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Person Name: Anon. Author of "Jesus, high in glory" in The Choral Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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John Stainer
1840 - 1901 Person Name: Sir John Stainer (1840- ) Composer of "HOLY PRAISE" in The Institute Hymnal
John Stainer
J. Erskine Clarke
1827 - 1920 Person Name: J. Erskine Clark Author of "Jesus, high in glory" in The Institute Hymnal John Erskine Clarke (1827–1920) was a British clergyman who issued the first parish magazine. He established several other religious publications and was responsible for founding churches schools and hospitals in Battersea. He also competed at Henley Royal Regatta.
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F. W. Harris
1815 - 1872 Author of "Jesus high in glory" in Missionary Hymnal Harris, Frederick William, M.A., was born in 1814, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840). Taking Holy Orders in 1838, he became in 1855 Vicar of Medmenham, diocese of Oxford, and died April 17, 1872. His excellent hymn, "It is finished! It is finished! all the untold agony" (Good Friday), is in Thring's Collection, 1882.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
F. W. Harris
Edith Lovell Thomas
1878 - 1970 Author of "As We Truly Worship" in A First Book in Hymns and Worship
Edith Lovell Thomas
William St. Hill Bourne
1846 - 1929 Person Name: William S. Bourne Author of "Christ, Who Once Among Us" in The Cyber Hymnal Bourne, William St. Hill, born in 1846, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and the London College of Divinity. Taking Holy Orders in 1869 he became successively Curate of Holy Trinity, Derby; Harrow-on-the-Hill; St. Paul's, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Ashford, Kent; in 1875, Vicar of Pinner, Middlesex; and in 1880, Vicar of All Saints, Haggerstone. Author of Poems in various periodicals; Church Work and the Working Classes, published in Church Bells, 1875, &c. In 1879 he became editor of The Mission Field, for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. As a hymn-writer he is known through the following hymns:—
1. Children's voices strive not vainly, Sunday School Anniversary. Written in 1868.
2. Christ, Who once among us. The Good Shepherd. Written in 1868, and first published in the revised Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875.
3. Enter with thanksgiving. Processional for Dedication Service. Written in 1880 for the reopening of the Parish Church of Pinner, and published, with music, by Skeffington & Son.
4. For the freshness of the morning. Praise for all things. Written in 1868, first printed on a broadsheet, and then included in The Universal Hymn Book, 1885.
5. In the Name of God the Father, In Whose Image we are made. Purity. Written in 1885 for the Church Purity Society, printed in The Vanguard, Dec. 1885, and in the White Cross Hymnal, 1886.
6. The evening shadowy dimness. Evening. Written in 1868, printed on a broad-sheet, and again in The Universal Hymn Book, 1885.
7. The Sower went forth sowing. Harvest or Burial. Written in 1874 for Harvest Festival at Christ Church, South Ashford, Kent; printed in Church Bells the same year, and included in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875. It is sometimes used as a Funeral hymn.
8. Through the feeble twilight. Easter hymn for Church Workers. Written in 1884 for the Additional Curates Society's Home Mission Field, and printed therein, April 1884.
Mr. Bourne has also printed several hymns on fly-sheets for special occasions. Some of these are worthy of the attention of hymnal compilers.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Bourne, W. St. Hill, p. 165, ii. Mr. Bourne published in 1898 A Supplementary Hymnal, consisting of 19 of his hymns, which had previously appeared in The Church Monthly, and other periodicals. He became Rector of Finchley in 1900.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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