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Hewett

Hymnal Number: 133 Author of "If I perish, I will go" in Select Hymns Hewett. This name, and the date 1850, are given in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866, to "Come, poor sinner, come and see" (Invitation), on the authority of D. Sedgwick (S. MSS.). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

S. B. Linsley

Hymnal Number: 485 Author of "From battles fought the chief returns" in Select Hymns

Elisha Cushman

1788 - 1838 Person Name: E. Cushman Hymnal Number: 440 Author of "Great Redeemer, let thy presence" in Select Hymns Cushman, Elisha. (Kingston, Maine, May 2, 1788--October 26, 1838, Hartford, Connecticut). Baptist. Lineal descendant of Robert Cushman, one of the Pilgrim Fathers. Was converted in this twentieth year and shortly thereafter was licensed to the Christian ministry by the Kingston Baptist Church. Pastor of the Hartford, Connecticut, Baptist Church until 1825. Was the first editor of The Christian Secretary, starting in 1822. Later served as pastor of New Market Street Baptist Church, Philadelphia, 1825-1829; Stratford Baptist Church, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1829-1831; and First Baptist Church, New Haven, 1831-1835. Three of his hymns were included in Select Hymns, published in Hartford in 1836: Great Redeemer, let thy presence Hark the voice of injured justice Great fount of Beings, mighty God --Cecil Roper, DNAH Archives

J. H. Linsley

Person Name: James H. Linsley Editor of "" in Select Hymns

Levi Kneeland

1803 - 1834 Person Name: L. Kneeland Hymnal Number: 317 Author of "Christian worship--how inviting" in Select Hymns Kneeland, Levi, author of "Christian worship, how inviting" (Divine Worship), which appeared in Linsley and Davis's Select Hymns, 1836, was born at Masonville, New York, Nov. 7, 1803, entered the Baptist ministry as a pastor at Packerville, Connecticut, in 1828, and died there Aug. 23, 1834. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =================== Kneeland, Levi. (Masonville, New York, November 7, 1803--August 23, 1834, Packerville, Connecticut). Baptist. STudies at Hamilton Literary & Theological Institution, 1824-1828. On October 8, 1828, he was ordained at the Baptist Church in Packerville, Conn., where he served as pastor until his death. During his brief ministry of six years, he baptized more than 300 converts. In Baptist Encyclopedia (1883), he is described by Cathcart as "bold, aggressive, mighty in prayer, powerful in exhortation, full of illustrations, affable, sociable, intent on saving souls and greatly beloved by his brethren." One hymn, "Christian worship, how inviting" is found in Select Hymns (Hartford, 1836). --Donald A. Spencer, DNAH Archives

Hill

Hymnal Number: 515 Author of "Farewell, my dear brethren, the time is at hand" in Select Hymns

Nathan Strong

1748 - 1816 Person Name: Strong Hymnal Number: 113 Author of "Alas, alas, how blind I've been" in Select Hymns Strong, Nathan, D.D., a leading Congregational divine of his day, was born at Coventry, Connecticut, Oct. 16, 1748, and educated at Yale College, where he graduated in 1769. He first studied law, but soon turned his attention to the ministry. In January 1774 he became the Pastor of the First Congregational Church at Hartford, and remained there to his death in 1816. In 1796 he won much repute through his essay on The Doctrine of Eternal Misery consistent with the Infinite Benevolence of God. He founded The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, in 1800, and also took a prominent part in establishing the Connecticut Home Mission Society in 1801. His degree of D.D. was conferred by the University of Princeton. His services to American hymnology, as the principal editor of the Hartford Selection, 1799, have been very great. As in that Selection the author's names were not given, most of his numerous contributions thereto cannot be identified. Six of these hymns, however, are reproduced in Nettleton's Village Hymns, 1824, with his name attached thereto. These are:— 1. Alas, alas, how blind I've been . The Sinner awakened. 2. Blest Lord, behold the guilty scorn . Prayer for opposers to Revivals. 3. Long have I walked this dreary road . The Sinner's Complaint. 4. Sinner, behold, I've heard thy groans . The Pardoning God. 5. Smote by the law, I'm justly slain . The Law, and the Gospel. 6. The summer harvest spreads the fields . The Great Harvest. In addition to these the following are from the Hartford Selection, 1799 (but not in the Village Hymns.) They are the best known and most widely used of Strong's hymns:— 7. Almighty Sovereign of the skies . National Thanksgiving. 8. Swell the anthem, raise the song . National Thanksgiving. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Abby Hyde

1799 - 1872 Person Name: Hyde Hymnal Number: 129 Author of "Condemned by the law" in Select Hymns Hyde, Abby Bradley, was born at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Sept. 28, 1799, and married to the Rev. Lavius Hyde, of Salisbury, Mass., Sept. 28, 1818. She died at Andover, April 7, 1872. Her first poem, an Address to Mr. Wolfe, the Jewish missionary, appeared in a New Haven paper in 1822 or 1823, and from it Dr. L. Bacon (q.v.) took two hymns for his Hymns & Sacred Songs for the Monthly Concert, Andover, 1823. Those hymns have merit, but are not now in common use. Asahel Nettleton included 9 pieces by her in his Village Hymns, 1824, and 34 more were given in the revised and enlarged edition of the same, 1851. An additional hymn appeared in Nason's Congregational Hymn Book, 1857. Of those hymns the following are still in common use:— 1. Ah, what can I a sinner do! Lent. From Nettleton's Village Hymns, 1824, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, into a few collections. 2. And canst thou, sinner, slight! Grieve not the Spirit. From Nettleton's Village Hymns, 1824, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, into a great number of American collections, and a few in Great Britain. 3. Behold the glorious dawning bright. Second Advent. From Nettleton's Village Hymns, 1824, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. Limited in use. 4. Dear Saviour, if these lambs should stray. Prayer on behalf of children. In Nettleton's Village Hymns, 1824, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. A touching hymn, and widely used. 5. Say, sinner, hath a voice within! Exhortation to Repentance. In a letter to Mr. Nason, dated July 10, 1857, Mrs. Hyde says that this hymn "was written down from my lips by a young sister, when I was not able to hold up my head from the pillow." It appeared in Nettleton's Village Hymns, 1824, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and is in extensive use. All Mrs. Hyde's pieces in the Village Hymns are signed "Hyde." [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Eliel Davis

1803 - 1849 Person Name: Davis Hymnal Number: 452 Author of "Behold the genial showers descend" in Select Hymns Davis, Eliel, was born at Folkestone, June 5, 1803. In 1822 he entered a business establishment in London, and joined the Baptist church in Eagle Street. Entering the Baptist Ministry he was successively pastor at Newport, Isle of Wight; Regent Street, Lambeth, London; Eye, in Suffolk; and St. Ives, in Huntingdonshire. He died in March, 1849. His hymn "From every earthly pleasure" (Onward) was contributed to ms. monthly magazine, in 1821, edited by Dr. Belcher, author of Historical Sketches of Hymns, and through Dr. Belcher's influence was published in The New Baptist Magazine, March, 1825, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines. It is found, usually abridged, in several modern collections. Another of his hymns "There is a heaven of perfect peace" (Heaven Anticipated), appeared in the Supplement to the Evangelical Magazine, 18(5, and is also in common use. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)