Author: John Wyse
Wyse, John, was b. in 1825 at Dublin, ordained priest 1851, was in 1884 R. C. priest in charge at Tichborne, Hants, and d. May 22, 1898, at Clifton Wood Convent, Bristol. His hymns include:—
1. From day to day, sing loud thy lay (p. 1720, i.).
2. God comes to His altar. Holy Communion.
3. God the Father, Who did'st make me. Holy
Trinity.
4. I'll sing a hymn to Mary. B. V. M.
Of these Nos. 3, 4, are in the Crown of Jesus, 1862, Nos. 130, 143; No. 1 in the Dominican Hymn Book, 1881, p. 36; No. 2 in the C.SS.R. Appendix of 1885 to Hymns for the Year, No. 309. No. 1 is also in the Arundel Hymns, 1902, and Nos. 3, 4 in Tozer's Catholic Hymns, 1898.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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