Thomas Hincks

Hincks, Thomas, B.A , F.R.S., was born at Exeter in 1818, and educated at the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast, and Manchester College, York. He has been pastor of Unitarian congregations at Cork, 1839; Dublin, 1841; Warrington, 1844; Exeter, 1846; Sheffield, 1852, and Mill Hill, Leeds, 1855-1869. He is the author of several scientific works and papers. His hymns were contributed to Vespers according to the use of Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds, 1868, a Supplement to the collection used by that congregation. They are:—
1. Hark, the evening call to prayer. Evening.
2. Heavenly Father, by Whose care. Evening.
3. Lord, in the holy hour of even. Evening.
4. To the Cross, O Lord, we bear. Holy Communion.
The most popular of these hymns is No. 2.
They are all of more than average merit, and are worthy of attention. [Rev. W. Garrett Holder]

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology