Thomas Benson Pollock

Thomas Benson Pollock
From the book "Father Pollock and His Brother." 1911
Short Name: Thomas Benson Pollock
Full Name: Pollock, Thomas Benson, 1836-1896
Birth Year: 1836
Death Year: 1896

Pollock, Thomas Benson, M.A., was born in 1836, and graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, B.A. 1859, M.A. 1863, where he also gained the Vice-Chancellor's Prize for English Verse in 1855. Taking Holy Orders in 1861, he was Curate of St. Luke's, Leek, Staffordshire; St. Thomas's, Stamford Hill, London; and St. Alban's, Birmingham. Mr. Pollock is a most successful writer of metrical Litanies. His Metrical Litanies for Special Services and General Use, Mowbray, Oxford, 1870, and other compositions of the same kind contributed subsequently to various collections, have greatly enriched modern hymnbooks. To the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern, Mr. Pollock contributed two hymns, “We are soldiers of Christ, Who is mighty to save" (Soldiers of Christ), and "We have not known Thee as we ought" (Seeking God), but they are by no means equal to his Litanies in beauty and finish.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Pollock, T. B. , 900, i. We note:—
1. God of mercy, loving all. Litany for Quinquagesima. In the Gospeller, 1872.
2. Great Creator, Lord of all. Holy Trinity. In the Gospeller, 1876.
3. Holy Saviour, hear me; on Thy Name I call. Litany of the Contrite. In the Gospeller, 1870. From it "Faithful Shepherd, feed me in the pastures green," is taken.
4. Jesu, in Thy dying woes, p. 678, ii. 36. Given in Thring's Collection, 1882, in 7 parts, was written for the Gos¬peller.
5. My Lord, my Master, at Thy feet adoring. Passiontide. Translation of "Est-ce vous quo je vois, 6 mon Maître adorable!" (text in Moorsom's Historical Comp. to Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1889, p. 266), by Jacques Bridaine, b. 1701, d. 1767. Moorsom says he was born. at Chuselay, near Uzes, in Languedoc, and was a Priest in the French Church. The translation made in 1887 was included in the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern.
6. We are soldiers of Christ, p. 900, i. In the Gospeller, 1875.
7. Weep not for Him Who onward bears. Passiontide. No. 495 in the 1889 Suppl. Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern is part of a hymn in the Gospeller, 1870.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)


Texts by Thomas Benson Pollock (56)AsAuthority LanguagesInstancessort descending
Blessed Jesu, far awayT. B. Pollock (Author)1
Cradled in a manger, In a stable bareT. B. Pollack (Author)English1
God, on heaven's eternal throneT. B. Pollock (Author)1
Comforter, to whom we oweT. B. Pollock (Author)2
Everlasting, infinite, wisdom, glory, love and mightT. B. Pollock (Author)English2
Father, whose creating handThomas B. Pollock (Author)English2
God of Love, to Thee we oweT. B. Pollock (Author)2
God, whose sheltering arms are thrownT. B. Pollock (Author)2
Grant us faith to know thee nearThomas B. Pollock (Author)2
Holy Savior, hear me, on thy name I callThomas Benson Pollock (Author)2
Jesus be with us todayThomas Benson Pollock (Author)2
Jesus from thy heavenly homeThomas Benson Pollock (Author)2
Jesus, Thy great power we knowThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English2
Little lives may be divineThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English2
May Thy Church our shelter beThomas B. Pollock (Author)English2
Nos hace falta el saberThomas Benson Pollock (Author)Spanish2
Oh Jesús, que en to dolorThomas Benson Pollock, 1836-1896 (Author)Spanish2
求主住在教會中 (Qiú zhǔ zhù zài jiàohuì zhōng)Thomas Benson Pollock (Author)Chinese2
Come to raise us when we fallThomas Benson Pollock (Author)3
Heavenly Father, Lord of all, Low before Thy throne we fallT. B. Pollock (Author)3
May we prize the Christian nameT. B. Pollock (Author)English3
"Padre, perdónalos, porque no saben lo que hacen."Thomas Benson Pollock (Author)Spanish3
The Father's sole begotten SonThomas B. Pollock (Translator (from Latin))English3
Jesus, in Thy thirst and painThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English4
Jesus, pitying the sighsT. B. Pollock (Author)English4
Spirit of the Only WiseThomas B. Pollock (Author)English4
We are dying day by dayThomas Benson Pollock (Author)5
Who the multitudes can numberThomas Benson Pollock (Author)5
Father, forgive them; for they know not what they doThomas B. Pollock (Author)English6
Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, Dew descending from aboveRev. Thomas B. Pollock (Author)English6
Jesus all Thy labor vastThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English6
Weep not for Him who onward bearsThomas Benson Pollock, 1836-96 (Author)English6
Be Thou with us every dayT. B. Pollock (Author)English7
God the Father, throned on highThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English7
Jesus, loving to the endThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English7
Jesus, whelmed in fears unknownThomas B. Pollock (Author)English7
By the gracious saving callT. B. Pollock (Author)English9
Heavenly Father, from Thy throneThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English9
Teach us what Thy love has borneRev. Thomas B. Pollock (Author)English9
God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit, Three in One, Hear us from Thy heavenly ThroneT. B. Pollock, 1836-96 (Author)English10
Great Creator, Lord of allRev. T. B. Pollock (Author)English10
Jesus all our ransom paidThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English10
Jesus, once an infant smallRev. Thomas B. Pollock (Author)English10
Jesus, we are far awayT. B. Pollock (Author)English14
Jesus, Son of God most highThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English16
We are soldiers of Christ, who is mighty to saveThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English16
God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit, Three in One (Pollock)Rev. T. B. Pollock (Author)English17
Spirit, strength of all the weakThomas Benson Pollock, 1836-1896 (Author)English19
Spirit blest, who art adoredThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English24
My Lord, my Master, at Thy feet adoringThomas Benson Pollock, 1836-1896 (Translator)English28
Faithful Shepherd, feed meRev. T. B. Pollock (Author)English38
We have not known Thee as we oughtThomas B. Pollock (1836-1896) (Author)English47
Jesus, in Thy dying woesRev. T. B. Pollock (Author)English65
Father, hear Thy children's callThomas B. Pollock (Author)English90
Jesus, with Thy Church abideThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English93
Jesus [Father], from Thy throne on high, Far above the bright blue skyThomas Benson Pollock (Author)English104
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