Parker, Theodore [1810-1860], son of John Parker: born at Lexington, Massachusetts: Harvard, A. M., 1840, Divinity School, 1836: minister of the First Parish, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, then of the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society, meeting in Music Hall, Boston. In A Book of Hymns, Boston, 1846, appeared, in 3 stanzas of 4 lines, a slightly varied version of a sonnet written by Mr. Parker. This sonnet was published in his Life, Boston, 1874, by the Rev. O. B. Frothingham. From this latter, omitting the last two lines, has been here taken the hymn beginning, O thou great Friend to all the sons of men. Pattinson, Janet Steel [1848- ], daughter of Robert Pattinson of Patrington, York: born at Paisley, Scotland: wrote in 1891, for an anniversary service of College Chapel Sunday Schools, Bradford, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, and revised and published in Horder's Hymns, Supplemental to Existing Collections, London, 1894, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas I, 2, 3, 5 here used, While sinks our land to realms of night 112 244 Peabody, William Bourne Oliver [17991847], son of Oliver Peabody, judge: born at Exeter, New Hampshire: Phillips Academy, Exeter; Harvard, A. B., 1816, A. M., 1819, Divinity School, 1819, D. D., 1842: minister of the Third Congregational Society, Spring field, Massachusetts, 1820-1847: contributed to his Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship, 1835, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 1, 2, 3, 5 here used, 156 Who is thy neighbor? He whom thou. Perronet, Edward [1726-1792], son of Vincent Perronet, vicar of Shoreham, Kent: born at Shoreham: friend and assistant of John and Charles Wesley: minister of a Congregational Church in Canterbury: published in the Gospel Magazine, for November, 1779, the first stanza of the hymn the first line of which is given below. In the issue for April, 1780, this stanza was repeated with 7 additional stanzas, each of 4 lines. In 1785 the hymn was included in Mr. Perronet's Occasional Verses, Moral and Sacred, with the title "On the resurrection." In 1787, in A Selection of Hymns from the best authors, by John Rippon, q. v., a much altered version was given, and this is now the universally accepted form. Dr. Rippon changed stanzas 1, 4, 5, 7 of Mr. Perronet's hymn into 1, 2, 3, 4 of his version, and added three new stanzas. Of this altered version, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 1, 6, 7 are here given. 87 All hail the power of Jesus' name Pierpont, John [1785-1866], son of James Pierpont: born at Litchfield, Connecticut : Yale, A. B., 1804, A. M., 1820; Harvard Divinity School, 1818, A. M., 1821: minister of Hollis Street Church, Boston, 1819-1845; of the First Unitarian Society, Troy, New York, 1845-1849; of the First Parish, Medford, 1849-1859; chaplain of the 22nd Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, 1861: wrote for the opening of the Independent Congregational Church in Barton Square, Salem, December 7, 1824, and published in his Airs of Palestine and Other Poems, Boston, 1840, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 1, 2, 3, 6 here used, O thou to whom in ancient time 14 Procter, Adelaide Anne [1825-1864], daughter of Bryan Waller Procter [Barry Cornwall]: Rippon, John [1751-1836], born at Tiverton, Devonshire: educated for the ministry at the Baptist College, Bristol; Brown, A. M., 1784, S. T. D., 1792; minister of the Baptist Church, New Park Street, London, 1773-1836: published in A Selection of Hymns from the best authors, 1787, his version in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 1,6, 7 here used, of the hymn by E. Perronet, q. v., beginning, All hail the power of Jesus' name 87 Rist, Johann [1607-1667], son of Kaspar Rist, pastor at Ottensen, near Hamburg: born at Ottensen: Johanneum at Hamburg, then Gymnasium Illustre at Bremen ; University of Rinteln and University of Rostock: pastor at Wedel near Hamburg, 1635-1667: wrote 680 hymns. In the Drittes Zehn of his Himlische Lieder, Lüneburg, 1642, in 16 stanzas of 6 lines, was first published "Hilf, Herr Jesus, lass gelingen." In 1863, Miss Winkworth, q. v., translated stanzas 1, 4, 8, 13, 15, 16, and published them in her Chorale Book for England. From her version have been here taken stanzas I, 2, 6. Reed, Andrew [1788-1862], son of Andrew Reed: born at London: Hackney College, London; D. D., Yale, 1834: minister of Wycliffe Chapel, London; founder of "The London Orphan Asylum," "The Asylum for Fatherless Children," "The Asylum for Idiots," "The Infant Orphan Asylum," "The Hospital for Incurables": published, unsigned, in the Evangelical Magazine, June, 1829, with the title "Hymn to the Spirit," and republished in his Hymn Book, 1842, in 7 Robbins, Chandler [1810-1882], son of Peter stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 2 and 7 here omitted, Help us, O Lord! behold, we enter 266 Gilman Robbins, physician: born at Lynn, Massachusetts: Harvard, A. B., 1829, A. M. 1832, Divinity School, 1833, D. D., 1855: minister of the Second Church, Boston, 1833-1874: contributed to Dr. George E. Ellis's Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary, Boston, 1845, in 3 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas I and 3 here used, Lo, the day of rest declineth 308 Russell, Francis Albert Rollo [1849- }, son of John, Earl Russell: born at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, 1849, his Sandys, George [1577-1643], son of Edwin Sandys, archbishop of York: born at Bishopthorpe Palace, York: St. Mary Hall, Oxford: treasurer of the colony of Virginia, about 1621, while holding the office translating Ovid, one of the first literary works done in this region; gentleman of the Privy Chamber about 1626: translated Psalm c., and published it in his A Paraphrase upon the Psalms of David. By G. S. Set to New Tunes for Private Devotion; and a Thorough Bass, for Voice or Instrument. By Henry Lawes, Gentleman of his Majesty's Chapel Royal, 1638, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines. This was included in The Poetical Works of George Sandys now first collected, London, 1872, and from this has been taken unaltered, All from the sun's uprise 213 Savage, Minot Judson [1841- ], son of Joseph Lambert Savage: born at Norridgewood, Maine: Bangor Theological Seminary, 1864 three years home missionary in California; then minister of churches in Framingham, Massachusetts; Hannibal, Missouri; Chicago; and of the Church of the Unity, Boston, 1874-1896: wrote, for a baptismal service in his church, 1882, and published in his Sacred Songs for Public Worship, Boston, 1883, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, here given unchanged, The very blossoms of our life.. : 293 Scott, Sir Walter [1771-1832], son of Walter Scott born at Edinburgh: Edinburgh High School; Edinburgh University: published in the 40th chapter of Ivanhoe, 1819, as a song for Rebecca, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines, stanzas and wrote in 1871, and printed in Quiet Hours, Boston, 1875, and again in her Hymns and Sonnets, with the title "Whom but Thee," in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, stanza I here omitted, Thou Life within my life, than self more near . . 61 and printed in Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, 1864, and again in her Hymns and Sonnets, with the title "The Quest," and the text "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or where shall I flee from thy presence?" in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, all here used, I cannot find thee. Still on restless pinion 149 and wrote in 1855, and printed in Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, 1864, and again in her Hymns and Sonnets, with the title "The New Heaven," in 10 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 7, 8, 9, 10 here used, In thee my powers, my treasures, live Seagrave, Robert [1693 163 ], son of Robert Seagrave, vicar of Twyford, Leicestershire : born at Twyford: Clare College, Cambridge, B. A., 1714, M. A., 1718; holy orders: a friend of Wesley and Whitefield, working first within the established Church, and then without published in his Hymns for Christian Worship, partly Composed and partly Collected from Various Authors, 1742, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines, with the title "Pilgrim's Song," stanzas 1 and 2 here used, Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings. 207 : Sears, Edmund Hamilton [1810-1876], son Now first printed from A Copy of the Original бо Carols" in 5 stanzas of 8 lines, stanza 3 here Sill, Edward Rowland [1841-1887], son of omitted, It came upon the midnight clear 94 Theodore Sill, M. D.: born at Windsor, Connecticut A. B., Yale, 1861; professor of English language and literature, University of California, 1874-1882: wrote in 1867, for Visitation Day, Harvard Divinity School, where he was then a student, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, given here unchanged, and published in the Boston Observer, 1834, then in the Christian Register, 1835, revised and reprinted in the Monthly Religious Magazine, January, 1866, and finally published in Sermons and Songs, 1875, with the title" Christ-Send down thy truth, O God mas Song," in 5 stanzas of 8 lines, stanzas 1, 2 and part of 3 and 4 here used, Calm on the listening ear of night 95 Shairp, John Campbell [1819-1885], son of Major Norman Shairp: born at Houston House, Linlithgrowshire: Edinburgh Academy; then Glasgow University, then Balliol College, Oxford, B. A., 1844, M. A., 1877; LL.D., Edinburgh, 1844; assistant master with Dr. Tait at Rugby; professor of humanities of the United Colleges of St. Salvator and St. Leonards, in the University of St. Andrews, 1861, principal of the United Colleges, 1868; professor of poetry, Oxford, 1877: wrote in 1871 and published in Glen Desseray and Other Poems, London, 1888, in 8 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 1, 2, 3 here omitted, 65 Smith, Samuel Francis [1808-1895], born at Boston: Harvard, A. B., 1829. A. M., in course; Colby, A. M., 1832, S. T. D., 1853: wrote in 1832, first used at a children's 4th of July, celebration, Park Street Church, Boston, then printed in the Psalmist, 1843, in 4 stanzas of 7 lines, stanzas 1, 2, 4 here used, My country, 't is of thee 287 ], son Smith, Walter Chalmers [1824 of Walter Smith: born at Aberdeen: educated at the High School and University of Aberdeen, and in theology at the Free Church College, Edinburgh; D. D., Glasgow, 1869; LL. D., Aberdeen, 1876, and Edinburgh, 1893: minister of the Free High Church, Edinburgh, 1876: published in Thoughts and Fancies for Sunday Evenings, 1887, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, stanza 5 here omitted, One thing I of the Lord desire 175 Spitta, Carl Johann Philipp [1801-1859], son of Lebrecht Wilhelm Gottfried Spitta : born at Hanover: Gymnasium, Hanover, then University of Göttingen, D. D., 1855: published in his Psalter und Harfe, 1st series, 1833, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines, his hymn beginning "Herr, des Tages Mühen und Beschwerden." This, Richard Massie, q. v., translated in full and published in his Lyra Domestica, 1860. Of this translation, stanza 1 and the last 4] "The Christian's Noblest Resolution," in 5 lines of stanza 3 and of stanza 4 are here used. stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 2, 4, 5 here used, O Lord, who by thy presence hast made light.. 255 May I resolve with all my heart 200 Sterling, editor of the Times, London: born at Kames Castle, Island of Bute: University of Glasgow; Trinity College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, B. A., 1834, M. A., 1838: editor of the London Athenaeum: curate of Hurstmonceaux: published in Poems, 1839, in 1I stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 here used, Stowe, Harriet Beecher [1812 28 ], daugh Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn [1815-1881], son of Sterling, John [1806-1844], son of Edward ter of the Rev. Lyman Beecher : born at Lichfield, Connecticut: published in the Plymouth Collection, New York, 1855, and reprinted in her Religious Poems, 1867, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, stanza 5 here omitted, 189 When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean.. Still, still with thee, when purple morning breaketh 235 307 Tate, Nahum [1652-1715], son of the Rev. Faithful Teate, D. D.: born at Dublin: Trinity College, Dublin, B. A., 1672: poet laureate, 1690-1715: published with Nicholas Brady, q. v., in 1696, A new Version of the Psalms of David. From their version of Psalm lxxviii., in 30 stanzas of 8 lines, unequally divided into three parts, have been taken the first 12 lines, as altered by Jeremy Belknap, q. v., for the first 3 stanzas of the Commencement hymn. Give ear, ye children, to my law 282 7 |