1813 - 1898 Hymnal Number: d377 Author of "Hark, sinner, while God from on high doth entreat thee" in Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists Hague, John B., born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1813; entered the Baptist ministry in 1835, but retired in 1845 to undertake educational work. For some years he has been a lay member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In 1842 he published Hymns for Social and Private Worship, to which he contributed 7 hymns. From this collection his hymn, "Hark, sinner, while God from on high doth entreat thee" (Warning) is taken.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Hague attended Hamilton College (class of 1832) and the Newton Theological Institution (1832-35) and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1835 in Eastport, Maine. He pastored in Eastport until 1845, when he left the ministry for the educational field. He served schools in Jamaica Plain and Newton Centre, Massachusetts (1845-51); Hudson, New York (1850-70); and Hackensack, New Jersey, where he moved in 1870 and was still living in 1888. His works include: Hymns for Social and Private Worship, 1842
--www.hymntime.com/tch
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Hagues, John Bayley. (New Rochelle, New York, November 13, 1813--November 18, 1898, Hackensack, New Jersey). Graduate of Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., 1832, and Newton Theological Seminary, 1835. Awarded an honorary Ph.D. from Hamilton College in 1888 for his translations of Horace and Virgil. Pastor of the Baptist Church at Eastport, Maine, 1835-1845. Taught classics at girls' schools in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 1845-1847, and Newton, Mass., 1847-1850. Principal of the Female Seminary, Hudson, N.Y., 1851-1870. First principal of Hackensack Academy, Hackensack, N.J., 1870-1898. Published a collection of seven hymns in 1842 entitled Hymns for Social and Private Worship (Eastport, Maine).
--Paul Hammond, DNAH Archives
John B. Hague