1849 - 1914 Person Name: F. A. Rollo Russell Hymnal Number: 27 Author of "Christian, rise, and act thy creed" in The Chapel Hymnal Russell, Francis Albert Rollo, third son of John, first Earl Russell, was born July 10, 1849, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford; B.A. 1873, M.A. 1878. He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. His hymns appeared in his Break of Day, London, 1893, from which three passed into Horder's Hymns Supplem., 1894, viz.:—
1. Christian! rise, and act thy creed. Christian Service.
2. Come, Holy Spirit, kind to all. Whitsuntide.
3. O God, Whose voice the angels hear. The Eternal. These are 1893, pp. 127,128,125.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Francis Albert Rollo Russell