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William Bengo Collyer
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Short Name: William Bengo Collyer
Full Name: Collyer, William Bengo, 1782-1854
Birth Year: 1782
Death Year: 1854

William Bengo Collyer was born at Blackheath Hill, in 1782, and studied at Homerton College. Before completing his twentieth year he became pastor of a Congregational society at Peckham, continuing in that position through his life. He died in 1854. He received the degree of D.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1808. For many years he was one of the most popular Dissenting ministers in London. He published many hymns and some works on theology.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.

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Collyer, William Bengo, D.D., born at Blackheath, April 14, 1782, educated at Homerton College, where, when 16 years old, he was enrolled as a student for the ministry. At 20 he began his ministry at Peckham on Dec. 17, 1801 ordained pastor of a small church consisting of ten communicants. From 1814 to 1826 he was also pastor of a Church meeting in Salters' Hall. On June 17, 1817, a new chapel was opened for him at Peckham. There, from the time of his settlement in 1801, he laboured with great success and honour until Dec. 11, 1853, on which clay he preached for the last time. He died Jan. 8, 1854.

Dr. Collyer was eminent in his day as an eloquent Evangelical preacher, when formalism in worship, and Arianism in doctrine, prevailed. He was a man of amiable disposition, polished manners, and Christian courtesy; popular with rich and poor alike. He was the author of a series of lectures on Divine Revelation, in seven volumes: Scripture Facts, Prophecies, Miracles, Parables, Doctrines, Duties, Comparisons. Dr. Collyer compiled a hymn-book with the title, Hymns partly collected and partly original, designed as a supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns, 1812. It was intended at first for the use of his own congregation only, and was to include many hymns composed by himself, to be sung after sermons which he had preached to them, but he was led to alter the plan. It comprises 979 hymns, 6 choruses, and 4 doxologics, arranged in groups according to their authors, and not subjects. Of this number 57 were written by Dr. Collyer, and are for the most part short descriptive or didactic poems, religious or moral essays in verse, and not hymns addressed to the Creator and Redeemer. Some of them are devoid of Christian truth, and are poems of nature or of sentiment. Some of them were written during the hard and sorrowful times of the wars of Bonaparte, and relate to famine and national calamity. Several were prepared for the public meetings of missionary and benevolent societies, which had their origin in his time. He also published Services suited to the Solemnization of Matrimony, Baptism, &c, 1837, which contained 89 of his hymns, &c.; Hymns for Israel, a Tribute of Love for God's Ancient People, 1848 (41 hymns). In Dr. Leifchild's Original Hymns, 1843, there are also 39 of his compositions. Many of his pieces appeared in the Evangelical Magazine, and were also appended to his numerous published Sermons. A few of his hymns are still in common use, including. "Another fleeting day is gone"; "Assembled at Thy great command"; "O Jesu, in this solemn hour"; "O Thou, the helpless orphan's hope"; "Return, O wanderer, return," and the fine cento, "Great God, what do I see and hear."

[Rev. F. J. Faulding, D.D.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Collyer, William Bengo, p. 243, ii. The following hymns by Dr. Collyer are also in common use:—
1. Another fleeting day is gone. Evening. (1812.)
2. 0 Jesus, in this solemn hour. Reception of Church Officers. (1842.)
3. O Thou, the helpless orphan's hope. On Behalf of Orphans. In the Evangelical Magazine, 1808, p. 48.
4. See the clouds upon the mountain. Sunday Morning. (1842.)
5. Soft be the gently breathing notes. Praise to the Redeemer. (1812.)
6. Softly the shade of evening falls. Evening. (1812.) From this, “Soon shall a darker night descend" is taken.
7. Thou Prince of glory slain for me. Good Friday. (1812.)
The date 1812 is that of his Collection, and 1842 of Leifchild's Original Hymns.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)


Texts by William Bengo Collyer (53)sort ascendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Young men exhort, the apostle saidWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)8
Ye saints, assist me in my songWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)13
When on the brink of deathRev. William B. Collyer (Author)English15
When I tread the mortal valeWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)5
When dreadful o’er a mourning landWilliam B. Collyer (Alterer)English2
When bending over the brink of lifeWilliam B. Collyer (Author)English72
Wędrowcze, wróć do Ojca, wróćWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)Polish2
United prayers ascend to TheeWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)English21
To the cross where Jesus diesWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)14
Thou Prince of glory, slain for me, Breathing forgiveness in thy prayerWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)14
Think, O ye who fondly languishWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)English27
The night shall hear me raise my songCollyer (Author)11
The day is far spent, the evening is nighWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)7
The dawning day at length appearsWilliam B. Collyer (Author)1
The angels watched over the tombWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)2
The angels that watched round the tombWm. B. Collyer (Author)English35
That solemn hour will surely comeWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)4
Soft be the gently breathing notesCollyer (Author)English55
See the clouds upon the mountains Collyer (Author)English7
Saints for whom the Savior bledWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)English11
Round the awful tomb we standWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)2
Return, O wanderer, to thy homeW. B Collyer (Author)English2
Return, O wanderer, return And seek an injured Father's faceCollyer (Author)English370
Return, O wanderer, now return, Thy Savior bids thee liveWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)English1
On Tabor's top the Savior standsCollyer (Author)4
Oft in danger, oft in woeW. B. Collyer (Alterer)English1
O thou whose beams serenely brightWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)6
O thou the helpless orphan's hopeWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)13
O Jesus, in this solemn hourWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)English9
Morning breaks upon the tombCollyer (Author)English159
Lord, in this dark, this awful hourWilliam B. Collyer (Author)English2
Join all who love the Savior's nameCollyer (Author)English1
Jesus, Thou Shepherd of the sheep (Collyer)William Bengo Collyer (Author)English7
It is the voice of love divineCollyer (Author)5
I soon shall accomplish my raceCollyer (Author)10
I leave the world with willing feetWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)8
High on the mount the Savior standsWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)3
Traveler, haste, the night comes onWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)English75
Happy the Christian familyWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)English6
Great God, when I approach thy throneRev. W. B. Collyer (Translator)English2
Great God, what do I see and hear!W. B. Collyer (Translator)English76
From his low bed of mortal dustWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)12
Father of the human raceCollyer (Author)English11
Father of mercies, God of love! O hear an humble suppliant's cryCollyer (Author)English4
Faith I need, O Lord, bestow itWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)3
Eil! Wanderer, der Abend nahtWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)German2
Deign this union to approveWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)English7
Daughter of anguish, child of woeWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)2
Cease, ye mourners, cease to languishCollyer (Author)English120
By the thoughtless world deridedWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)English8
Assembled at Thy great commandWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)English102
Assembled at thine own commandWilliam Bengo Collyer (Author)4
Another fleeting day is goneWm. B. Collyer, 1812 (Author)English42

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