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Samuel Johnson

1709 - 1784 Person Name: Dr. Johnson Hymnal Number: 302 Author of "O thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship

1690 - 1790 Person Name: Langford Hymnal Number: 249 Author of "Now begin the heavenly theme" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Langford, John. The time and place of this person's birth are unknown. He is said to have been connected with the early Methodists, and then to have become a member of the Baptist church in Eagle Street, London. In 1765 he began to preach in a chapel called Blacksfields, in Gainsford Street, London, and in the following year was ordained pastor. There he remained for 12 years, then removed to Rose Lane, Ratcliff, and afterwards to a small place in Bunhill Row. But his imprudent conduct compelled him at length to give up preaching. He inherited considerable property, but squandered it in extravagance, and died in great wretchedness about 1790. J. Langford published a few Sermons, and, in 1776, a collection of Hymns & Spiritual Songs, which reached a second edition The excellent and well-known hymn "Now begin the heavenly theme," has been ascribed to him. It is in his collection; but since, in the preface to his second edition, he tells us that he has marked his own hymns with an asterisk, and this one is not so marked, it is clearly not of his composition. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Thomas William Baxter Aveling

1815 - 1884 Person Name: Aveling Hymnal Number: 448 Author of "Whene'er the clouds of sorrow roll" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Aveling, Thomas William Baxter, D.D., born Castletown, Isle of Man, May 11, 1815, educated privately and at Highbury College for the Congregational Ministry, and ordained to the pastorate of Kingsland in 1838, died at Reedham, July 3, 1884. In 1875 he received the degree of D.D. from the Howard University, United States. His published works include The Irish Scholar, a Narrative, 1841; Naaman, or Life's Shadows and Sunshine, 1853 ; Voices of Many Waters, &c, 1855; The Service of the Sanctuary, &c, 1859, including contributions to periodicals. Dr. Aveling was sometime editor of The Jewish Herald. In 1834 he published a small volume of poems and hymns. Those of his hymns which have come into common use were mostly written from year to year to be sung when he preached his New Year's Sermon to the young. Some of them came to the public through the Magazines. We are not aware that they have been collected. The best known are:—"On! towards Zion, on I" "Hail! Thou God of grace and glory," and "Lord of the lofty and the low." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ============================= Aveling, Thomas William Baxter. (Castletown, Isle of Man, May 11, 1815--July 3, 1884, Reedham). Congregationalist. Highbury College, 1838. Honorary D.D. from Howard University, 1875. Pastor of Independent Chapel at Kingsland, a suburb of London, 1838-1884. Author and editor, and chairman of the Congregational Union 1876. --Anastasia Van Burkalow, DNAH Archives

Horace H. Hawley

1817 - 1904 Person Name: H. H. Hawley Hymnal Number: 342 Author of "There is a hope, a blessed hope" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Hawley, H. H., author of "There is a hope, a blessed hope" [Hope in Christ], which appeared in A. C. Thomas's Hymns of Zion, 1839, was born in Lewis County, New York, April 10, 1817. In 1881 he published The Iris; Songs of Jesus for Sunday Schools and Devotional Meetings, to which he contributed seven hymns. The music of this collection is mainly by Mr. Hawley. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============================ Hawley, Horace H. (Lewis County, New York, April 10, 1817--?). Baptist. Associated with Bennett, Backus, and Hawley and other bookselling firms in Utica, N.Y. Became secretary of the Aetna Insurance Company in Utica in 1852. Moved to Hartford, Connecticut, shortly thereafter and to Burlington, Iowa, in 1856. Operated a music and book store as well as an insurance agency there. He is listed in the Burlington city directory as late as 1872. In Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers and Their Hymns, it is noted that his health became impaired that year and he moved to southwestern Wisconsin. In 1886, he was living in Chicago, Illinois. --Paul Hammond, DNAH Archives ============================ Date of death: Perhaps 1904. Find A Grave.

Thomas Dale

1797 - 1870 Person Name: Dale Hymnal Number: 500 Author of "Dear as thou wert and justly dear" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Dale, Thomas, M.A., son of Thomas Dale, a bookseller in London, born at Pentonville, Aug. 22, 1797, and educated at Christ's Hospital, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825. On taking Holy Orders, he became, after holding several curacies, Vicar of St. Bride's, Fleet Street, London; Canon of St. Paul's, 1843; Vicar of St. Pancras, 1846; and Rector of Therfield, Herts, 1800. In 1870 he was nominated to the Deanery of Rochester, but died before induction, May 14, 1870. His poetical works are:— (1) The Widow of Nain, 1819; (2) The Outlaw of Tauris, 1820; (3) Irad and Adah, a tale of the Flood; and Specimens of a New Translation of the Psalms, 1822. These Poems were collected and published in one vol. in 1836; 2nd ed. 1842. From these works the following hymns have been taken:— 1. Dear as thou wert [wast], and justly dear (1819). Burial. In the Leeds Hymn Book, 1S53, and several American collections. It is from the Widow of Nain, and is given as a dirge sung at the funeral by the Village Minstrel. 2. 0 never, never can we know (1822). Good Friday. In the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858-80. 3. Speak, 0 ye judges of the earth (1822). Ps. lviii. In the Mitre Hymn Book, 1836, &c. 4. The Lord Whose Name is love (1836). Children's Praises. In the Mitre Hymn Book, 1836. 5. When the spark of life is waning (1819). A Dying request. This is No. viii. of Poems, appended to The Widow of Nain, 1819, p. 69. In Stevenson's Hymns for Church & Home, 1873. Other hymns of a similar character might be taken from these works with advantage. [William T. Brooke] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Mary Ann Roscoe

Person Name: Miss Roscoe Hymnal Number: 225 Author of "O let your mingling voices rise" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship See Jevons, Mary Anne Roscoe, 1795-1845

John Bickersteth

1781 - 1855 Person Name: Bickersteth Hymnal Number: 82 Author of "Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Bickersteth, John, M.A., son of Henry Bickersteth, surgeon, born at Kirkby-Lonsdale, June, 19, 1781, and educated at the Grammar School of that town, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in honours. Taking Holy Orders, he became Vicar of Acton, Suffolk, and subsequently Rector of Sapcote, Leicestershire. He died Oct. 2, 1855. The Dean of Lichfield is his second, and the late Bishop of Ripon his fourth son. In 1819 he published Psalms and Hymns, selected and revised for Public, Social, Family, or Secret Devotion, in which his hymns were included. A fourth edition, much enlarged, appeared in 1832. Of his hymns contributed to his Collection in 1819, the following were transferred to his brother's Christian Psalmody, 1833:— 1. Great God, let children to Thy throne. S. Schools. 2. Hast Thou, holy Lord, Redeemer. H. Communion. 3. Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me. H. Communion. and were thus brought into wider notice than through his own work. No. 3 is sometimes given as "Heavenly Shepherd, guide us, feed us," as in the American Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, 1864. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

J. Newton Brown

1803 - 1868 Person Name: J. N. Brown Hymnal Number: 516 Author of "Go, spirit of the sainted dead" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Brown, John Newton, D.D., was born at New London, Connecticut, June 29, 1803, and graduated at Madison University, 1823. From 1838 to 1845 he was Professor of Theology at New Hampton, New Hampshire, and from 1845-1849 pastor at Lexington, Virginia. He died in 1868. Dr. Brown was some time editor of the Baptist Publication Society, the Christian Chronicle, and the National Baptist. His works include Encyclopaedia of Religious Knowledge, 1831; Memorials of Baptist Martyrs, 1834; Poems, 1840. His hymn:— Go, spirit of the tainted dead, appeared in The Psalmist (Revs. B. Stow and S. F. Smith), 1843, No. 1100, and thence has passed into other Baptist collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

James Henry Bancroft

1819 - 1844 Person Name: J. H. Bancroft Hymnal Number: 501 Author of "Brother, though from yonder sky" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Bancroft, James Henry, born at Boston, 1819, graduated at Amherst College, 1839, and Andover, 1812. Ill health prevented his ordination as a Congregational minister. He died in Boston, Aug. 25,1844. His hymn— Brother, though from yonder sky. [Burial], was written in 1842, for the funeral of Dudley Leavitt, a classmate at Andover, who died there suddenly Jan., 7, 1842. It was given in The Psalmist: a New Collection of Hymns for the Use of Baptist Churches, Boston, 1843, No. 1098, and has won considerable acceptance in America, but is unknown in England. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M. A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)