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Eliel Davis

1803 - 1849 Hymnal Number: 420 Author of "From every earthly pleasure" in Songs for the Lord's House Davis, Eliel, was born at Folkestone, June 5, 1803. In 1822 he entered a business establishment in London, and joined the Baptist church in Eagle Street. Entering the Baptist Ministry he was successively pastor at Newport, Isle of Wight; Regent Street, Lambeth, London; Eye, in Suffolk; and St. Ives, in Huntingdonshire. He died in March, 1849. His hymn "From every earthly pleasure" (Onward) was contributed to ms. monthly magazine, in 1821, edited by Dr. Belcher, author of Historical Sketches of Hymns, and through Dr. Belcher's influence was published in The New Baptist Magazine, March, 1825, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines. It is found, usually abridged, in several modern collections. Another of his hymns "There is a heaven of perfect peace" (Heaven Anticipated), appeared in the Supplement to the Evangelical Magazine, 18(5, and is also in common use. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Luke Flintoft

1680 - 1727 Person Name: Flintoff Hymnal Number: C19 Composer of "[He is despised and rejected of men]" in Songs for the Lord's House English clergyman and composer

F. Reginald Statham

Person Name: F. R. Statham Hymnal Number: 349 Composer of "SACRIFICE" in Songs for the Lord's House Poet, musician, novelist, journalist, essayist LOC Name Authority Files

Charles Stuart Calverley

1831 - 1884 Person Name: C. S. Calverley Hymnal Number: 149 Author of "O Christ, who dost, our herald, rise" in Songs for the Lord's House Calverley, Charles Stewart, M.A., son of the Rev. Henry Blayds, some time Vicar of South Stoke, near Bath (who took the name of Calverley in 1852), was born at Hartley, Worcestershire, Dec. 22, 1831. He entered Harrow in 1846, from whence he passed to Oxford, but coming under the censure of the authorities, he migrated to Cambridge in 1852, where, after gaining some of the best classical prizes of that University, he graduated first class in Classical honour?. In due course he was called to the Bar and followed the Northern circuit. He died at Folkestone, Feb. 17, 1884. He is known to hymnody through several translations from the Latin, which he made for the Hymnary in 1871, and were published therein in 1872. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Joseph Sieboth

Person Name: J. Sieboth Hymnal Number: 357 Composer of "ENTREATY" in Songs for the Lord's House

John B. Marsh

Person Name: J. B. Marsh Hymnal Number: C23 Composer of "[Our Father, who art in heaven, hallow'd be Thy Name]" in Songs for the Lord's House

Francis Linley

1774 - 1800 Person Name: F. Linley Hymnal Number: 4 Composer of "RANSOM" in Songs for the Lord's House Born: 1771, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. Died: September 13, 1800, at his mother’s house in Doncaster. Buried: Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. Blind from birth, Linley studied with Edward Miller, organist at Doncaster Parish Church, and later (being the successful candidate among 17 competitors) became organist of St. James Chapel, Pentonville, London. He married a well-to-do blind lady, and around 1797 they purchased Bland’s music business in Holborn, which was unsuccessful. He was also for some time music agent for John Watlen of Edinburgh. After sustaining great financial losses through the treachery of a friend, and subsequently made a voyage to America (being succeeded by as chapel organist by William Hodsoll), where his performances and compositions brought him some notice. He returned to Doncaster in 1799. Sources: Wilson, p. 296 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/i/n/linley_f.htm

Thomas Ford

1580 - 1648 Person Name: T. Ford Hymnal Number: 301 Composer of "ARABIA" in Songs for the Lord's House

Herbert Kynaston

1809 - 1878 Person Name: H. Kynaston Hymnal Number: 151 Author of "With all your floods attending" in Songs for the Lord's House Kynaston, Herbert, D.D., was born Nov. 23, 1809, and educated at Westminster School, and Christ Church, Oxford (of which he was sometime Student), where he graduated in 1831 (1st class Lit. Hum.). Taking Holy Orders in 1834, he became Head Master of St. Paul's School, London, in 1838; Select Preacher of the University of Oxford, 1842-43; Rector of St. Nicholas-Cole-Abbey, with St. Nicholas Olave, 1850-66; and Prebendary of Holborn in St. Paul's Cathedral, 1853. He died Oct. 1878. His Miscellaneous Poems were published in 1840, and his hymns as follows:— (1) Occasional Hymns (original and translated), 1862. (2) Occasional Hymns, 2nd series, pt. i., 1864. (3) Occasional Hymns, 2nd series, pt. ii., chiefly on the Miracles, 1866. These hymns and translations, which are of more than usual merit, have been either strangely overlooked or are unknown to most modern editors. A few were included in the Hymnary, 1872. Dr. Kynaston also contributed to the Guardian from time to time several renderings into Latin of his own hymns, and of hymns by others, but these have not been republished. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)