Short Name: | John M. Sloan |
Full Name: | Sloan, John M., 1835-1890 |
Birth Year: | 1835 |
Death Year (est.): | 1890 |
Sloan, John Morrison, M.A., eldest son of John Sloan, farmer of Stairaird, near Mauchline, Ayrshire was born at Stairaird, May 19, 1835. He studied at the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Erlangen, and graduated M.A. at Edinburgh in 1859. In 1864 he became collegiate tminister of the Free Church, Dalkeith; in 1868 minister of the South Free Church, Aberdeen; in 1878 collegiate minister of Anderston Free Church, Glasgow; and is now (1890) minister of the Grange Free Church, Edinburgh. He contributed 8 translations from the German to the Rev. J. H. Wilson's Service of Praise, 1865, 2 of which have since appeared in Mr. Wilson's Songs of Zion, 1877, and 1 in the Free Church Hymn Book1882. The best known of these is his translation of "Wie herrlich strahlt der Morgenstern". He also contributed a hymn beginning "O Shepherd, good and gracious " (The Good Shepherd) in 4 stanzas of 8 lines, as No. 126 to Wayside Songs for Young Travellers Zionward (Paisley: n.d. 1881) a hymnal compiled by the Rev. Dr. J. J. Black of Inverness primarily for his own Sunday School. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Texts by John M. Sloan (3)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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How brightly [lovely] shines the Morning Star! What ray divine streams from afar? | J. M. Sloan (Author) | English | 18 |
Rise! To arms! With prayer employ you | John M. Sloan, 1835-after 1890 (Translator) | English | 8 |
The old year now hath passed away | J. M. Sloan (Author) | English | 1 |