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Benjamin Rhodes
1743 - 1815 Hymnal Number: 394 Author of "My heart and voice I raise" in The Sacred Harp Rhodes, Benjamin, born at Mexborough, Yorkshire, in 1743, was brought under the influence of religion by the preaching of George Whitefield in 1766. He was the son of a schoolmaster, and received the elements of a good education in his youth. He was for many years a Wesleyan Minister, having been sent forth to preach by John Wesley. He died at Margate Oct. 13, 1815. To Joseph Benson's Hymns for Children and Young Persons, 1806, and his Hymns for Children selected chiefly from the publications of the Rev. John and Charles Wesley, and Dr. Watts, &c, 1814 (an additional volume to the first, and sometimes bound up with it), he contributed several hymns. Very few of these are now in common use. They include "Children, your parents' will obey" (Duty towards Parents), "Come, let us join our God to praise" (Praise), and "Thou shalt not steal thy neighbour's right" (Against Stealing.) His best known hymn is "My heart and voice I raise" (The Kingdom of Christ). It appeared as stanza i. of his poem Messiah, 1787, pt. ii. being “Jerusalem divine." Each part is in use as a separate hymn.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Benjamin Rhodes
Wm. L. Williams
Person Name: William L. Williams Hymnal Number: 335 Arranger of "RETURN AGAIN" in The Sacred Harp (or W. L. William)
Wm. L. Williams
Ottiwell Heginbotham
1744 - 1768 Person Name: Ottiewll Heginbotham Hymnal Number: 426b Author of "Great God, let all Thy tuneful pow'r" in The Sacred Harp Heginbothom, Ottiwell, born in 1744, and died in 1768, was for a short time the Minister of a Nonconformist congregation at Sudbury, Suffolk. The political and religious disputes which agitated the congregation, in the origin of which he had no part, and which resulted in a secession and the erection of another chapel, so preyed upon his mind, and affected his health, that his pastorate terminated with his death within three years of his appointment. His earliest hymn, "When sickness shakes the languid corse [frame]," was printed in the Christian Magazine, Feb. 1763. In 1791 the Rev. John Mead Ray communicated several of Heginbothom's hymns to the Protestant Magazine; and in the same year, these and others to the number of 25, were published as:—
Hymns by the late Rev. Ottiwell Heginbothom of Sudbury, Suffolk. Sudbury, Printed by J. Burket, mdccxciv.
These 25 hymns were repeated in J. M Ray's Collection of Hymns from various authors in¬tended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns, 1799, and 12 in Collyer's Collection, 1812. In modern collections in Great Britain and America the following are in common use in addition to those annotated under their respective first lines:—
1. Blest Jesus, when my soaring thoughts. Jesus, most Precious.
2. Come, humble souls; ye mourners come. Good Hope through Grace.
3. Come saints and shout the Saviour's praise. The Second Advent.
4. Come, shout aloud the Father's grace. Praise to God the Father.
6. Father of mercies, God of love. God the Father.
6. God of our life! Thy various praise. New Year.
7. Great God, let all our [my] tuneful powers. New Year.
8. Hark, the loud trumpet of our God. National Fast.
9. Hark, 'tis your heavenly Father's call. A Prayer to be used by the Young.
10. I ask not [honour] wealth, nor pomp, nor power. Wisdom and Knowledge desired.
11. Now let my soul, eternal King. Praise of the Gospel. Sometimes given as "To Thee, my heart, eternal King."
12. See, mighty God, before Thy throne. Fifth of November; a National Hymn.
13. Sweet peace of Conscience, heavenly guest. A good Conscience.
14. To Thee, my Shepherd, and my Lord. The Good Shepherd.
15. Unhappy city, hadst thou known. Christ weeping over Jerusalem. From this the cento, "And can mine eyes without a tear?" is taken.
16. When sickness shakes the languid corse [frame]. Resignation. Printed in the Christian's Magazine, Feb. 1763, and again in Hymns, &c, 1794.
17. Yes, I will bless Thee, O my God. Praise of the Father. The text is often altered. The cento "My soul shall praise Thee, O my God," in the Unitarian Hymn land Tune] Book, &c, Boston, 1868, is from this hymn.
Most of these hymns are in Collyer's Collection, 1812. There are also 8 in Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, N.Y., 1872, and 7 in the Songs for the Sanctuary, N.Y., 1865. [William T. Brooke]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology
Ottiwell Heginbotham
John Ellis
1760 - 1839 Hymnal Number: 341 Author of "I came to the place where the lone pilgrim lay" in The Sacred Harp
John Ellis
Joseph Cottle
1770 - 1853 Hymnal Number: 318 Author of "We thank the Lord of heav'n and earth" in The Sacred Harp Cottle, Joseph, b. 1770, d. 1853. A native of Bristol, and from 1791 to 1798 a bookseller and publisher. He is best known as the friend of Coleridge and Southey, of whom, in 1837, he published Recollections, and in 1847 Reminiscences. He was the author of numerous works in prose and verse. In 1801 he published a New Version of the Psalms of David, of which a 2nd edition (privately printed), appeared in 1805. In 1828 he published Hymns and Sacred Lyrics. In Three Parts, by Constantius. Only a few copies were printed with this title, the greater part of the issue reading " by Joseph Cottle," instead of "by Constantius." These Hymns, Psalms and Sacred Lyrics," Cottle says, “are all originals, written progressively through a period of 20 years." Some of them found their way into a few collections, but have little poetic merit, and are now disused. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Cottle, Joseph, p. 264, i. Two of his hymns still sur¬vive: (1) "Mighty Lord, extend Thy empire " (Missions); (2) "While marching on to Canaan's land" (Christian Warfare). These are from his Hymns, &c, 1828.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Joseph Cottle
W. D. Jones
Hymnal Number: 70a Composer of "GAINSVILLE" in The Sacred Harp W. D. Jones, known as "Willis," lived in Carroll County, Georgia. He was a member of the Baptist church, composed hymns and served as tax collector in the county.
Dianne Shapiro, from "Original Sacred Harp," 1911
W. D. Jones
W. S. Turner
Hymnal Number: 370 Composer of "MONROE" in The Sacred Harp W. S. Turner was the son of James R. Turner and was a Methodist minister. He died at Fort Valley, Georgia in 1891. He composed a large number of hymns and tunes.
The Original Sacred Harp, 1911
W. S. Turner
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