Henry A. Martin

Martin, Henry Arthur, M.A., son of George Martin, Chancellor and Canon of Exeter, born at Exeter July 30, 1831, and educated at Eton, and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1855, and M.A. 1857. On taking Holy Orders he became Curate of Hallow, near Worcester, 1856, and Vicar of Laxton with Moorhouse, Nottinghamshire, 1858. In 1871 he contributed the following hymns to Church Hymns:—

1. Lord of the frost-bound winter. Harvest. Written in 1859.
2. O Rock of Ages, One Foundation. St. Peter. Written in 1871.
3. Sound aloud Jehovah's praises. Holy Trinity. Written in 1870, in 8 stanzas, four of which only are given in Church Hymns.
4. The heavenly King must come. St. John Baptist. Written in 1871.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Martin, H. A., p. 715. ii. In the 1904 ed. of Hymns Ancient & Modern a new hymn by Mr. Martin is included for Passiontide, "Alone Thou trodd'st the wine press, and alone." It was written in Holy Week, 1878. All Mr. Martin's hymns given on p. 715, ii., are still in common use.

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