J. S. Howson

Howson, John Saul, D.D., was b. in 1816, and educated at Trinity Coll., Camb., B.A. (1st class Cl.) 1837. From 1849 to 1865 Principal of Liverpool College, and Dean of Chester 1867. His theological works are well known. His contributions to hymnology are few. The hymn, "At all times praise the Lord" (In Affliction), was "written during a time of deep depression in a nervous breakdown which he had about the year 1880" (Family note in MS.). It is found in Dr. Hunter's Hymns of Faith and Life, 1889; The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904, and others. Dean Howson died Dec. 15, 1885. .

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)