Robert Aitken Bertram

Short Name:	Robert Aitken Bertram
Full Name:	Bertram, Robert Aitken, 1830-1886
Birth Year:	1830
Death Year:	1886

Bertram, Robert Aitken, son of Rev. J. M. Bertram, D.D., of St. Helena, born at Hanley, 1830, and educated at Owen's College, Manchester, and as a Congregational minister has laboured in St. Helena, Manchester, Barnstaple, Nottingham and Llanelly. Mr. Bertram is author of several works, including A Dictionary of Poetical Illustrations, 1877: A Homiletic Encyclopaedia of Illustrations in Theology and Morals, 1880 and was also one of the editors of The Cavendish Hymnal, prepared in 1864 for the use of the congregation of Rev. Joseph Parker, D.D., at that time minister of Cavendish Chapel, Manchester. To that collection he contributed, under the initials "R. A. B.," the following hymns, several of which have passed into other hymn-books:—
1. As kings and priests we hope to shine. Cross and Crown.
2. Behold Thy servant, Lord. Induction of a Minister.
3. Father of Jesus, Lord of Love. Love to God desired.
4. Jesus, hail, Thou Lord of glory. Ascension.
5. Look down, 0 Lord, in love on these. Reception into Church Membership.
6. Lord of glory, throned on high. Children's Hymn for New Year.
7. Met to remember Thee, 0 Lord. Holy Communion.
8. 0 Christ, with all Thy members one. Oneness with Christ.
9. Our hearts still joy in Thee. Sunday.
10. Saviour, still the same Thou art. Holy Baptism.
11. Seeking, Lord, Thy word to heed. S. S. Teacher's Hymn.
12. Sing loud for joy, ye saints of God. Reception into Church Membership.
13. Spirit of life, and power and light. Whitsuntide.
14. Swiftly fly, our changeful days. Sunday.
15. Ten thousand thousand are Thy hosts. Communion of Saints.
16. Thanks to Thy Name for every pile. Opening of a Place of Worship.
17. Thou Prince of Life, our praises hear. Passiontide.
18. With vision purged by Thine own grace. Heaven.
The hymn on "Hope," "Bending before Thy throne on high," in the Cavendish Hymnal, 1864, was contributed thereto by Mrs. Mary Ann Bertram, wife of our author, born 1841, and died 1862. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.]