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James Boden

1757 - 1841 Hymnal Number: d66 Author of "Jesus, dear name, how sweet it [the] sound(s)" in Conference Hymns, Selected and Original. 3rd ed. Boden, James, was born April 13, 1757, in the house at Chester long occupied by Matthew Henry, and educated for the Congregational Ministry at Homerton College. In 1784 he became the pastor of the Independent Chapel, Hanley; and, in 1796, of the Queen's Street Chapel, Sheffield. This last charge he held for nearly 43 years. He died at Chesterfield, June 4, 1841. In 1801 he assisted Dr. Williams, of the Masborough Theological College, near Sheffield, in compiling A Collection of above Six Hundred Hymns designed as a New Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms & Hymns, &c, Doncaster, 1801. This collection is known as Williams and Boden, and to it is traced the anonymous modern version of "Jerusalem, my happy home" (q.v.). To this collection Boden contributed, under the signature "Boden” the following hymns:— 1. Bright source of everlasting love. Charity Sermon. 2. Come, all ye saints of God. Passiontide. 3. Come death, released from dread. Death. 4. Our great High Priest we sing. Christ the H. Priest. 5. Shall sin, that cruel foe? Lent. 6. Triumphant sing ye favoured [ransom'd] saints. Jesus, all in all. 7. We come, dear Jesus, to Thy throne. Prayer Meeting. Of these hymns, No. 1 appeared in the Evangelical Magazine Aug., 1798. Most of them are still in common use, but chiefly in America. They are of no special merit. In the Gospel Magazine, 1777, there are a few hymns under the signature "J-----s B-----n, Chester." Of these, one only (8), "Ye dying sons of men" [Invitation), was given in the Williams and Boden Collection, and then, not with the full signature of "Boden," but as by “B___." On this evidence mainly the hymn has been ascribed to James Boden. It appeared in the Gospel Magazine twice in 1777, in Feb. and in Aug. It may be by our author; but seeing that it alone of the eight hymns above noted is signed "B-----," and was given in the Gospel Magazine in 1777, and that the rest are signed "Baden," and did not appear in the Gospel Magazinein 1777, or in any other year, we regard the evidence as somewhat inconclusive. It has been suggested that possibly the "J-----s B-----n, Chester," was his father. The signatures appended to the hymns in the 1st edition of Williams & Boden, 1801, were omitted from the 2nd edition, 1803, and portions of the Preface were rewritten. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Campbell

Hymnal Number: d111 Author of "The glorious light of Zion is spreading" in Conference Hymns, Selected and Original. 3rd ed.

Robert Brown-Borthwick

1840 - 1894 Person Name: R. Brown-Borthwick Hymnal Number: d25 Author of "Come, trembling soul [souls] [ones], forget your fear [fears]" in Conference Hymns, Selected and Original. 3rd ed. Brown-Borthwick, Robert, born at Aberdeen, May 18, 1840, and educated at St. Mary Hall, Oxford. Taking Holy Orders in 1865, he has been Curate of Sudeley (and Chaplain of the Winchcombs Union), Gloucestershire, 1865-6, and Evesham, 1866-8; Assistant Minister of Quebec Chapel, London, 1868-9; and Incumbent of Holy Trinity, Grange, near Keswick, 1869. He is now (1886) Vicar of All Saints, Scarborough. His publications, in addition to his prose works, are:— Supplemental Hymn and Tune Book, 1867 (4th edition, 1871); Sixteen Hymns for Church and Home, 1870; Select Hymns for Church and Home, 1871; and various Kyries, Hymn Tunes, Chants, &c. In addition he has rendered good service as one of the four Editors of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns. In this last work three of his best hymns are found: “Come, O Jesu, to Thy Table"; "O Holy Jesu, Prince of Peace”; "Let us raise our grateful voices." Canon Westcott in his Paragraph Psalter acknowledges Mr. Brown-Borthwick's assistance in preparing that work for the press as of great value thereto. He died March 17, 1894. Of Mr. Brown-Borthwick's hymns the following appeared in his Sixteen Hymns, &c, 1870:— 1. Come, O Jesus, to Thy Table. Holy Communion. 2. Lord, in the watches of the night. Midnight. 3. O Holy Jesu, Prince of Peace. Holy Communion. The author's note to this hymn is, "This is not a congregational hymn, but a meditation, to be read while non-communicants are retiring, or to be sung by the choir alone, anthem-wise, kneeling." These hymns were repeated in his Select Hymns, &c, 1871-85. The following is also in that collection:— 4. Let us raise our grateful [gladsome] voices . Flower Services, or Thanksgiving. "Written in Borrowdale, on a summer morning in 1870," and published in the S. P. C. K. Church Hymns, 1871, &c. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Thomas Cleland

Hymnal Number: d33 Author of "Farewell, my dear brethren, the time is at hand" in Conference Hymns, Selected and Original. 3rd ed.

H. H. Brown

Publisher of "" in Conference Hymns, Selected and Original. 3rd ed.

Christian F. H. Sachse

1785 - 1860 Hymnal Number: d25 Author of "Come, trembling soul [souls] [ones], forget your fear [fears]" in Conference Hymns, Selected and Original. 3rd ed. Sachse, Christian Friedrich Heinrich, D.D., was born July 2, 1785, at Eisenberg, Sachse-Altenburg, where his father was cantor, and also master in the town school. In the years 1804-1807 he was a student at the University of Jena (D.D. from Jena 1841), and was, thereafter, for some time, a private tutor at Kleinlauchstedt, near Merseburg. In 1812 he became diaconus at Meuselwitz, near Altenburg. He was appointed, in 1823, Court preacher at Altenburg; and also, in 1831, Consistorialrath. After 1849 he had many trials to endure, for seven children and his wife predeceased him, leaving him only one daughter; while his bodily infirmities compelled him, in 1859, to give up his duties in the consistory, and, in Feb. 1860, to resign even his work as Court preacher. He died at Altenburg, Oct. 9, 1860 (Koch, vii. 22; O. Kraus, ed. 1879, p. 418, &c). By his earlier hymns, published in 1817, in connection with the Tercentenary of the Reformation, Sachse had a share in the reawakening of Churchly life among the Lutherans. The more important of his other hymns appeared in his Geistliche Gesänge zum Gebrauch bei Beerdigungen und bei der Todtenfeier, Altenburg, 1822 [Hamburg Library]; and were written, to be used at funerals, during his resi¬dence at Meuselwitz; or for use at the special service introduced there in 1819, and held in memory of the departed, on the evening of the last day of the year. A number of his later hymns, together with selections from his secular poems, were published posthumously, as his Gedicht, Altenburg, 1861. A considerable number of his hymns passed into the Hamburg Gesang-Buch, 1842, Leipzig Gesang-Buch 1844, and other German hymn-books, prior to 1870. Those of Sachse's hymns which have been translated into English are:— i. Wohlan! die Erde wartet dein. Burial. First published, 1822, as above, No. 2, p. 5, in 8 st. of 4 1., entitled, "At the Grave.” Included in Knapp's Evangelischer Lieder-Schatz, 1837, No. 3375 (1865, No. 2947), altered, and beginning, "Lebwohl! die Erde wartet dein." The translation in common use is:— Beloved and honoured, fare thee well! This is a full and good translation by Miss Borthwick, in Hymns from the Land of Lutehr, 3rd Ser., 1858, p. 56 (1884, p. 176… ii. Wohlauf, wohlauf zum letzten Gang. Burial. First published, 1822, as above, No. i., p. 3, in 17 stanzas of 5 1ines, entitled "Hymn during the funeral proces¬sion." Stanzas i.-v. seem to have been meant to be sung at the house of mourning; st. vi.-xiv., on the way to the churchyard ; and st. xv.-xvii., at the entrance to the "place of peace." It was sung at his own funeral in 1860…. Of this hymn, the late Dr. James Hamilton, in an article in the Family Treasury, 1860, pt. i., p. 116), wrote thus:— On behalf of England, we have sometimes envied the brighter hope--the look of Easter Morning-—which seems to linger still in Luther's land. With its emblems, suggestive of resurrection and heaven, its churchyard is not a Pagan burial ground, but the place where believers sleep,—-a true cemetery, to which friendship can find it pleasant to repair and meditate. At the obsequies of Christian brethren, it is not a funeral knell which strikes slowly and sternly; but from the village steeple there sheds a soft and almost cheerful requiem; and though there may be many wet eyes in the procession, there are not many of the artificial insignia of woe, as the whole parish convoys the departed to his 'bed of peaceful rest.’ Once, in the Black Forest, we accompanied to the ‘place of peace,' an old man's funeral, and there still dwells on our ear the quaint and kindly melody which the parishioners sang along the road; and we have sometimes wished that we could hear the like in our own land [Scotland], with its sombre and silent obsequies." The translation in common use is:— Come forth! come on, with solemn song. A good translation of st. i.-iii., v., xv.-xvii., by Miss Borthwick, in Hymns from the Land of Luther, 2nd Ser., 1855, p. 68 (1884, p. 126). … Other translations are: — (1) "Happy the man who seeks the prize "(st. vi.). By Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (1856, p. 236). (2) "Neighbour, accept our parting song." By Dr. James Hamilton, in the Family Treasury, p. 116, as above; and sung at his own funeral in 1867. (3) "O corpse, thy dwelling's now without." By Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 110. (4) “Come forth, move on, with solemn song." In the Christian Examiner, Boston, U.S., Nov. 1860, p. 414. Another hymn, partly by Sachse, is:— iii. Der Herr der Ernte winket. Burial. First published, 1822, as above, No. vi., p. 11, in 6 st. of 8 1., entitled, "At the funeral of an aged person." … [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Barby Litchfield

Hymnal Number: d51 Author of "How precious is the name, brethren sing" in Conference Hymns, Selected and Original. 3rd ed.

J. Banks

Hymnal Number: d89 Author of "O thou everlasting Maker " in Conference Hymns, Selected and Original. 3rd ed.

William W. Phelps

1792 - 1872 Hymnal Number: d115 Author of "The pure testimony put [poured] forth in the spirit" in Conference Hymns, Selected and Original. 3rd ed.

Samson Occom

1723 - 1792 Person Name: Samson Occum Hymnal Number: d135 Author of "When shall we three meet again" in Conference Hymns, Selected and Original. 3rd ed. Occom, Samson (sometimes given as Ockum, and again as Occum), a Mohican Indian, was born at Norwich, Connecticut, in 1723. He was converted from Paganism under G. Whitefield, in 1739-40, and educated by the Revs. E. Wheelock and Benjamin Pomeroy. In 1748 he removed to Long Island and laboured amongst a remnant of his people. In 1759 he received Presbyterian orders, visited England, 1766-67, where he preached often (once for J. Newton at Olney), and with acceptance, and raised about ten thousand pounds for Dartmouth College, and for Indian education. His later life was spent first among his own race on Long Island, and, from 1786, in Oneida County, N.Y. He died in July, 1792. Occom's Choice Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs was published at New London, Connecticut, in 1774 (2nd ed. 1785). He is credited as the author of several hymns, but none of those hymns are found in his own collection. They are:— 1. Now the shades of night are gone. Morning. The date of 1770 is given to this hymn, but on insufficient authority. No evidence connects it with Occom, though it has not, on the other hand, been claimed for another. It is first found in the Hartford Congregational Collection, 1799, and was brought into general use by the Prayer-Book Collection, 1826. It is in several modern hymn-books. 2. Awaked by Sinai's awful sound. Peace with God. By this hymn, from its extensive use, Occom is chiefly known. We are satisfied, however, that in this form it is not his. It is first found in the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, July, 1802, p. 39, "communicated as original." It is however altered from "Waked by the gospel's powerful sound," which is No. 285 in Josiah Goddard's Collection, Walpole, N. H.,1801, and possibly earlier, This older text is probably Occom's own composition. 3. When shall we three meet again? Parting. This once popular hymn has been ascribed to Occom, but the claim is doubtful. We find it in no collection earlier than Leavitt's Christian Lyre, 1830, although it is known to have been sung at an earlier date. It is sometimes given as, "When shall we all meet again?" as in H. W. Beecher's Plymouth Collection, 1855. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)