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Thomas Davis

1804 - 1887 Person Name: Thomas Davis, M. A. Hymnal Number: 164 Author of "Buds are bursting into beauty" in The New Children's Hymnal Davis, Thomas, M.A., son of Dr. H. F. Davis, Rector of All Saints, Worcester, and of Pendock, Worcestershire, was born Feb. 15, 1804. He was educated for the law, and practised as a solicitor for two years. He then entered Queen's College, Oxford, and graduated B.A. in 1833, and M.A. in 1837. On taking Holy Orders he became Curate of All Saints, Worcester. In 1839 he was preferred as Incumbent of Roundhay, Leeds. Mr. Davis's works, in which his hymns appeared, are:— (1) Devotional Verse for a Month, 1855; (2) Songs for the Suffering, 1859; (3) The Family Hymnal, 1860; (4) Hymns, Old and New, for Church and Home, and for travel by Land or Sea; consisting of 223 selected, and 260 Original Hymns, Lond., Longmans, 1864; and (5) Annus Sanctus; or, Aids to Holiness in Verse for every day in the Year, 1877. (6) Help Homewards in Verse for Every Day in the Year, 1883. The hymns given in the earlier of these works are generally repeated in the later. Of Mr. Davis's hymns the best Known are "O Paradise Eternal"; "Holiest, holiest, hearken in love"; "’Tis sweet on earth to wake at morn"; "Let every voice for praise awake"; and "Baptized into the Name." Many of Mr. Davis's hymns are of considerable merit, and his works should be consulted by all hymn-book compilers. The "selected " hymns in his Hymns Old & New are marked, the rest are original. From his various works the following hymns are in common use outside of his Hymns Old and New in addition to those named and others, which are annotated under their respective first lines:— i. From Devotional Verse for a Month, 1855. 1. Come, Holy Spirit, come, Mercies revealing. Whitsuntide. 2. Dear is the eye of earthly love. The loneliness of Jesus. 3. Heavy and dark the clouds o'erhung. Good Friday. 4. I will not mourn my weakness, Lord. Affliction. ii. From the Family Hymnal, 1860. 5. Shall I fear, O earth, thy bosom? Easter. 6. Sing, ye seraphs, in the sky. Universal Praise. iii. From Hymns Old and New, 1864. 7. Day by day and year by year. Old and New Year. 8. Does one small voice within the soul? Conscience. 9. Faith alone breathes calm devotion. The Calm of Faith. 10. Father, vouchsafe us grace divine. Morning. 11. Great Father of our race. God the Father. 12. How kind our Father's voice. Morning. 13. I thank Thee, Lord, for every night. Morning. 14. In holy contemplation, Give me, &c. After a Bad Harvest. 15. Let every voice for praise awake. God is Love. 16. Lord, send Thy Spirit from above. For an Increase of Charity. 17. My Father kept me through the night. Morning. 18. Our God is love, O sweetly sing. God is Love. 19. The floods lift up their waves, O God. For use at Sea. 20. The Lord our God is King. God the King Eternal. 21. To all Thy servants who this day. Holy Communion. 22. To Thine own peaceful skies. Ascension. 23. What though fields of earth have yielded. After a Bad Harvest. iv. From Annus Sanctus, 1877. 24. Christian, be thou content. Quinquagesima Sunday. 25. Keep Thou my heart that it may ne'er. Slow to Wrath. 26. More light, more life, more love. Light, Life and Love desired. 27. Unworthy though I be. Divine Guidance desired. 28. Why comes this fragrance on the summer breeze? God is Love. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== Davis, Thomas, M.A., p. 281, ii. Died at Roundhay, Nov. 11, 1887. Another of his hymns from his Devotional Verse, &c, 1855, "Two temples doth Jehovah prize" (The Temple of the Body), is also in common use. There are 23 of his hymns in Soden's Universal Hymn Book, 1885. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

William St. Hill Bourne

1846 - 1929 Person Name: Rev. W. St. Hill Bourne Hymnal Number: 225 Author of "Christ, Who once amongst us" in The New Children's Hymnal Bourne, William St. Hill, born in 1846, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and the London College of Divinity. Taking Holy Orders in 1869 he became successively Curate of Holy Trinity, Derby; Harrow-on-the-Hill; St. Paul's, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Ashford, Kent; in 1875, Vicar of Pinner, Middlesex; and in 1880, Vicar of All Saints, Haggerstone. Author of Poems in various periodicals; Church Work and the Working Classes, published in Church Bells, 1875, &c. In 1879 he became editor of The Mission Field, for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. As a hymn-writer he is known through the following hymns:— 1. Children's voices strive not vainly, Sunday School Anniversary. Written in 1868. 2. Christ, Who once among us. The Good Shepherd. Written in 1868, and first published in the revised Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875. 3. Enter with thanksgiving. Processional for Dedication Service. Written in 1880 for the reopening of the Parish Church of Pinner, and published, with music, by Skeffington & Son. 4. For the freshness of the morning. Praise for all things. Written in 1868, first printed on a broadsheet, and then included in The Universal Hymn Book, 1885. 5. In the Name of God the Father, In Whose Image we are made. Purity. Written in 1885 for the Church Purity Society, printed in The Vanguard, Dec. 1885, and in the White Cross Hymnal, 1886. 6. The evening shadowy dimness. Evening. Written in 1868, printed on a broad-sheet, and again in The Universal Hymn Book, 1885. 7. The Sower went forth sowing. Harvest or Burial. Written in 1874 for Harvest Festival at Christ Church, South Ashford, Kent; printed in Church Bells the same year, and included in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875. It is sometimes used as a Funeral hymn. 8. Through the feeble twilight. Easter hymn for Church Workers. Written in 1884 for the Additional Curates Society's Home Mission Field, and printed therein, April 1884. Mr. Bourne has also printed several hymns on fly-sheets for special occasions. Some of these are worthy of the attention of hymnal compilers. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================= Bourne, W. St. Hill, p. 165, ii. Mr. Bourne published in 1898 A Supplementary Hymnal, consisting of 19 of his hymns, which had previously appeared in The Church Monthly, and other periodicals. He became Rector of Finchley in 1900. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

George Horne

1730 - 1792 Person Name: Bishop Horne Hymnal Number: 173 Author of "See the leaves around us falling" in The New Children's Hymnal Home, George, D.D., born at Otham, near Maidstone, Kent, Nov. 1, 1730, and educated at Maidstone, and University College, Oxford (B.A. 1749). He subsequently became a Fellow, and in 1768 Master of Magdalen College. He was also Vice-Chancellor of his University, 1776; Dean of Canterbury, 1781, and Bishop of Norwich, 1791. He died Jan. 17, 1792. Bp. Home is widely known through his Commentary on the Book of Psalms. His hymns were included in his Memoirs by the Rev. W. Jones, 1795: again, in his Essays and Thoughts on Various Subjects with Hymns and Poems, 1808: and again, in his Works, 1809. Of his Hymns the best known is:— See the leaves around us falling [Autumn], which appeared in his Memoirs, 1795, pp. 223-4, in 10 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled "The Leaf. 'We all do fade as a leaf.' Isa. lxiv. 6." It is also found in his Essays, 1808, and Works, 1809. Collyer included it in an abbreviated form in his Collection, 1812, from whence it passed into modern Nonconformist hymnals. It was brought into use in the Church of England by Cotterill through his Selection, 8th ed., 1819. Bishop Home's translation of the Latin Grace, “Te Deum patrem colimus" (q.v.):— "Thee, Mighty Father, we adore," has been strangely overlooked by hymnal compilers. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Elizabeth A. B. Curteis

b. 1840 Person Name: E. A. Curteis Hymnal Number: 206 Author of "Hear thy children's hymn of praise" in The New Children's Hymnal Elizabeth Anna Ball Curteis, daughter of E. R. Ball of Monkstown, near Dublin; b. Oct. 29, 1840, married in Feb. 1863 to the Rev. G. H. Curteis, M.A., Canon of Lichfield Cathedral, and Principal of the Lichfield Theological College. Mrs. Curteis composed the music to 12 songs and 2 hymns for children. These were published in 1866 as The Children's Hour. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Wilhelmina L. Rooper

Person Name: W. L. Rooper Hymnal Number: 157 Author of "O comrade, who for many a day" in The New Children's Hymnal

Julia R. Higinbotham

Person Name: Miss J. R. Higinbotham Hymnal Number: 309 Composer of "[Blest Saviour, let me be a child]" in The New Children's Hymnal We have little data on this composer, except that Higinbotham was her maiden name. Lyrics: WATERBANK --www.hymntime.com/tch

Charlotte S. Streatfeild

1829 - 1929 Person Name: Mrs. Streatfield Hymnal Number: 323 Author of "Father, from Thy throne on high" in The New Children's Hymnal Streatfield, Charlotte, née Saint, eldest daughter of the Rev. J. J. Saint, Rector of Speldhurst, was born at Speldhurst, Dec. 31, 1829, and married, in 1862, to Charles N. Streatfeild, Lieutenant, Royal Navy, eldest son of Major General Streatfeild, Royal Engineers. Mrs. Streatfeild has published:— (1) Hymns and Verses on the Collects; London, Longmans, 1865. (2) Hymns on the Love of Jesus, and the Home above; Lond., Skeffington & Son, 1877. (3) A Little Garland of the Saints, and Other Verses; Lond., Mowbray, 1877. (4) The Story of the Good Shepherd; Lond., Skeffington, 1885. Mrs. Streatfeild also contributed to Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881. The following include Mrs. Streatfeild's hymns in common use:— 1. And didst Thou hunger then, 0 Lord. First Sunday in Lent. Appeared in her Hymns and Verses on the Collects, 1865. 2. Brothers, tread the holy portals. For the Dedication of a Church. Published by Skeffington, with music by M. S. Skeffington. A Processional. 3. He scarcely felt the cruel stones. St. Stephen. Published in her Hymns and Verses on the Collects, 1865. 4. High o'er the glittering temple. Gospel for First Sunday in Lent. Contributed to Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book 1881. 5. How beautiful the hills of God. Gospel, First S. in Lent. Contributed to Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book., 1881. 6. I linger round the fold of God. Lent. Published in The Story of the Good Shepherd, 1885. 7. In the Paradise of Jesus. Heaven. Appeared in her Hymns on the Love of Jesus, &c, 1877. 8. Jesus, tender Shepherd, Seeking for Thine own. The Good Shepherd. Published in The Story of the Good Shepherd, 1885. 9. Sweet Shepherd, Thou hast sought me. The Good Shepherd. Appeared in her Hymns on the Love of Jesus, &c, 1877; and The Story of the Good Shepherd, 1885. 10. There is joy amongst the angels. Joy in Heaven over Repenting Sinners. Published in her Hymns on the Love of Jesus, &c, 1877; and The Story of the Good Shepherd, 1885. Mrs. Streatfeild has also a "Litany for a Children's Service," in A Little Garland of the Saints, 1877. Nos. 1,3, 4, 5 and 7 of the above hymns are in Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881, and they all rank with the sweetest and most tender of modern verses for children. Some have been arranged as songs, and have been set to music by M. S. Skeffington. Mrs. Streatfeild's prose works include Meditations on the Seven Last Words, 1874; and Words of Comfort, 1875. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)