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George Dyer

1755 - 1841 Person Name: Dyer Hymnal Number: 147 Author of "Greatest of beings, source of life" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Dyer, George, B.A., 1755-1841. Educated at Christ's Hospital and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The friend of Charles Lamb, of Priestley and Wakefield, and biographer of Robert Robinson of Cambridge. In 1792 he moved to London, to chambers in Clifford's Inn, Fleet Street, supporting himself by private tuition and literary work. He was a contributor to the Gentleman's and the Monthly Magazine, for which he wrote the introductory Ode in 1796. From 1809 to 1830 engaged upon Valpy's edition of the Classics, in 141 vols. Author of a History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge, 1814, and of several volumes of verse. Three of his hymns are in Kippis, and frequently in other books. 1. Greatest of beings, source of life. Hymn to the Deity. 2. Greatest of beings, source of life. The same continued. 3. Great Framer of unnumbered worlds. Hymn for a Fast --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Mrs. Carter

Person Name: Carter Hymnal Number: 874 Author of "Let coward guilt, with pallid fear" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship

J. Young

1800 - 1900 Hymnal Number: 170 Author of "O for a shout of joy" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Young, J. Under this signature two hymns are given in the American Baptist Psalmist, 1843: (1) "O for a shout of joy" (God's Eternal Love), No. 157, in 5 stanzas of 6 lines; and (2) "O Holy Lord, our God" (On behalf of Ministers), No. 952, in 4 stanzas of 7 lines. Both are still in common use. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Joan E. Conder

Person Name: Conder Hymnal Number: 858 Author of "The hours of evening close" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Conder, Joan Elizabeth, née Thomas, the wife of Josiah Conder, was the daughter of Roger Thomas, and granddaughter of the sculptor, L. F. Roubiliac, b. April 6, 1785, d. Jan. 22, 1877. Mrs. Conder contributed poems to The Associate Minstrels, 1810, under the signature "E."; to her husband's work, The Star in the East, 1824, anonymously; to the Congregational Hymn Book, 1836, in her own name; and to The Choir and Oratory, 1837, with an asterisk. Of these, seven were given in Conder's Hymns of Praise, Prayer and Devout Meditation, 1856. Of these the following appeared in the Congregational Hymn Book, 1886, and through that work have come into common us.:— 1. The hours of evening close. Saturday Evening. 2. When Mary to the Heavenly Guest. Mary anointing the feet of Jesus. 3. What blissful harmonies above. The heavenly choir. 4. Not Thy garment's hem alone. Desiring Pardon. This last is the most popular of her hymns. The tune St. Faith's was composed for it by Mr. Beale, and published in The Psalmist, 1842. [Rev. F. J. Faulding, D.D. ] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Thomas Park

b. 1760 Person Name: Park Hymnal Number: 148 Author of "My soul, praise the Lord, speak good of his name" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Park, Thomas, F.S.A., was born in 1760 and died in 1835. He was an engraver, but found more congenial work in literary pursuits. In addition to publishing Nugæ Modernæ, an original work of prose and poetry, in 1818, he also edited several works, including the Works of J. Hammond, 1805; Works of John Dryden, 1806; the Works of the British Poets, in 42 small volumes, 1808; Poetical Works of Isaac Watts, 1807, and others. His hymn:— My soul, praise the Lord, speak good of His Name, His mercies record, &c, Ps. civ., or Universal Praise, appeared in Psalms & Hymns. Selected from Various Authors, with Occasional Alterations, for Use of a Parochial Church. By a Country Clergyman. London: Bulmer 1807, p. 556, in 5 st. of 8 1. There is appended thereto the following note:— "At the moment of closing this little collection I am favoured with the above hymn from my obliging friend. This almost extemporaneous effusion of his peculiarly neat and poetic pen was excited by my expressing (in a letter soliciting some psalmodic information) regret that I had only one set of words for Handel's simple, sublime tune for the 104th Psalm." For these details we are indebted to Miller's Singers and Songs of the Church, 1869, p. 329. The opening line of this hymn is composed of the first two lines of W. Kethe's version of Ps. civ. in the Old Version, 1561. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

T. F. Middleton

1769 - 1822 Person Name: Middleton Hymnal Number: 368 Author of "As o'er the past my memory strays" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Middleton, Thomas Fanshaw, D.D., son of Thomas Middleton, Rector of Redleston, in Derbyshire, was born there on Jan. 26, 1769. He was educated first by his father, then at Christ's Hospital, and finally at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge (B.A. in honours 1792). He was successively Curate of Gainsborough; Rector of Tansor, Northamptonshire, 1795; Vicar of St. Pancras, 1810; Archdeacon of Huntingdon, 1812; and the first bishop of Calcutta, 1814. He died in Calcutta, July 8, 1822. Bishop Middleton's publications were mainly confined to various Sermons and Charges, and a work on the Greek Article. In 1824 his Sermons and Charges were collected and published with a short Memoir, by Dr. H. R. Bonney. At p. xciv. the only hymn ascribed to him is given with the explanation that it was composed by the Bishop "and always sung on new year's day, by his desire." It is: "As o'er the past my mem'ry strays"(New Year), in 4 st. of 4 1. It was printed in the August number of Carus Wilson's Family Visitor, 1826; again in Hall's Mitre Hymnal, 1836, and later in several collections. Original text in Book of Praise, 1862, p. 238. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

James Freeman

1759 - 1835 Person Name: Freeman Hymnal Number: 739 Author of "Lord of the worlds below!" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Freeman, James, D.D. Born at Charlestown, Mass., April 22, 1759, and graduated at Harvard, 1777. He was "the first avowed preacher of Unitarianism in the United States.” In 1782 he was "Reader" in King's Chapel, and assisted or guided that historic parish in its change from Episcopacy to the then new ways in teaching and discipline. In 1787 he was "ordained," and retained the pastorate of the King's Chapel till 1826. He altered its Liturgy, and prepared for its use the King's Chapel Collection of Psalms & Hymns, 1799. Died Nov. 14, 1835. His hymn, "Lord of the worlds below," is based on Thomson's "Hymn on the Seasons." It appeared in the Psalms & Hymns, 1799, and is found in various collections. Original text in Putnam's Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith,1875. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Sarah White Livermore

1789 - 1874 Person Name: S. W. Livermore Hymnal Number: 223 Author of "Glory to God, and peace on earth" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Livermore, Sarah White, aunt of A. A. Livermore (q.v.), was born at Wilton, New Hampshire, July 20, 1789; and died there July 3, 1874, having spent most of her life as a Teacher. Two hymns were contributed by her to the Cheshire P. A.'s Christian Hymns, 1844:— (1) Glory to God, and peace on earth, Christmas. (2) Our pilgrim brethren, dwelling far. Missions. She wrote many others, of which two are given in Putnam's Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, 1875. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Charles Sprague

1791 - 1875 Person Name: C. Sprague Hymnal Number: 753 Author of "Our fathers, Lord, to seek a spot" in Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship Sprague, Charles. (Boston, Massachusetts, October 22, 1791--January 22, 1875, Boston). A Unitarian layman. Although a businessman without an education he wrote much verse which brought him considerable reputation and requests for poems to celebrate special occasions. One of them was read before the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in Cambridge in 1829, and was re-published, with minor alterations, a few years later in Calcutta by a British officer, as his own work. A collection of his poems was published in 1841, and an enlarged edition in 1850. A number of his shorter poems are given in Putnam's Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, and a hymn attributed to "C. Sprague" is included in Hedge and Huntington's Hymns for the Church of Christ, 1853, beginning "O Thou, at whose dread name we stand." --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives