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John Blain

1795 - 1879 Hymnal Number: d152 Author of "My dearest friends in bonds of love" in Baptist Harmony Blain, John. (Fishkill, New York, February 14, 1795--December 26, 1879, Mansfield, Massachusetts). Baptist. Studied at Fairfield (New York) and Middlebury (New York) academies. Pastored for nearly sixty years in : Auburn, New York City, York, and Syracuse, New York; Pawtucket and Central Falls, Rhode Island; New London, Connecticut; Charlestown and Mansfield, Massachusetts. He was also an evangelist and baptized about three thousand persons. He gave large sums to missions while living, and willed his property to home and foreign missions. The one hymn for which Blain is remembered is a parting hymn written in 1818, and published in the Original and Selected Reformation Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1829). Comprising twelve stanzas, the hymn begins: My Christian friends in bonds of love, Whose hearts in sweetest union prove; Your friendship's like a drawing band, Yet we must take the parting hand. A part of this hymn, altered by Rev. H.L. Hastings, later appeared in Songs of Pilgrimage (1886). Paul R. Powell (?), DNAH Archives

Thomas Baldwin

1753 - 1825 Hymnal Number: d78 Author of "From whence doth [does] this [the] union arise" in Baptist Harmony Baldwin, Thomas. (Bozrah, Connecticut, December 23, 1753--August 29, 1825, Waterville, Maine). Following the death of his father and his mother's remarriage, he moved at age sixteen to Canaan, New Hampshire. He was married in 1775, and while a young man was elected to represent Canaan in the legislature and was repeatedly reelected. Following his conversion he was baptized in 1781. He then abandoned his legal studies and began to preach in 1782, being ordained in the following year and then serving for seven years as an evangelist. In 1790 he became pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Boston. He published a number of books and was the first editor of the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Magazine, beginning in 1803. For many years he was chosen chaplain of the General Court of Massachusetts, delivering the annual sermon on the general election day in 1802. He was given the M.A. from Brown University in 1794 and the D.D. from Union College in 1803. His death occurred during a visit he made as a trustee to the annual commencement of Waterville College. See: Chessman, Daniel. (1826). Memoir of Rev. Thomas Baldwin. (Boston). --Harry Eskew, DNAH Archives ====================================== Baldwin, Thomas, D.D., born at Bozrah, or Norwich, Connecticut, 1753, was representative for some time of his native State in the Legislature. In 1783 he was ordained to the Baptist ministry, and from 1790 till his death, in 1825, he was Pastor of the Second Baptist Church, Boston. His best known hymns are:— 1. Almighty Saviour, here we stand. Holy Baptism. This hymn "For Immersion " was contributed to a Collection of Sacred and Devotional Hymns, Boston, 1808, from whence it has passed into later Collections, including the Baptist Praise Book, N. Y., 1871, and others. 2. From whence does this union rise? Communion of Saints. First found in J. Asplund's New Collection, Baltimore, 1793, beginning, "O whence does this union rise." Formerly very popular, and still in use as in the Baptist Hymn [and Tune] Book, Phila., 1871, No. 638. In the Church Pastorals, Boston, 1864, No. 981, it is altered to "From whence doth this union arise.” 3. Ye happy saints, the Lamb adore. Holy Baptism. For Immersion, first appeared in a Collection of Sacred and Devotional Hymns, Boston, 1808, from whence it passed in an altered form as:—"Come, happy souls, adore the Lamb," into Winchell's Supplement to Watts, 1819. It is found in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866, and many modern American Baptist collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ============================

Joseph Hinchsliffe

1760 - 1807 Hymnal Number: d228 Author of "This is the field, the world below, In which the sower" in Baptist Harmony Hinchsliffe, Joseph, a Sheffield manufacturer, and a member of the Wesleyan body, was born at Sheffield in 1760, and died at Dumfries in 1807. Concerning his hymn in the Primitive Methodist Hymnal, 1887, "This is the field, the world below" (Death and the Resurrection), Dorricott and Collins say in their Lyric Studies, 1889, p. 289, "It has been traced to a Tract, entitled Favourite Hymns, Odes, and Anthems, as Sung at the Methodist Chapels in Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Nottingham Circuits, Fifth edition, 1797, and immediately under the title of this hymn are the words 'By J. Hinchsliffe.'" --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

George W. Bungay

1818 - 1892 Hymnal Number: d137 Author of "Kind Shepherd, lead me o'er the plain" in Baptist Harmony Born: July 22, 1818, Walsham le Willows, Suffolk, England. Died: July 10, 1892, Bloomfield, New Jersey. Bungay moved to America at age nine. As a young man, he married Louise Whitney of New York City, with whom he had five children. After her death, he taught school in Canada, later moved to Buffalo, New York, then founded the Independent newspaper in Ilion, New York. When the paper moved to Utica, New York, it was renamed the Central Independent. Bungay also wrote for New York Tribune under Horace Greeley, and edited the weekly journal Metropolitan. In 1849, Bungay married Catherine Herkimer, and had three children with her. Bungay was a well known lecturer, poet, abolitionist, and temperance advocate. He worked in the New York custom house (1873-87). His works include: Offhand Takings, or Crayon Sketches (New York: 1854) Traits of Representative Men, 1882 Pen Portraits of Illustrious Abstainers (National Temperance Society, 1884) The Creeds of the Bells The Poets of Queen Elizabeth’s Time © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)

Thomas Morrell

1781 - 1841 Hymnal Number: d80 Author of "Go and the Savior's grace proclaim" in Baptist Harmony

Thomas Cleland

Hymnal Number: d71 Author of "Farewell, my dear brethren, the time is at hand" in Baptist Harmony

Stephen P. Hill

1806 - 1884 Person Name: S. P. Hiull Hymnal Number: d45 Author of "Come, saints, adore your Savior, God" in Baptist Harmony Hill, Stephen P. An American Baptist Minister, who published Christian Melodies, Baltimore, 1836, in which there are 25 of his hymns signed ”H." His hymn "Come, saints, adore your Saviour God” (Holy Baptism) is one of these. It is also found in the Sabbath Hymn Book , Baptist edition, 1859, and others. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology ======================= Hill, Stephen P., p. 524, i. Born at Salem, Massachusetts, April 17, 1806; entered the Baptist ministry in 1832; and died at Washington, District of Columbia, Sept. 15, 1884. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Hewett

Hymnal Number: d117 Author of "If I perish, I will go" in Baptist Harmony Hewett. This name, and the date 1850, are given in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866, to "Come, poor sinner, come and see" (Invitation), on the authority of D. Sedgwick (S. MSS.). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)