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Katherine H. Johnson

Person Name: Mrs. Katharine H. Johnson, 1835- Hymnal Number: 1343 Author of "The whole wide world for Jesus!" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs"

1748 - 1833 Person Name: Rev. Thomas Jervis, 1748-1833 Hymnal Number: 1146 Author of "With joy we lift our eyes" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" Jervis, Thomas, son of a Presbyterian Minister of the same name, was born at Ipswich in 1748, and educated for the Ministry at Hoxton. In 1770 he was appointed classical and mathematical tutor at the Exeter Academy. From 1772 to 1783 he was tutor to the sons of the Earl of Shelburne, at Bowood, where Dr. Priestley was librarian. In the latter year Jervis succeeded Dr. A. Rees at St. Thomas's Southwark, moving in 1796, after the death of Dr. Kippis, to the Princes' St. Chapel, Westminster. From 1808 to 1818 he was minister at the Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds. After his retirement he lived in the neighbourhood of London, and died there in 1833. Jervis was one of the four editors of A Collection of Hymns & Psalms for Public & Private Worship, London, 1795. He contributed 17 hymns to the 1st ed., and 4 to its Supplement, 1807. Of these several are found in later Unitarian collections in Great Britain and America, including:— 1. God to correct a guilty world. Divine Providence. 2. Great God, Thine attributes divine. Confidence in God. 3. Lord of the world's majestic frame. Praise a Duty. 4. Shall I forsake that heavenly Friend? Constancy desired. 5. Sweet is the friendly voice which [that] speaks. Peace to the Penitent. 6. Thou, Lord, in mercy wilt regard. Penitence. 7. With sacred joy we lift our eyes. Divine Worship. This is given in Laudes Domini, N.Y., 1884, as: "With joy we lift our eyes." These hymns all date from 1795, and the most popular are Nos. 4 and 6. [Rev. Valentine D. Davis, B.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

J. Cooper

Person Name: John Cooper Hymnal Number: 1013 Author of "Father of heaven, whose love profound" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs"

Philip Phelps

Person Name: Rev. Philip Phelps, 1836- Hymnal Number: 1237 Author of "O Jesus, our chief Corner-Stone" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs"

Rev. Edward Webb

Person Name: Rev. Edward Webb, 1818- Hymnal Number: 495 Translator of "Whither Jesus, goest Thou?" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs"

H. O. Houghton & Co.

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Henry T. Miller

Person Name: Rev. Henry Miller Hymnal Number: 866 Author of "Our souls, by love together knit" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs"

Anna Shipman

Person Name: Miss Anna Shipman Hymnal Number: 510 Author of "Come to Jesus! Are you lonely?" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs"

Joseph Dacre Carlyle

1759 - 1804 Person Name: Rev. Joseph D. Carlyle, 1758-1804 Hymnal Number: 1026 Author of "Lord, when we bend before Thy throne" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" Joseph Dacre Carlyle was born at Carlisle, in 1759. He became Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge, in 1794, and afterwards Vicar of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was the author of several works. His death occurred in 1804. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872 ====================== Carlyle, Joseph Dacre, B.D., some time Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge, and afterwards Vicar of Newcastle-on-Tyne, was born at Carlisle, June 4, 1758. In 1799 he accompanied the Earl of Elgin to Constantinople with the object of exploring the literary treasures of the public Library of that city. He extended his journey into Asia Minor, and the islands and shores of the Archipelago. He died at Newcastle, April 12, 1804. Amongst his manuscripts were Poems, suggested chiefly by Scenes in Asia Minor, Syria, &c. These were published under that title, in 1805, by Susanna Maria Carlyle. His hymns, which appeared in J. Fawcett's Psalms & Hymns, Carlisle, 1802, include, "Lord, when we bend before Thy throne "—his most popular production; a paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer,"Father of heaven, Whose gracious hand"; and "Lord, when we creation scan." His works include Specimens of Arabian Poetry, 1796. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

J. Brewer

1752 - 1817 Person Name: Rev. Jehoida Brewer, 1752-1817 Hymnal Number: 237 Author of "Hail, sovereign Love, that first began" in The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" Brewer, Jehoiada, the "Sylvestris" of the Gospel Magazine, 1776, &c, was born at Newport, Monmouthshire, in 1752. He was educated for commercial pursuits, but subsequently became a Congregational Minister, and as such was pastor at Rodborough, Gloucestershire; at Sheffield, to which he went in 1783; at Carr's Lane Chapel, Birmingham (1798); and at the Livery Street Chapel, in the same town. He died Aug. 24, 1817. A Memoir of him appeared in the Evangelical Register, 1835, p. 396. His best-known hymn is—"Hail, Sovereign Love, that first began" (q. v.). -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)