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S. Deacon

1746 - 1816 Person Name: Deacon Hymnal Number: 540 Author of "O for a plenitude of grace" in A Selection of Sacred Poetry Deacon, Samuel, born 1746, at Ratby, in Leicestershire, d. 1816 at Barton, near Market Bosworth, in the same county. He was son of Samuel Deacon, sen., one of the first preachers of the Leicestershire General Baptists; and half brother to John Deacon (q.v.) of Leicester. In 1771, S. Deacon settled at Barton, a small agricultural village, where, however, he presently established a considerable business as clock and watchmaker, and became well known for his mechanical skill. In 1779 he was invited to assist his father in ministering to the cluster of village congregations of General Baptists, of which Barton was the centre. He was popular and useful as a preacher, and continued minister of this church 37 years, receiving no pecuniary remuneration, but himself contributing liberally to various religious enterprises. In 1785 he published a volume entitled, A New Composition of Hymns & Poems chiefly on Divine Subjects; designed for the Amusement and Edification of Christians of all Denominations, more particularly them of the Baptist persuasion, Leicester: printed for the author by George Ireland. It contained 63 hymns, and 20 meditations. Subsequent editions were considerably enlarged, and the collection became known as the Barton Hymns, S. Deacon's style is very homely, and of his numerous hymns, "0 who can comprehend the rest" (Heaven), and "Ye heavy-laden souls" (Invitation), represent most, if not all, now in common use S. Deacon was also the author of several religious books, some very popular in their day, and most of them in metre, but they do not contain any of his hymns. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

George Dyer

1755 - 1841 Person Name: Dyer Hymnal Number: 55 Author of "Greatest of beings, source of life" in A Selection of Sacred Poetry Dyer, George, B.A., 1755-1841. Educated at Christ's Hospital and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The friend of Charles Lamb, of Priestley and Wakefield, and biographer of Robert Robinson of Cambridge. In 1792 he moved to London, to chambers in Clifford's Inn, Fleet Street, supporting himself by private tuition and literary work. He was a contributor to the Gentleman's and the Monthly Magazine, for which he wrote the introductory Ode in 1796. From 1809 to 1830 engaged upon Valpy's edition of the Classics, in 141 vols. Author of a History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge, 1814, and of several volumes of verse. Three of his hymns are in Kippis, and frequently in other books. 1. Greatest of beings, source of life. Hymn to the Deity. 2. Greatest of beings, source of life. The same continued. 3. Great Framer of unnumbered worlds. Hymn for a Fast --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Mrs. Carter

Person Name: Carter Hymnal Number: 278 Author of "O thou, the wretched's sure retreat" in A Selection of Sacred Poetry

Elizabeth Daye

1733 - 1829 Person Name: Miss Day Hymnal Number: 33 Author of "I'll bless Jehovah's glorious name" in A Selection of Sacred Poetry Daye, Elizabeth, 1733-1829. Daughter of Rev. James Daye, Presbyterian minister at Lancaster (d. 1770). Published a volume of poems at Liverpool, 1798, and contributed to the Monthly Repository. Her hymn Of Worship is in Kippis & Belfast Collection, “I'll bless Jehovah's glorious name." Wallace gives another hymn for Sunday Evening, "0 may the truths this day has taught." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Mary Masters

1706 - 1759 Hymnal Number: 325 Author of "'Tis religion that can give sweetest pleasures" in A Selection of Sacred Poetry Masters, Mary. Biographical facts concerning Mrs. Masters are very few. In 1733 she published a volume of Poems

Roger Flexman

1708 - 1795 Person Name: Flexman Hymnal Number: 170 Author of "Great God, to Thee my grateful tongue" in A Selection of Sacred Poetry Flexman, Roger, D.D., 1708-1795, b. at Great Torrington, Devon. Educated for the ministry at Tiverton by Rev. John Moore, ordained at Modbury, 1730, and from 1747 to 1783 was minister at Rotherhithe. In 1770 appointed one of the compilers of the Index of the Commons Journals. He contributed 4 hymns to Pope's Collection, 1760:— 1. Great God, to thee my grateful tongue. God the Benefactor. 2. In realms of everlasting light. Saint's Conflict and Reward. 3. Jesus, adorned with grace divine. Second Advent. 4. To God my grateful soul ascend. Ps. cxxi. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

George Walker

1734 - 1807 Person Name: Walker Hymnal Number: 287 Author of "Enough of life's vain scene I've trod" in A Selection of Sacred Poetry Walker, George, F.R.S., born 1735, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, educated by his uncle, Thomas Walker, dissenting minister at Durham, whom, after further study at Dr. Rotherhain's academy at Kendal, and at Edinburgh and Glasgow, he succeeded in the pulpit there. From Durham Walker removed to Great Yarmouth, and thence in 1772 to the Warrington Academy. While there he published The Doctrine of the Sphere. This and his Treatise on Conic Sections are the chief of his mathematical works. From 1774 to 1798 he was minister at the High Pavement Chapel, Nottingham, and took a prominent part in the public life of the town. His sermons on political events of the time attracted widespread attention, as did his tract The Dissenters’ Plea; or, an appeal of the Dissenters to the Justice, Honour, and Religion of the Kingdom against the Test Laws. This and other essays on religious and philosophical questions were republished after his death in two volumes of Essays on Various Subjects, with a Memoir, 1809. Four volumes of Sermons on Various Subjects were also published (1808), the first two volumes having first appeared in 1790, during his Nottingham ministry. In 1798 he removed to Manchester, as Professor of Theology in the recently founded Manchester Academy and also became president of the Philosophical and Literary Society. His health giving way he spent the last months of his life in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, and died in 1807, while on a visit to London. He was buried in Bunhill-fields. For his Nottingham congregation Walker published A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship, unmixed with the disputed doctrines of any sect. Warrington, Printed by W. Eyres, for the Editor. 1738. This is one of the chief of the collections made for congregations of Presbyterians in the period of their transition towards Unitarianism. Of the 387 psalms and hymns 141 are taken from Watts, and of the rest the names of 24 authors are given, including T. Scott, Barbauld and Kippis. Walker himself, holding a "tempered Arianism," freely altered the hymns adopted, both for doctrinal reasons, and "to improve the style" of the compositions. He also contributed hymns of his own. Of these the best known are:— 1. Enough of life's vain scene I've trod. 2. Though many faults do me reprove. Part of "How foolish to oppose to God." 3. The earth proclaims its Lord. [Rev.Valentine D. Davis, B.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Hubert Stogdon

1692 - 1728 Person Name: Stogdon Hymnal Number: 565 Author of "What mean these jealousies and fears" in A Selection of Sacred Poetry

Walker

Hymnal Number: 369 Author of "Parent of all, omnipotent In heaven and earth" in A Selection of Sacred Poetry

Thomas Scott

1705 - 1775 Person Name: Scott Hymnal Number: 14 Author of "The uplifted eye and bended knee" in A Selection of Sacred Poetry Thomas Scott was born at Norwich, and was the son of a Dissenting minister. After his education he began his ministerial life at Wartmell, in Norfolk, adding also the labours of school-teaching. Subsequently he changed his pastoral relations several times, spending the last years of his life at Hupton, in Norfolk, where he died in 1776. He was the author of some prose works, several poems, and a few hymns. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872 ============================ Scott, Thomas, son of Thomas Scott, Independent Minister at Norwich, brother of Elizabeth Scott, and nephew of Dr. Daniel Scott, was born at Norwich, 1705. As a young man he kept a school at Wortwell, and preached once a month at Harleston, Norfolk. Then, after a short ministry at Lowestoft, he removed in 1734 to Ipswich as co-pastor with Mr. Baxter of the Presbyterian congregation meeting in St. Nicholas Street Chapel. On the death of his senior in 1740 he became sole pastor. In 1774 he retired to Hapton, and died there in 1775. He was the author of various poetical works, including:— (1) The Table of Cebes; or, the Picture of Human Life, in English Verse, with Notes, 1754; (2) The Book of Job, in English Verse; translated from the original Hebrew, with Remarks, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, 1771; 2nd ed. 1773; (3) Lyric Poems, Devotional and Moral. By Thomas Scott, London, James Buckland, 1773. To Dr. Enfield's Hymns for Public Worship, Warrington, 1772, he contributed "All-knowing God, 'tis Thine to know" (p. 43, ii.); "Angels! roll the rock away" (p. 69, i.); "As various as the moon " (p. 85, ii.); and the following:— 1. Absurd and vain attempt to bind. Persecution. 2. Behold a wretch in woe. Mercy. 3. Imposture shrinks from light. Private Judgment, its Rights and Duties. 4. Mark, when tempestuous winds arise. Meekness. 5. O come all ye sons of Adam and raise. Universal Praise to God. 6. Th' uplifted eye and bended knee. Devotion vain without Virtue. 7. Was pride,alas, e'er made for man? Humility. 8. Why do I thus perplex? Worldly Anxiety reproved. In his Preface to his Lyric Poems, 1773, he said that the object of his work was:— "To form a kind of little poetical system of piety and morals. The work opens with natural religion. Thence it proceeds to the mission of Jesus Christ, his sufferings, his exaltation, and the propagation of his doctrine. Next is the call to repentance, the nature and blessedness of a Christian life, and the entrance into it. These topics are succeeded by the various branches of devotion: after which are ranked the moral duties, personal and social, the happy end of a sincere Christian, and the coming of Jesus Christ to finish his mediatorial kingdom by the general judgment. The whole is closed with a description of the illustrious times, when by means of the everlasting gospel, the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea." Of Scott's better known hymns this volume contained most of those named above, and:— 9. Hasten, sinner, to be wise. p. 493, ii. 10. Who, gracious Father, can complain? The Divine Dispensation In the Collection of Hymns and Psalms, &c, 1795, by Kippis, Rees, and others, several of the above were repeated, and the following were new:— 11. If high or low our station be. Justice. 12. Happy the meek whose gentle breast. Meekness. Doctrinally Scott might be described as an evangelical Arian. Hymns of his appear in most of the old Presbyterian collections at the close of the last century, and in the early Unitarian collections. Several are still in common use in G. Britain and America. [Rev. Valentine D. Davis, B.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)