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Edmund W. Goldsmith

1860 - 1934 Person Name: E. W. Goldsmith Hymnal Number: T17 Harmonizer of "O FILII ET FILIAE" in The Book of Common Praise

1810 - 1883 Person Name: Canon Thomas R. Birks Hymnal Number: 72b Author of "The mighty God, the Lord hath spoken" in The Book of Common Praise Birks, Thomas Rawson, M.A., b. Sept. 1810, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1834, M.A. 1837), of which he subsequently became a Fellow. Having taken Holy Orders in 1837, he became Rector of Kelshall, Herts, 1844; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, 1866; Hon. Canon of Ely Cathedral, 1871; and Professor of Moral Philosophy, Cambridge, 1872. He d. at Cambridge, July 21, 1883. His works, to the number of 25, include Biblical, Astronomical, Scientific, Prophetic, and other subjects. He also wrote the Memoirs of the Rev. E Bickersteth (his father-in-law), 2 vols., 1851. His hymns appeared in Bickersteth's Christian Psalmody; 1833; and, together with Versions of the Psalms, in his Companion Psalter, 1874. They number upwards of 100. [Eng. Psalters, § xx.] Very few are in common use in Great Britain, but in America their use is extending. They include:— 1. Except the Lord do build the house. Ps. cxxvii. 2. O come, let us sing to the Lord. Ps. xcv. 3. O King of Mercy, from Thy throne on high. Ps. lxxx. 4. O taste and see that He is good. Ps. xxxiv. 5. O when from all the ends of earth. Psj xiv. 6. The heavens declare Thy glory. Ps. xix. 7. The Lord Himself my Portion is. Ps. liii. 8. The mighty God, the Lord hath spoken. Ps. l. 9. Thou art gone up on high, O Christ, &c. Ps. xlvii. 10. Whom have I [we] Lord in heaven, but Thee. Ps. lxxiii. Of these versions of the Psalms, all of which date from 1874, the most popular is No. 3. Mr. Birks' compositions are worthy of greater attention than they have hitherto received. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Charles Harris

1865 - 1936 Person Name: Rev. C. Harris Hymnal Number: 632b Composer of "HARRIS" in The Book of Common Praise Born: July 20, 1865, Islington, London, England. Died: July 30, 1936. Buried: St. Leonard’s parish church, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England. Harris earned his Doctor of Divinity degree at Oxford University, and served as Vicar of Colwall, Herefordshire (1909-29), and as Prebendary of Hereford Cathedral. His works include: Christian Reunion from the Nonconformist and the Church Point of View, 1903 Pro Fide: A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion (London: J. Murray, 1914) Creeds or No Creeds? A Critical Examination of the Basis of Modernism (New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1922) --www.hymntime.com/tch

Jacques Bridaine

1701 - 1767 Person Name: Rev. Jacques Bridaine (1701-67) Hymnal Number: 142 Author of "My Lord, my Master, at thy feet adoring" in The Book of Common Praise Jacques Bridaine (21 March 1701 in Chusclan – 22 December 1767 in Roquemaure) was a French Roman Catholic preacher. Having completed his studies at the Jesuit college of Avignon he entered the Sulpician Seminary of the Royal Missions of St. Charles of the Cross. Soon after his ordination to the priesthood in 1725, he joined the Missions Royales, organized to bring back to the Catholíc faith the Protestants of France. For over forty years he visited as a missionary preacher almost every town of central and southern France. When only in minor orders, he was assigned as Lenten preacher in the Church of Aigues-Mortes. It was at Aigues-Mortes where his extreme youth provoked the derision of the people and when Ash Wednesday arrived, the church was empty. Undismayed, he put on his surplice and went out in the principal streets, ringing a bell, and inviting the people to hear him. He succeeded in filling the church with congregants who came out of curiosity but when he began in a most unusual fashion by singing a canticle about death the congregation burst out in loud laughter; whereupon he denounced the congregation. He was characteristically sensational. He wrote little and gave way to the inspiration of the moment and as a consequence his utterances at times were an incoherent jumble of incongruous figures and ideas, which clashed with each other and were often even grotesque. It was Cardinal Maury who called attention to his exordium in the sermon on Eternity which was said to be improvised. Father Cahour, S.J., inserted it in his Chefs-d'Oeuvre d'éloquence, and Maury who wrote it from memory declared that it was worthy of Bossuet or Demosthenes. It was proclaimed at St. Sulpice before an audience of dignitaries. Nevertheless, Bridaine denounced the assembly as sinners, and bade them to tremble before him, "Today I hold your condemnation in my hand." Opinions were divided about the oratory; some finding a self-consciousness in it which was unapostolic. He was renowned for having a sonorous and penetrating voice that could easily be heard by an audience of ten thousand people. He tended towards great theatrics to engage his audience. A supreme instance of these "methods" as he called them, and which he always insisted upon being carried out, is narrated by Madame Necker in the Nouveaux Mélanges (I, 138). He had just delivered a stirring discourse when addressing himself to the great procession which had followed him he said: "I am now going to bring you home" and he led them to the grave-yard. In the course of his life he preached two hundred and fifty-six missions, traveling to almost every town of France in the performance of his work. Pope Benedict XIV gave him permission to preach anywhere in Christendom. Medals were struck in his honor, and the most distinguished prelates showed him the greatest reverence and affection. His Cantiques Spirituels passed through forty-seven editions, in use in most French churches. He has also left five volumes of sermons (ed. Avignon, 1823; Paris, 1861). The Protestants of France are said to have been particularly friendly to him, because of the many good offices he performed in their regard. For fourteen years he followed the spiritual guidance of a missionary like himself named Mahistre. In 1742 Cardinal Fleury proposed to establish a missionary congregation for all France under the direction of Bridaine, but the death of the cardinal caused the project to fall through. In Paris, in 1744, his sermons created a deep impression. France was wild with excitement about him. His appeals were so powerful that in a mission which he preached at Chalon-sur-Saône in 1745 there were restitutions to the amount of 100,000 francs. His reputation as an orator was so great that even Massillon was unwilling to preach in his presence. In the course of his missions he established what he called "peace tribunals", courts composed of some of his associate missionaries, a number of irreproachable laymen, and the parish priest. To these courts all disputes were submitted and the decisions were accepted as final. His life was written by the Abbé Carron. The book was frequently translated into English, the first edition published in 1831. --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Philip Carrington

1892 - 1975 Person Name: Bishop Philip Carrington Hymnal Number: 197 Author of "We bless the God and Father" in The Book of Common Praise Philip Carrington, M.A. (Cantab.), Lit.D. (N.Z.), hon. S.T.D., hon. D.C.L.; Bishop of Quebec ==================== Carringon, Philip. (Lichfield, England, July 6, 1892--October 3, 1975, Malmesbury, England). Anglican. University College, Christchurch, New Zealand, B.A., 1912; Ma.>, 1913. Selwyn College, Cambridge, B.A>, 1916; M.A. 1923 (after two brief pastorates in New Zealand). Warden, St. Barnabas' College, Adelaide, South Australia, 1923-1927; Dean of Divinity, Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec, 1927-1935. Elected bishop of Quebec, 1935; archbishop, 1944; retired to England, 1960. He contributed much to the 1959 revision of the Canadian Prayer Book, and published several works on Canadian church history, notably The Anglican Church in Canada (Toronto: Collins, 1962). His hymn for St. Peter's Day was substituted by the compilers of the 1938 Book of Common Praise for their first choice, which mentioned the apostle's wife--about whom many clergy protested that they knew too little to risk honoring. --Hugh McKellar, DNAH Archives

Joseph Pring

1776 - 1842 Person Name: J. Pring, 1776-1842 Hymnal Number: C12 Composer of "[O come let us sing unto the Lord]" in The Book of Common Praise

B. Lamb

Hymnal Number: C17 Composer of "[O come let us sing unto the Lord]" in The Book of Common Praise

John Jones

1728 - 1796 Person Name: J. Jones, 1728-96 Hymnal Number: C125 Composer of "[Christ our passover is sacrificed for us]" in The Book of Common Praise

Adelaide M. Plumptre

1871 - 1948 Hymnal Number: 550 Author of "Keep thyself pure! Christ's soldier, hear" in The Book of Common Praise Plumptre, Adelaide Mary (Wynne Willson). (Hanborough, England, January 22, 1871--September 1948, Toronto, Ontario). Anglican. Studied, then taught, at Somerville College, Oxford, before marrying (1901) Henry Pemberton Plumptre and coming to Canada, where he became chaplain of Wycliffe College, Toronto (1901-1903) and curate of St. George's, Montreal (1903-1908) before returning briefly to England. In 1909 he came back to Toronto as rector of St. James' Cathedral, succeeding Edward Ashurst Welch; after his retirement in 1935, the couple lived on in Toronto, where Adelaide Plumptre published a pamphlet of hymns just before her death. "Keep thyself pure!", which the Book of Common Praise (1908 and 1938) included, dates from 1907, when the temperance movement in Canada was reaching its height. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives