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