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William Mitchell

1793 - 1867 Hymnal Number: d64 Author of "Jesus, thy love shall [can] we forget" in The Wesleyan Harp, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes Suitable for Social Worship. 1st ed. Mitchell, William, born at Chester, Connecticut, Dec. 19, 1793, educated at Yale College. entered the Congregational Ministry in 1825, and d. at Corpus Christi, Texas, Aug. 1, 1867. To Pt. i. of Joshua Leavitt's Christian Lyre, 1830-1, he contributed “Servants of the Living God" (Christian Warfare); and to Pt. ii. "Jesus, Thy love shall we forget" (The Love of Christ). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

D. R. Thomason

Hymnal Number: d78 Author of "O no, we cannot sing the songs made for Jehovah's Praise" in The Wesleyan Harp, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes Suitable for Social Worship. 1st ed.

Moses Browne

1703 - 1787 Hymnal Number: d150 Author of "When with [my] mind divinely pressed" in The Wesleyan Harp, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes Suitable for Social Worship. 1st ed. Browne, Moses, was born in humble circumstances in 1703, and was distinguished as a poet and miscellaneous writer. He was Vicar of Olney, Bucks, and for some time Chaplain of Morden College, Blackheath, Kent, where he died Sept. 13, 1787. His poetical works were:— (1) Poems, 1739; (2) The Works, and Rest of the Creation,in two parts. Pt. i. An Essay on the Universe; Pt. ii. Sunday Thoughts, &c, 1752 (6th edition, 1805). His hymns are contained in Pt. iv. of the Sunday Thoughts, together with versions of Ps. 130 and 139. He is known chiefly through his hymn "When with a mind devoutly pressed" (Penitence), which is "Night Song, No. viii.," in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, of the Sunday Thoughts, having originally appeared in his Poems, 1739, p. 457. He complains in a note of editors of hymn-books printing this hymn "from an imperfect copy." It has been ascribed from time to time to various authors. (3) He also published in 1772, a translation of J. L. Zimmerman's Excellency of the Knowledge of Jesus Christ, 1732, from which the hymn, "Tis not too hard, too high an aim," is taken. It is annotated under "Es ist nicht schwert." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

W. Mitchell

Hymnal Number: d101 Author of "Servants of the living God" in The Wesleyan Harp, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes Suitable for Social Worship. 1st ed.

Eliel Davis

1803 - 1849 Hymnal Number: d31 Author of "From every earthly pleasure" in The Wesleyan Harp, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes Suitable for Social Worship. 1st ed. Davis, Eliel, was born at Folkestone, June 5, 1803. In 1822 he entered a business establishment in London, and joined the Baptist church in Eagle Street. Entering the Baptist Ministry he was successively pastor at Newport, Isle of Wight; Regent Street, Lambeth, London; Eye, in Suffolk; and St. Ives, in Huntingdonshire. He died in March, 1849. His hymn "From every earthly pleasure" (Onward) was contributed to ms. monthly magazine, in 1821, edited by Dr. Belcher, author of Historical Sketches of Hymns, and through Dr. Belcher's influence was published in The New Baptist Magazine, March, 1825, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines. It is found, usually abridged, in several modern collections. Another of his hymns "There is a heaven of perfect peace" (Heaven Anticipated), appeared in the Supplement to the Evangelical Magazine, 18(5, and is also in common use. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

W. C. Tillou

Hymnal Number: d50 Author of "Eden of love" in The Wesleyan Harp, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes Suitable for Social Worship. 1st ed.

C. K. True

Hymnal Number: d46 Author of "How long by Babel's stream" in The Wesleyan Harp, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes Suitable for Social Worship. 1st ed.

Joel Asaac Knight

1754 - 1808 Hymnal Number: d94 Author of "Once more my eyes behold the day" in The Wesleyan Harp, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes Suitable for Social Worship. 1st ed. Knight, Joel Abel. In Dobell's New Selection of 700 Evangelical Hymns, 1806, is a hymn on the death of a child, commencing, "Alas! how changed that lovely flower," the name affixed being "Knight." It also appears with the same signature in Denham's Selection, 1837, and in some American hymn-books. The writer was most probably the Rev. Joel Abel Knight, an Evangelical divine, who, in 1789, published a volume of Sermons, and was the author of a small volume of Sacred Poems. Knight was a man of some note, and friend of J. Newton, Greathead, Rippon, and Ryland. He was also the author of "My Father's at the helm." [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ===================== Knight, J. A.[Abraham], p. 628, ii., b. April 23, 1754; d. April 22, 1808. See the Evangelical Magazine, Aug. 1808. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

John Bowdler

1783 - 1815 Hymnal Number: d14 Author of "Child of want and doubt and pain" in The Wesleyan Harp, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes Suitable for Social Worship. 1st ed. John Bowlder was born in London, in 1783. He was educated at Winchester College, and entered the legal profession. As a barrister, he gave unusual promise of eminence; but died in 1815, at the age of thirty-two. His miscellaneous writings were published in 1816, by his father, under the title of "Select Pieces of Prose and Verse." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872. ================================= Bowdler, John, born in London, Feb. 4, 1783, and educated at the Sevenoaks Grammar School, and Winchester. In 1807 he was called to the Bar, but ill-health necessitated his residence abroad for a short time. On his return he resumed the duties of his profession. His weakness, however, increased, and gradually sinking, he died Feb. 1, 1815. He was a person of more than usual parts, and gained the friendship of Macauluy, Wilberforce, and other men of eminence. In 1816 his Select Pieces in Verse and Prose, were published by his father with a brief Memoir, Lond., G. Davidson. The two vols. contain essays, reviews, poetical pieces, versions of 4 Psalms, and 6 hymns. Of his hymns and Psalm versions nearly all are in common use. The best of these are, “As panting in the sultry beam"; “Children of God, who pacing slow;" and "Lord, before Thy throne we bend." The rest include: — 1. Beyond the dark and stormy bound. Heaven. This is a part of his hymn on the Sabbath. The ori¬ginal begins "When God from dust created man," is in 10 stanzas of 6 lines, and dated 1812. 2. Children of God, who pacing [faint and] slow. Encouragement. 3. Lord, before Thy throne we bend. Ps. cxx. 3. 4. 0 fcod, my heart within me faints. Ps. xlii. 5. Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. Praise. Entitled "Thankfulness," and dated "Jan. 1814." 6. To heaven I lift mine eyes. Ps. cxxi. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Will C. Brown

Person Name: W. C. Brown Hymnal Number: d58 Author of "Jesus, full of condescension" in The Wesleyan Harp, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes Suitable for Social Worship. 1st ed.