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A. H. Charteris

A. H. Charteris
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Short Name: A. H. Charteris
Full Name: Charteris, A. H. (Archibald Hamilton), 1835-1908
Birth Year: 1835
Death Year: 1908

Charteris, Archibald Hamilton, D.D., s. of John Charteris, schoolmaster, b. at Wamphray, Dumfriesshire, Dec. 13, 1835, and educated at Wamphray and Edinburgh University, B.A. 1852, D.D. 1888; LL.D. 1898; Minister successively of New Abbey, and The Park Parish, Glasgow; Moderator of the Church of Scotland 1892. Dr. Charteris was Prof. of Biblical Criticism in Edinburgh University 1868-1898. His published works include Life of Prof. James Robertson, 1863, The New Testament Scriptures, 1882, &c. His hymns include:—
Believing fathers oft have told. [Christian Brotherhood.] Written in a steamer on Lake Como, on a day's excursion in 1889. It was designed for the use of the Young Men's Guild of the Church of Scotland, of which he was the founder, and is regularly used at the chief meetings of the Guild. It was given in The Church Hymnary, 1898, No. 259, in 5 stanzas of 10 lines. Its use amongst Young Men's Guilds and Associations is extensive.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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