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James Henry Bancroft

1819 - 1844 Person Name: J. H. Bancroft Hymnal Number: 405 Author of "The Christian’s Burial" in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) 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)

James Richardson

1817 - 1863 Person Name: J. Richardson Hymnal Number: 394 Author of "The Hymn of Summer" in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) Richardson, James, son of the Hon. James Richardson, of Dedham, Massachusetts, was born in that town May 25, 1817, and graduated at Harvard College, 1837. After being engaged, first as a clerk of the county courts, and then in teaching, he entered the Divinity School at Cambridge, where he graduated in theology in 1845. Subsequently he was Unitarian Pastor at Southington, Connecticut, and then of the Unitarian Society in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Ill health compelled him to retire from his pastoral work to Dedham. During the war he joined himself to the hospitals at Washington, where he died Nov. 10, 1863. Mr. Richardson was well known as an Essayist, Poet, and Preacher. Two of his hymns, from Longfellow and Johnson's Book of Hymns, 1848, are still in common use: "From Zion's holy hill there rose " (One in Christ), and "How glad the tone when summer's sun " (Summer). We are indebted to Putnam's Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, Boston, U. S. A., 1875, for these details. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

L. H. Sigourney

1791 - 1865 Person Name: Mrs. Sigourney Hymnal Number: 398 Author of "The Year Crowned with Goodness" in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) Sigourney, Lydia, née Huntley. This distinguished name stood at the head of the female poets of America a generation ago, and is still well remembered. Born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1791, she conducted a school in the same town from 1809 to 1814, when she removed to Hartford, where she was married to Charles Sigourney in 1819. Most of her subsequent life was spent at Hartford, and she died there, June 10, 1865. Her first publication was Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse, 1815. This was followed by 58 additional works. A thorough exploration of these, or of such of them are poetical, would be necessary to trace her hymns with accuracy. They, however, are more numerous than important. Many have been used in the older collections; some are still in use, but few are extensively and none are universally so. The principal hymnbooks in which they appeared were the Congregational Village Hymns, 1824; Kipley's Selection, 1829; and the Connecticut Psalms & Hymns, 1845; the Baptist Additional Hymns by Winchell, 1832; and Linsley and Davis's Select Hymns, 1836; and the Universalist's Hymns for Christian Devotion, by Adams & Chapin, 1846. Her best known hymns chronologically arranged are:— 1. When adverse winds and waves arise. In Affliction. A graceful lyric, possibly inspired by Sir R. Grant's " When gathering clouds around I view." 2. Blest Comforter divine. Whitsuntide. This is one of four hymns by Mrs. Sigourney, which appeared in Nettleton's Village Hymns, 1824, under the signature of "H." It is sometimes altered to "Thou Comforter divine." Her best hymn. 3. We mourn for those who toil. Death and Burial. This poem on "Mistaken Grief" appeared in Cheever's Common Place Book, 1831 4. Choose ye His Cross to bear. Holy Baptism. This was given in Ripley's Selection, 1829-31. 5. Saviour, Thy law we love. Holy Baptism. In Winchell's Additional Hymns, 1832. 6. Onward, onward, men of heaven. Missions. This missionary hymn appeared in three different books in 1833, including the Christian Lyre Supplement, &c. 7. Labourers of Christ, arise. Home Missions. This was contributed, with nine others, by Mrs. Sigourney, to Linsley & Davis's Select Hymns, 1836. This is one of the most widely used of her hymns. 8. Pastor, thou art from us taken. Burial of a Minister. Sung at the funeral of the Rev. G. F. Davis, D.D., circa 1836. 9. Go to thy rest, my [fair] child. Death of a Child. From a Selection from her poems published in London in 1841. 10. Not for the summer hour alone. Holy Matrimony. In the same Selection as No. 9. 11. Where wilt thou put thy trust? Leaning upon God. In the Connecticut Cong. Psalms & Hymns, 1845. 12. Lord, may the spirit of this feast. Holy Communion. In the same as No. 11. 13. We praise Thee if one rescued soul. Temperance Anniversary. In Adams and Chapin's Hymns for Christian Devotion, 1846. In addition to these hymns there are several others in the collections named above. As, however, they are not repeated in modern hymnbooks they are omitted from this list. We would add that two hymns, not noted above, "Little raindrops feed the rill" (Power of little things), and "There was a noble ark," are in common use in Great Britain; and that a selection of her pieces is given in the Lyra Sacra Americana, London, 1868. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Sigourney, Lydia, p. 1057, ii. Additional hymns are: 1. We thank Thee, Father, for the day. Sunday. This in Stryker's Church Songs, 1889, is dated 1850. 2. When the parting bosom bleeds. For Use at Sea. From Adams and Chapin's Hymns for Christian Devotion, 1846. 3. Prayer is the dew of faith. Prayer. 4. We praise Thee, Lord, if but one soul. An altered form of her hymn on Temperance (No. 13). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Luella J. B. Case

1807 - 1857 Person Name: Mrs. Case Hymnal Number: 298 Author of "Love On!" in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) Case, Luella Juliette (Bartlett). (Kingston, New Hampshire, December 30, 1807--October 10, 1857). Married Eliphalet Case in 1828. Her hymn beginning "Lord, on thy Zion's wall" is included in the Universalist Church Harmonies: New and Old, 1895. --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives

George Dyer

1755 - 1841 Person Name: Dyer Hymnal Number: 251 Author of "All Things Work for Good" in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) 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)

Sarah White Livermore

1789 - 1874 Person Name: Mrs. Livermore Hymnal Number: 442 Author of "Redeeming Power of Love" in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) 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)

Nicholas Breton

1542 - 1626 Person Name: Brettell Hymnal Number: 125 Author of "The Life of Jesus" in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) Breton, Nicholas, second son of William Breton, of Red Cross Street, Cripplegate, London, probably born about 1542-3. His father's will, proved in 1559, shows that at his death, his eldest son was still a boy, and that in the event of his death, Nicholas was not to inherit until he was 24. It appears that he resided for some time at Oriel College, Oxford. From 1577 to 1626 he issued pamphlet after pamphlet in prose and verse. In 1876 these were collected as far as possible by the Rev. A. B. Grosart, and printed in two vols. in his Chertsey Worthies' Library. He died probably in 1626, being then about 83 years of age. As a sacred poet he is distinguished by melody and grace, and it has been only the want of a cheap edition of his works that has prevented his taking higher rank in public esteem. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Caroline A. B. Southey

1786 - 1854 Person Name: Mrs. Southey Hymnal Number: 431 Author of "The Mariner’s Hymn" in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) Southey, Caroline Ann, née Bowles, daughter of Charles Bowles, of Buckland, near Lymington, was born in 1786; married, in 1839, to Robert Southey, the poet; and died in 1854. Her publications include Solitary Hours, 1826; The Birthday, a Poem, 1836; and some prose works. Her Poetical Works were published in 1867; and her correspondence with Southey in 1882. A few pieces from her works are in common use as hymns:— 1. I weep, but not rebellious tears. For the Aged. Published in her Solitary Hours, 1826; and, again, in her Poetical Works, 1867, p. 285, in 5 stanzas of 6 lines. It is given, in full, in the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858. To the line, "The faithful few made perfect there " (st. v., 1. 5), the fol¬lowing note is appended in the Poetical Works:-—"The word ‘few' is used here in no presumptuously exclusive sense of the Author's, but simply as being the scrip¬tural phrase, 'Many are called, but few are chosen.' The word having been altered, lately, in two religious publications, where the poem was inserted unknown to the Author, it is thought proper to annex this note." 2. Launch thy bark, mariner. For Sailors. Given in her Solitary Hours, 1826, p. 22, in 5 stanzas of 8 lines, and entitled, "The Mariner's Hymn;" also in her Poetical Works, 1867. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

T. A. Ashworth

1806 - 1884 Person Name: Ashworth Hymnal Number: 177 Author of "Triumph of the Gospel" in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) Ashworth, Thomas Alfred, is the author of the following hymns in Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1840 and 1873:— 1. Christian warrior, faint not, fear not. Courage Enjoined. 2. O terrible in judgment, hear. Death anticipated with Fear. 3. Pour, blessed Gospel, glorious news for man. Blessings of the Gospel. In the American Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, it reads, "O blessed Gospel, glorious news for man." Concerning Mr. Ashworth we have no definite information. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ====================== Ashworth, T. A., p. 1551, ii., born at Manchester, Jan. 1, 1806; Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. 1828; Vicar of Farnworth 1830-1836; and died at Hillingdon, near Uxbridge, Feb. 5, 1884. His hymns, noted on p. 1551, ii., appeared in his New Selection of Hymns... for St. John’s ...Church, ...Farnworth, 1831. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)