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George Rundle Prynne

1818 - 1903 Person Name: G. R. Prynne Author of "The day is done" in Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal George Rundle Prynne studied at S. Catherine's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1839, M.A. 1861. He was ordained Deacon in 1841, and Priest in 1842. He afterwards became Curate of S. Andrew's, Clifton, and entered upon his present incumbency of S. Peter's, Plymouth, in 1848. He has published some sermons and manuals. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. ================ Prynne, George Rundle, M.A., son of John Allen Prynne, was born at West Looe, Cornwall, Aug. 23, 1818, and educated at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, B.A., 1839; M.A. 1861. He took Holy Orders in 1841, and became Vicar of St. Peter's, Plymouth, in 1848. He has published Parochial Sermons, 1846; Plain Parochial Sermons, 1856; another series, 1876; The Dying Soldier's Visions, and Other Poems and Hymns, 1881, &c. He also published Hymnal suited for the Services of the Church, 1858. His most popular hymn is “Jesu, meek and gentle,” p. 591, ii. His hymns "The day is done; O God the Son" (Evening), and "Thy glory fills the heavens" (The Glory of the Father), have also been included in a few collections. He died Mar. 25, 1903. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Composer of "FRESHWATER" in Sunday-School Book

Patty Caroline Dunsterville

1831 - 1887 Person Name: P. Caroline Dunsterville Author of "The day is done" in Sunday-School Book Dunsterville, Patty Caroline, née Sellon, daughter of Captain Sellon, of the Royal Navy, and wife of Colonel Lionel D'Arcy Dunsterville, died at Teignmouth, Devon, Jan. 7, 1887. Her hymn "The day is done:—O God the Son" (Evening) is in Thring's Collection, 1882. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)