under their respective first lines, are in common use:— 1. How are the Gentiles all on fire. Ps. ii. 2. Lord, for Thee I daily cry. Ps. lxxxiv. 3. My God, Thy suppliant hear. Ps. lxxxvi. 4. Praise the Lord enthroned on high. Ps. cl. 5. Sing the Great Jehovah's praise. Ps. lxvi. 6. Thou, Lord, my witness art. Ps. cxxxi. 7. Thou who art [dwellest] enthroned above. Ps. xcii. 8. You, who dwell above the skies. Ps. cxlviii. These paraphrases as in common use are in the form of centos. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ==================== Sandys, G.., p. 994, i. Another cento from his Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David, &c, 1638, as "Let God, the God of battles, rise" (Ps. lxviii.), is in the Hymn Book for Use in Wellington College, 1902. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Edwards A. Park

1808 - 1900 Hymnal Number: d1136 Author of "Unto the Lord, unto the Lord" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Park, Edwards A., D.D., an American Congregational Minister, born at Providence, Rhode Island, Dec. 29, 1808, was one of the editors of the Sabbath Hymn Book, published at Andover in 1858, in which the hymn, "Unto the Lord, unto the Lord" (Public Worship), sometimes ascribed to him as in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866, was published anonymously as No. 37. By all the American hymnological authorities it is still regarded as "Anon." This is strong evidence against Dr. Park's authorship. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)