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Robinson Potter Dunn

1825 - 1867 Person Name: R. P. Dunn Hymnal Number: d512 Author of "Jesus, our fainting spirits cry" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Dunn, Robinson Porter, D.D., an American Baptist, born in 1825; was for some time Professor in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; and died Aug. 28, 1867. His hymns, mainly translated from the Latin and other sources, include, "No, no, it is not dying"; "Jesus, Jesus, visit me"; "Jesus, our fainting spirits cry"; "We sinners, Lord, with earnest heart" (part of “Jesus, our fainting spirits cry," q.v.). These translations appeared in some of the American hymn-books, and are in common use. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== Dunn, R. Potter, p. 316, ii. Dr. Dunn was an American Presbyterian, and not Baptist, minister, and was ordained Nov. 1,1848, by the Presbytery of West Jersey as Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Camden, N. J. He assisted in the compiling of the Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858. Several of his translations from the German were included in Sacred Lyrics from the German, Phila., 1859. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

J. Mason

Hymnal Number: d619 Author of "Lord, what is man, that child of pride" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed.

K. Crittenden

Hymnal Number: d588 Author of "Lord, didst thou die, but not for me?" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed.

John Bickersteth

1781 - 1855 Hymnal Number: d484 Author of "Isr'l's Shepherd, guide me [us], feed me [us]" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Bickersteth, John, M.A., son of Henry Bickersteth, surgeon, born at Kirkby-Lonsdale, June, 19, 1781, and educated at the Grammar School of that town, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in honours. Taking Holy Orders, he became Vicar of Acton, Suffolk, and subsequently Rector of Sapcote, Leicestershire. He died Oct. 2, 1855. The Dean of Lichfield is his second, and the late Bishop of Ripon his fourth son. In 1819 he published Psalms and Hymns, selected and revised for Public, Social, Family, or Secret Devotion, in which his hymns were included. A fourth edition, much enlarged, appeared in 1832. Of his hymns contributed to his Collection in 1819, the following were transferred to his brother's Christian Psalmody, 1833:— 1. Great God, let children to Thy throne. S. Schools. 2. Hast Thou, holy Lord, Redeemer. H. Communion. 3. Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me. H. Communion. and were thus brought into wider notice than through his own work. No. 3 is sometimes given as "Heavenly Shepherd, guide us, feed us," as in the American Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, 1864. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Jean Frederic Oberlin

1740 - 1826 Hymnal Number: d779 Author of "O Lord, thy heavenly grace impart" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed.

Elizabeth Parson

1812 - 1873 Hymnal Number: d757 Author of "O happy land, O happy land, Where saints and angels" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Parson, Elizabeth, nee Hooker, daughter of the Rev. W. Rooker (for nearly fifty years Congregational Minister at Tavistock), was born at Tavistock, June 5, 1812, and married in 1844 to Mr. T. Edgecombe Parson. She died at Plymouth in 1873. Previous to her marriage (from 1840 to 1844) Mrs. Parson conducted a class for young men and women in the vestry of her father's chapel on Sunday evenings, and to which was given the name of the “Willing Class," because those who came, came "willingly." For this class she wrote from 1840 to 1844 several hymns, some of which came into use through various collections including the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858, and others at a later date. A few years ago 18 of these hymns were collected, and printed for private circulation by one of her old scholars as Willing Class Hymns. The greater part of these hymns have found a place in children's hymn-books, some fifteen collections having one or more therein. For tenderness, "Saviour, round Thy footstool bending," is the most pathetic; and for praise, "Angels round the throne are praising," and "What shall we render?" the most joyous. Mrs. Parson also wrote a few hymns for adults, which have been printed for private use only. In addition to those hymns there are also the following in common use:— 1. Far above the lofty sky. Praise. 2. Father of spirits, we entreat. New Year. 3. Hark ! a distant voice is calling. Missions. 4. Hark ! 'tis the Saviour calls. The Invitation. 5. Is there one heart, dear Saviour here? Passiontide. 6. Jesus, we love to meet. Sunday. 7. Lord, we bend before Thee now. Home Missions, or Prayer Meetings. 8. Lord, we stand before Thy throne. This is an altered form of No. 7. 9. Our Saviour's voice is soft and sweet. Missions. 10. This is God's most holy day. Sunday. 11. Youthful, weak, and unprotected. Self Dedication to Christ. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Denham

1615 - 1668 Hymnal Number: d324 Author of "Great is the Lord, what tongue can frame [tell]" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Denham, Sir John, only son of Sir John Denham, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and afterwards Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Ireland, born in Dublin, 1615, and educated at Trinity College, Oxford. In 1641 he was made governor of Fareham Castle for Charles I., and subsequently attended Charles II. in his exile. At the Restoration he was rewarded for his devotion to the Crown, and created a Knight of the Bath. Died in London, 1668, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. His poem, Cooper's Hill, is well known. The manly energy and nervous force of his verse was much more popular with Pope and Johnson and the 18th century school, than it is at the present time. His Version of the Psalms was written about 1668, but not published until 1714. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William Robertson

1686 - 1745 Hymnal Number: d883 Author of "Rejected and despised of men" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Robertson, William, was the son of David Robertson of Brunton in Fife. After finishing his University course he was licensed to preach in 1711. He is said to have been assistant to the minister of the Presbyterian Church of London Wall, London, before his settlement, in 1714, as parish minister of Borthwick, Midlothian. In 1733 he was appointed minister of Lady Yesters, Edinburgh, and in 1736 of Old Greyfriars, and died at Edinburgh, Nov. 16, 1745. He was in 1742 appointed a member of the Committee of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which compiled the Translations and Paraphrases of 1745, and is said to have contributed 3 paraphrases which, in the 1781 collection, are numbered 25, "How few receive with cordial faith" (p. 536, ii.), 42, "Let not your hearts with anxious thoughts" (p. 672, i.), and 43 "You now must hear my voice no more.” [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Caroline W. Sewall

Hymnal Number: d622 Author of "Lord, when thine ancient people cried" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed.

T. H. Gallaudet

1787 - 1851 Hymnal Number: d505 Author of "Jesus, in sickness and in pain" in The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins, LL.D., born in Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 1787, and graduated at Yale, 1805; was a tutor there from 1808-1810, and proceeded to Andover in 1811, remaining as a student till 1814. Having established an Institute for deaf mutes at Hartford, he visited Europe in its interest in 1814-15. From 1817 to 1830 he was the superintendent of that institution, and from 1838 to 1851 chaplain of the Insane Asylum, Hartford. He died 1851. He published sundry juvenile works. In 1845 he contributed to the Connecticut Congregational Psalms & Hymns, No. 409, "Jesus, in sickness and in pain" (Looking to Jesus in time of trial). It is in 5 stanzas of 4 lines. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M. A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)