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William Enfield

1741 - 1797 Person Name: W. Enfield Hymnal Number: 144 Author of "Behold, where in a mortal form" in A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) Enfield, William , LL.D., born at Sudbury, Suffolk, March 29, 1741, of poor parents. Through the assistance of Mr. Hextall, the local Dissenting Minister, at 17 he entered the Daventry Academy under Dr. Ashworth. His first pastorate was of the congregation at Benn's Garden, Liverpool, to which he ministered from 1763 to 1770. In conjunction with Rev. J. Brekell of Key St. chapel, he edited A New Collection of Psalms proper for Christian Worship, in three parts. I. Psalms of David, &c. II. Psalms of Praise to God. III. Psalms on various Subjects. Liverpool. Printed in the year 1764. Known as the Liverpool Old Collection; Later eds., 1767, 1770, 1787. In this last, 60 more hymns are added to the 3rd part. From 1770 to 1785 Enfield was at Warrington, as minister to the Old Presbyterian congregation, and as teacher of Belles-lettres and other subjects, in the Dissenting Academy founded there in 1757. He published in 1774, The Speaker; 1783, Institutes of Natural Philosophy, and other works, including:— Hymns for Public Worship: selected from Various Authors, and intended as a supplement to Dr. Watts’s Psalms. Warrington. Printed for the Editor, 1772. 3rd ed. 1789. London. Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Churchyard, and W. Kyres, Warrington. Contains 160 hymns, rather more than half being the same as in the Liverpool Collection. In this Collection some of Mrs. Barbauld’s hymns appeared for the first time. From Warrington he proceeded to Norwich as pastor of the Octagon chapel, and died there Nov. 3, 1797. In 1791 he published an abridgment of Brucker's History of Philosophy , and at the time of his death was engaged with Dr. J. Aikin, son of his late colleague at the Warrington Academy, in bringing out a General Biographical Dictionar , vol. i. 1796. He also published A Selection of Hymns for Social Worship. Norwich. Printed by J. March for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church¬yard, London, 1795. 2nd ed., 1797 ; 3rd ed., 1802. Lon-don, J. Johnson. Printed by W. Eyres, Horse Market, Warrington. Contains 232 hymns, more than half by Watts, and of the rest 93 were retained from the Warrington Collection. In this Collection Enfield's own hymns first appeared, “Behold where in a mortal form" (Example of Christ); "Wherefore should man, frail child of clay" (Humility); and "O Thou, through all thy works adored" (God the Ruler of Nature). They are characteristic of the "moral preacher" and the Unitarian, and in taste are unexceptionable. Dr. Enfield received his degree from Edinburgh University. On his death Johnson brought out 3 volumes of his Sermons "on Practical Subjects,” with a Memoir by Dr. Aikin. [Rev. Valentine D. Davis, B.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Bowden

Person Name: Rowden Hymnal Number: 306 Author of "From this world's joys, and senseless mirth" in A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.)

Elizabeth Singer Rowe

1674 - 1737 Hymnal Number: 70 Author of "To thee, O God, my prayer ascends" in A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) Rowe, Elizabeth, née Singer, daughter of Walter Singer, an Independent Minister, was born near Frome, Somersetshire, in 1674; married in 1710 to Thomas Rowe, the poet; and died in Feb., 1737. Her works include Friendship in Death; Letters Moral and Entertaining, and Devoute exercises of the Heart (which was revised and published by Dr. Watts). Her Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse, which included some of her husband's poems, together with her Hymns and Versions of Psalms, was published posthumously in 1739. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================= Rowe, Elizabeth, p. 925, i. From Mrs. Rowe's Miscellaneous Works, &c, 1739, the following hymns are taken:— 1. Begin the high celestial strain. Praise to God. 2. Lord, what is man that he should prove? The Love of God. 3. The glorious armies of the sky. Praise to God. 4. To Thee, O God, my prayer ascends. God our Joy. For full biographical details, see the Biog. Britannia, v., or, Supplement of the Gospel Magazine, 1770, --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

John Taylor

1750 - 1826 Person Name: J. Taylor Hymnal Number: 170 Author of "Father divine, before thy view" in A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) Taylor, John, born July 30, 1750, was the son of Richard Taylor, of Norwich, and grandson of Dr. John Taylor (1694-1761, the eminent Hebrew scholar, who was for many years minister of the Octagon Chapel, Norwich, and afterwards Divinity tutor at the Warrington Academy. Dr. Taylor published A Collection of Tunes in Various Airs, one of the first collections of its kind, and his grandson was one of the most musical of Unitarian hymn-writers). Young Taylor, after serving his apprenticeship in his native place, was for two years in a banking house in London, at which time he was an occasional poetical contributor to the Morning Chronicle. In 1773 he returned to Norwich, where he spent the rest of his life, first as a manufacturer, and afterwards as a wool and yarn factor. For nearly fifty years he was a deacon at the Octagon Chapel. At the time of the French Revolution he joined in the support of The Cabinet, a periodical brought out by the Liberals of Norwich, in conjunction with Dr. Enfield, William Taylor, Miss Alderson (Mrs. Opie), and others, and, as a "poet of the olden time," he contributed five poems thereto. These, and other political songs and poems relating to family events, &c, together with 50 hymns, were collected in Hymns and Miscellaneous Poems, Reprinted for Private Distribution, 1863, with a Memoir taken from the Monthly Repository of Sept. 1826, by his son, Edward Taylor, then Gresham Professor of Music. An earlier and less complete edition, containing 43 hymns, he had himself caused to be printed by his sons, Richard and Arthur Taylor, London, 1818. He died June 23, 1826. Of his hymns the following 9 were contributed to Dr. Enfield's Selection of Hymns for Social Worship, Norwich, 1795:— 1. Far from mortal cares retreating. Divine Worship. 2. Father divine, before Thy view. Divine Providence. 3. Father of our feeble race. Christian Love. This begins in Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884, and others, with st. ii., "Lord, what offering shall we bring?" 4. Glory be to God on high. Divine glories celebrated. The first stanza is by C. Wesley, and the rest are by Taylor. 5. God of mercy, God of love [grace], Hear our sad repentant song. Penitence. 6. 0 sing to the Lord a new song. Praise to the Supreme Ruler and Judge. 7. Praise to God, the great Creator. Praise to the Father. The hymn "Saints with pious zeal attending" in Hatfield's Church Hymns, &c.,N.Y., 1872, begins with line 4 of stanza i. of this hymn. 8. Raise your voice and joyful sing. Praise. 9. Rejoice, the Lord is King. Providence acknowledged in the Seasons. The first stanza and 11. 5 and 6 of all are by C. Wesley, and the rest are by Taylor. J. Taylor edited Hymns intended to be used at the Commencement of Social Worship, London, 1802. To that collection he contributed 10 hymns, including:— 10. At the portals of Thy house. Divine Worship. In a few American collections a cento from this hymn is given as, "Lord, before thy presence come." 11. Blessed Sabbath of our [the] Lord. Sunday. 12. 0 how delightful is the road. Divine Worship. 13. Supreme o'er all Jehovah reigns.. Divine Worship. All the foregoing, except No. 8, were re-published in the Norwich Collectionof 1814. That edition contained 33 of Taylor's hymns. To the 2nd ed., 1826, he added 9 more. To R. Aspland's Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Unitarian Worship, Hackney, 1810, he contributed 26 hymns, old and new, including :— 14. Like shadows gliding o'er the plain. Time and Eternity. 15. The Mighty God who rolls [rules] the spheres. God the Preserver of Man. These 15 are the best known of Taylor's hymns, and are largely found in Unitarian collections. See especially Dr. Martineau's Hymns, &c, of 1840, and of 1873. [Rev. Valentine D. Davis, B.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William Drennan

1754 - 1820 Hymnal Number: 186 Author of "All nature feels attractive power" in A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) Drennan, William, M.D., b. at Belfast, May 23, 1754, and educated at Glasgow, where he graduated M.A. in 1771, and M.D. 1778. He subsequently practised at Belfast. He died Feb. 5, 1820. In 1815 he published Fugitive Pieces in Prose and Verse, Belfast, 1815; and his Poems were collected and published with a Memoir by his sons in 1859. Of his poems six are grouped under the heading of "Religious Poems." Seven hymns, including five of these "Religious Poems," were contributed to Aspland's Unitarian Selection, 1810; but in the 1859 Poems and Memoir most of them are in a longer form. As most of these are still in common use amongst the Unitarians in Great Britain and America, we subjoin the list of first lines:— 1. All nature feels attractive power. Law of Love. 2. Bless’d who with generous pity glows. Charity. 3. Humanity! thou sent of God. Faith, Hope, Charity. 4. In this fair globe, with ocean bound. Love of God. 5. O sweeter than the fragrant flower. Being Good. 6. The heaven of heavens cannot contain. Divine Worship. 7. The husbandman goes forth afield. Fruits of Benevolence. [William T. Brooke] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Hawkesworth

1715 - 1773 Person Name: J. Hawkesworth Hymnal Number: 279 Author of "When a few years, or days perhaps" in A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) Hawkesworth, John, LL.D. (b. 1715, and d. Nov. 1773), a writer in the Gentleman's Magazine, proprietor and editor of the Adventurer, and friend of Johnson, Warton, and other literary men of note, published, in 1760, Poems and Translations, and was the author of the well-known Morning hymn "In sleep's serene oblivion laid." This hymn was composed in 1773, "about a month before his death, in a wakeful hour of the night, and dictated to his wife on rising. It appeared in the Universal Theological Magazine for March, 1802." (Miller's Singers & Songs, &c, p. 210.) It was given in Collyer's Selection, 1812; the Leeds Hymn Book, 1853; and others; and is in somewhat extensive use in America. It sometimes begins, as in the American Unitarian Hymns for the Church of Christ, 1853, with stanza ii., "Newborn, I bless the waking hour." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Erasmus Darwin

1732 - 1802 Hymnal Number: 172 Author of "The Lord, how tender is his love" in A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) Darwin, Erasmus, M.D., 1732-1802. Physician and poet, of Lichfield, author of The Botanic Garden , 1781, &c. He was a friend of Dr. Priestley's, and in sympathy with many of his views, although not permanently connected with any church. His hymn on God, the disposer of events, “The Lord, how tender is his love," is in Kippis, Martineau’s Hymns for the Christian Church and Home & Martineau’s Hymns of Praise and Prayer gives another hymn on Immortal Nature, “Roll on, ye stars, exult in youthful prime." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Mrs. Carter

Person Name: Carter Hymnal Number: 221 Author of "Mercy to the penitent" in A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.)

Thomas Park

b. 1760 Person Name: T. Park Hymnal Number: 32 Author of "My soul, praise the Lord, speak good [well] of" in A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) 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)

C. C. Moore

1770 - 1863 Hymnal Number: 322 Author of "For an orphan and widow institution" in A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) Moore, Clement Clarke, LL.D., son of Bp. B. Moore, was born in New York, July 15, 1779, and educated at Columbia College, In 1821 he became Professor of Biblical Learning in the General Theological Seminary, N. York; subsequently of Hebrew and Greek; and then of Oriental and Greek Literature. He died at Newport, Rhode Island, July 10, 1863. His Poems were published in 1844. One of his hymns, "Lord of life, all praise excelling" (Harvest), is widely known, both in its full form, and abbreviated as "When the harvest yields the pleasure." It first appeared as one of the thirty hymns added to the American Prayer Book Collection in 1808. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)