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Nathan Strong

1748 - 1816 Person Name: Rev. Nathan Strong, 1748-1816 Hymnal Number: 1389 Author of "Almighty Sovereign of the skies" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" Strong, Nathan, D.D., a leading Congregational divine of his day, was born at Coventry, Connecticut, Oct. 16, 1748, and educated at Yale College, where he graduated in 1769. He first studied law, but soon turned his attention to the ministry. In January 1774 he became the Pastor of the First Congregational Church at Hartford, and remained there to his death in 1816. In 1796 he won much repute through his essay on The Doctrine of Eternal Misery consistent with the Infinite Benevolence of God. He founded The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, in 1800, and also took a prominent part in establishing the Connecticut Home Mission Society in 1801. His degree of D.D. was conferred by the University of Princeton. His services to American hymnology, as the principal editor of the Hartford Selection, 1799, have been very great. As in that Selection the author's names were not given, most of his numerous contributions thereto cannot be identified. Six of these hymns, however, are reproduced in Nettleton's Village Hymns, 1824, with his name attached thereto. These are:— 1. Alas, alas, how blind I've been . The Sinner awakened. 2. Blest Lord, behold the guilty scorn . Prayer for opposers to Revivals. 3. Long have I walked this dreary road . The Sinner's Complaint. 4. Sinner, behold, I've heard thy groans . The Pardoning God. 5. Smote by the law, I'm justly slain . The Law, and the Gospel. 6. The summer harvest spreads the fields . The Great Harvest. In addition to these the following are from the Hartford Selection, 1799 (but not in the Village Hymns.) They are the best known and most widely used of Strong's hymns:— 7. Almighty Sovereign of the skies . National Thanksgiving. 8. Swell the anthem, raise the song . National Thanksgiving. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Nathan S. S. Beman

1785 - 1871 Person Name: Rev. Nathan S. S. Beman, 1785-1871 Hymnal Number: 1448 Author of "Hark! the judgment trumpet sounding" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" Beman, Nathan Sidney Smith, D.D., was born at Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y., Nov. 27, 1785; and graduated at Middleburg College, Vermont, 1807. He was a Congregational Pastor at Portland, Maine, 1810-12; Minister in Georgia, 1812-22; and Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Troy, N. Y., 1823-63. He died at Carbondale, Illinois, Aug. 8, 1871. He edited Sacred Lyrics, Troy, 1832, and an enlarged collection under the same title, 1841. The latter was adopted by the New School Presbyterian General Assembly as the Church Psalmist, 1847. Dr. Beman is known in hymnody mainly through his three hymns which are in common use:— 1. Jesus, we bow before Thy throne. Missions. This appeared in Dr. Hastings's Spiritual Songs, 1831, No. 174, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. 2. Jesus, I come to Thee. Submission to Christ. 3. Hark, the judgment trumpet sounding. Judgment. The last two were first published in his Sacred Lyrics, 1832, and all are given in Dr. Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872. Dr. Beman's hymns are unknown to English collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Bickersteth

1781 - 1855 Person Name: Rev. John Bickersteth, 1781-1855 Hymnal Number: 1181 Author of "Heavenly Shepherd, guide us, feed us" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" 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)

John Dobell

1757 - 1840 Person Name: John Dobell, 1757-1840 Hymnal Number: 161 Author of "Now is th' accepted time" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" Dobell, John, b. 1757, d. May, 1840, was a port-gauger under the Board of Excise, at Poole, Dorset, and a person of some local note. In 1806 he published:— A New Selection of Seven Hundred Evangelical Hymns for Private, Family, and Public Worship (Many Original) from more than two hundred of the best Authors in England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, Arranged in alphabetical order; Intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. By John Dobell. Lond., Williams and Smith, 1806. Subsequently this Selection was increased to "More than Eight Hundred" hymns, and the wording of the title-page was changed in several instances. Dobell's account of this work is:— "The hymns here presented to the public I have collected from more than two hundred authors; many of them are taken from Manuscripts which I deemed too valuable to be suffered to remain in obscurity, and some have been supplied by friends. As this work has been the labour of years, and the choice of many thousand hymns, it will, I trust, give satisfaction to the Church of God." Preface, p. iii. In addition to a work on Baptisms,1807, and another on Humanity, 1812, Dobell also published:— The Christian's Golden Treasure; or, Gospel Comfort for Doubting Minds, 1823. This work was in two vols., the first of which contained 124 hymns, several of which were by Dobell. Of this writer's hymns very few are found in modern hymn-books. We have from the 1806 book:—(1) "Come, dearest Lord, and bless this day" (Sunday Morning); (2) "Great Ruler of the earth and skies” (In time of War); (3) "Now is the accepted time," (Invitation) — in common use in Great Britain and America, out of twenty or more. It is not as a hymn-writer, but as a diligent and successful hymnologist, that J. Dobell is best known. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Thomas William Baxter Aveling

1815 - 1884 Person Name: Rev. Thomas W. Aveling, 1815- Hymnal Number: 1248 Author of "Hail, Thou God of grace and glory" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" Aveling, Thomas William Baxter, D.D., born Castletown, Isle of Man, May 11, 1815, educated privately and at Highbury College for the Congregational Ministry, and ordained to the pastorate of Kingsland in 1838, died at Reedham, July 3, 1884. In 1875 he received the degree of D.D. from the Howard University, United States. His published works include The Irish Scholar, a Narrative, 1841; Naaman, or Life's Shadows and Sunshine, 1853 ; Voices of Many Waters, &c, 1855; The Service of the Sanctuary, &c, 1859, including contributions to periodicals. Dr. Aveling was sometime editor of The Jewish Herald. In 1834 he published a small volume of poems and hymns. Those of his hymns which have come into common use were mostly written from year to year to be sung when he preached his New Year's Sermon to the young. Some of them came to the public through the Magazines. We are not aware that they have been collected. The best known are:—"On! towards Zion, on I" "Hail! Thou God of grace and glory," and "Lord of the lofty and the low." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ============================= Aveling, Thomas William Baxter. (Castletown, Isle of Man, May 11, 1815--July 3, 1884, Reedham). Congregationalist. Highbury College, 1838. Honorary D.D. from Howard University, 1875. Pastor of Independent Chapel at Kingsland, a suburb of London, 1838-1884. Author and editor, and chairman of the Congregational Union 1876. --Anastasia Van Burkalow, DNAH Archives

William Brown

Hymnal Number: 1163 Author of "Welcome, sacred day of rest" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs"

Samuel E. Brydges

1762 - 1837 Person Name: Sir Samuel E. Brydges, 1762-1837 Hymnal Number: 101 Author of "Archangels, fold your wings" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs"

Sir Walter Scott

1771 - 1832 Person Name: Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832 Hymnal Number: 1451 Translator of "That day of wrath, that dreadful day" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh, August 15, 1771. In 1786, he commenced his apprenticeship as writer to the Signet. In 1796, he first appeared before the public in a translation of Burger's "William and Helen." Many poetical works followed, until in 1814, he began the series of "Waverly Novels." He died at Abbotsford, September 21, 1832. It is related that on his death-bed he distinctly repeated portions of the Latin original, upon which "That day of wrath, that dreadful day" is based. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872 ====================== Scott, Sir Walter, Bart., was born in Edinburgh, Aug. 15, 1771, and died at Abbotsford, Sept. 21, 1832. Although so successful and widely known as a poet, he made no direct contributions to hymnody whatever. His condensed rendering of the “Dies Irae", and his hymn of Rebecca in Ivanhoe, "When Israel of the Lord beloved" (q.v.) were utilized as hymns for congregational use by others, but were never intended for such a purpose by himself. His work and rank as poet, novelist, and historian are fully set forth in his Life by J. G. Lockhart. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Kempthorne

1775 - 1838 Person Name: Rev. John Kempthorne, 1775-1838 Hymnal Number: 1067 Author of "Praise the Lord! ye heavens, adore Him!" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" Born: June 24, 1775, Plymouth, England. Died: November 6, 1838, Gloucester, England. Kempthorne, John, B.D., s. of Admiral Kempthorne, was born at Plymouth, June 24, 1775, and educated at St. John's, Cambridge (B.A. 1796, B.D. 1807), of which he subsequently became a Fellow. On taking Holy Orders, he became Vicar of Northleach, Gloucestershire, in 1816; Vicar of Wedmore, Somersetshire, 1827, and the same year Rector of St. Michael's, and Chaplain of St. Mary de Grace, Gloucester. He was also a Prebendary in Lichfield Cathedral from 1826, and sometime Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of that diocese. He died at Gloucester, Nov. 6, 1838. His hymnological work is:— Select Portions of Psalms from Various Translations, and Hymns,from Various Authors. The whole Arranged according to the yearly Seasons of the Church of England , with attempts at corrections and improvements. By the Rev. John Kempthorne, B.D.....London. Batchard. 1810. In this collection there are a few hymns of merit, as ”Forgive, O Lord, our wanderings past," "Great God, to Thee our songs we raise," and "Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore Him," which are usually ascribed, on D. Sedgwick's authority, to J. Kempthorne. These hymns, however, are not by Kempthorne, but were taken by him for his collection from the Foundling Hospital Psalms & Hymns, 1796 and 1801-9; and there is no evidence whatever that he had anything to do with that hymn-book. As that book is frequently quoted by hymnologists, we append the title-page of the 1801 ed., which is a reprint of that of 1797:— Psalms, Hymns, and Anthems; sung in the Chapel of the Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children. London, Printed in the Year M.DCCC.I. At the end of some copies of this edition there is pasted in a four-paged sheet of hymns which include, with others, "Praise the Lord, ye heavens, adore Him (q.v.) In the first edition of his own Selection of Portion of Psalms, &c, 1810, Kempthorne did not in any way indicate his own hymns, but in the 2nd ed. of 1813 (which is a reprint of the 1st ed. with an Appendix of 11 hymns) he says in his Preface:— “For Hymn 140 and Hymn, p. 267. Appendix; for almost all of Ps. 42, p. 197; Ps. 51, p. 57 and 61; Ps. 84, p. 195; Ps. 86, p. 134; Ps. 115, p. 49; Hymn 127 ; and for a considerable part of Ps. 22, p. 64; Ps. 122, p. 103; Ps. 133, p. 141; Ps. 139, p. 38; Hymns 20, 43, 54, 81, 97, 101, 118, and several others, the Editor is responsible, and acknowledges his obligations to some kind friends." Of these hymns and psalm versions, which Kempthorne claims as his own, only one or two are in common use. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Thomas Gisborne

1758 - 1846 Person Name: Rev. Thomas Gisborne, 1758-1846 Hymnal Number: 709 Author of "Saviour, when night involves the skies" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" Thomas Gisborne was born at Derby, in 1758. He became perpetual Curate of Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, in 1783, and Prebendary of Durham in 1826. He died in 1846. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. ================== Osborne, Thomas, M.A., son of Mr. John Gisborne, of Yoxall, was b. circa 1760, and educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was 5th Wrangler of his year, and Chancellor's Medalist, graduating B.A. in 1780, and M.A. in 1783. Subsequently he became a Prebendary of Durham. He was the author of Sermons; the Duties of Men; the Duties of Women; Poems Sacred and Moral, 1799 (to the later editions of which his hymns were added), 3rd ed. 1803; and of another volume of poetry entitled, Walks in a Forest, 1795. The following hymns by him are found in the Uttoxeter Selection:— 1. A soldier's course from battles won. Soldiers of Christ. No. 72, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and in several hymn-books. 2. Hark! 'tis the bell with solemn toll. Death. No. 74, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines. 3. O Father, glorify Thy name. In Sickness. No. 92, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines. 4. Saviour! when night involves the skies. Christ All and in All. No. 80, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. 5. Thy humblest works with full accord. Teachings of Nature. No. 118, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. 6. When groves by moonlight silence keep. The hour of Peace. No. 116, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. All the above hymns, except No. 2, are in Gisborne's Poems, 3rd ed., 1803. -- Julian, John, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)