1819 - 1904 Person Name: Samuel R. Hole Author of "Sons of Labor, Dear to Jesus" in The Cyber Hymnal Hole, Samuel Reynolds, D.D., born at Ardwick, near Manchester, Dec. 5, 1819, and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford; B.A. 1844; D.D. by Abp. of Canterbury, 1887. He was Curate of Cannton, Notts, 1844-1850, and Vicar 1850-87. In 1887 he became Dean of Rochester. Previous to this he had held several important appointments. He has published some prose works, including Hints to Preachers, &c, 1880; A Book about Roses, 1869, &c. His hymn, "Sons of labour, dear to Jesus" (Working Men's Service), appeared in the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern. Died Aug. 27, 1904.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Samuel Reynolds Hole