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J. Wallace

Person Name: Wallace Hymnal Number: 539 Author of "Behold the living tree" in The Universalist Hymn-Book

1577 - 1643 Person Name: Sandys Hymnal Number: 187 Author of "Thou who sitt'st enthron'd above!" in The Universalist Hymn-Book 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)

John Peacock

1731 - 1803 Person Name: Peacock Hymnal Number: 492 Author of "Now in the face of Jesus, we" in The Universalist Hymn-Book Peacock, John, was born in 1731; became a Wesleyan Minister in 1767, retired therefrom through ill health in 1796, and died in 1803. In 1776 he published Songs of Praise compiled from the Holy Scriptures. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

J. M. G.

Hymnal Number: 576 Author of "The silent noon of night was past" in The Universalist Hymn-Book

P. Hall

Hymnal Number: 428 Author of "Old hoary winter now has ceas'd his raging" in The Universalist Hymn-Book

Thomas Park

b. 1760 Person Name: Park Hymnal Number: 551 Author of "My soul, praise the Lord" in The Universalist Hymn-Book Park, Thomas, F.S.A., was born in 1760 and died in 1835. He was an engraver, but found more congenial work in literary pursuits. In addition to publishing Nugæ Modernæ, an original work of prose and poetry, in 1818, he also edited several works, including the Works of J. Hammond, 1805; Works of John Dryden, 1806; the Works of the British Poets, in 42 small volumes, 1808; Poetical Works of Isaac Watts, 1807, and others. His hymn:— My soul, praise the Lord, speak good of His Name, His mercies record, &c, Ps. civ., or Universal Praise, appeared in Psalms & Hymns. Selected from Various Authors, with Occasional Alterations, for Use of a Parochial Church. By a Country Clergyman. London: Bulmer 1807, p. 556, in 5 st. of 8 1. There is appended thereto the following note:— "At the moment of closing this little collection I am favoured with the above hymn from my obliging friend. This almost extemporaneous effusion of his peculiarly neat and poetic pen was excited by my expressing (in a letter soliciting some psalmodic information) regret that I had only one set of words for Handel's simple, sublime tune for the 104th Psalm." For these details we are indebted to Miller's Singers and Songs of the Church, 1869, p. 329. The opening line of this hymn is composed of the first two lines of W. Kethe's version of Ps. civ. in the Old Version, 1561. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William Hampson

1770 - 1834 Person Name: Hampson Hymnal Number: 481 Author of "Daughters of pity, tune the lay" in The Universalist Hymn-Book Hampson, William, 1770-1834. A Dukinfield layman, three of whose hymns are in the Dukinfield Collection, 1822. 1. Daughters of pity, tune the lay. Charity. Also in Aspland, 1810, and Dobell, 1816. 2. The Lord of life hath burst his chains. The Resurrection of Christ. 3. The toil has ceased by which we're fed. The Lord's Day. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Edward Hovell-Thurlow, Baron Thurlow

1781 - 1829 Person Name: Thurlow Hymnal Number: 564 Author of "To praise the Lord be our delight" in The Universalist Hymn-Book Thurlow, Edward Hovell-Thurlow, 2nd Baron, nephew of Lord Chancellor Thurlow, was born June 10, 1781, and died June 3, 1829 --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Abner Kneeland

1774 - 1844 Person Name: Kneeland Hymnal Number: 43 Author of "All nature speaks, let men give ear" in The Universalist Hymn-Book Kneeland, Abner, born in 1774, was noted for his religious changes, most of which may be traced through his hymns. He contributed 147 pieces to the American Universalist's Hymns composed by different Authors, 1808; and also edited The Philadelphia Hymn Book, 1819, and Hymns for the Use of those who are Slaves to no Sect, in 1834. In 1836 he underwent a trial at Boston for blasphemy. He died in 1844. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (190 ============================== Kneeland, Rev. Abner. (Iowa, 1774--1844, Salubria, Iowa). A Universalist miniter, one of the editors of the collection Hymns composed by different Authors, by order of the General Convention of Universalists of the New England States, 1808, to which he contributed 138 hymns, of poor quality. He resigned from the Universalist ministry in 1829 and became lecturer to a society of Freethinkers in Boston, and began publication of a periodical called the Investigator. In 1833 he was indicted on a charge of blasphemy and served a prison sentence. On his release he returned to Iowa, then a territory, and established a free-thinking colony which he called Salubria. His hymn beginning "Mediator, Son of God" is included in Church Harmonies: New and Old, 1895. --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives

Roger Flexman

1708 - 1795 Person Name: Flexman Hymnal Number: 310 Author of "Great God! to thee my grateful tongue" in The Universalist Hymn-Book Flexman, Roger, D.D., 1708-1795, b. at Great Torrington, Devon. Educated for the ministry at Tiverton by Rev. John Moore, ordained at Modbury, 1730, and from 1747 to 1783 was minister at Rotherhithe. In 1770 appointed one of the compilers of the Index of the Commons Journals. He contributed 4 hymns to Pope's Collection, 1760:— 1. Great God, to thee my grateful tongue. God the Benefactor. 2. In realms of everlasting light. Saint's Conflict and Reward. 3. Jesus, adorned with grace divine. Second Advent. 4. To God my grateful soul ascend. Ps. cxxi. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)