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John Gambold

1711 - 1771 Hymnal Number: d241 Author of "O tell me no more of this [the] world's vain [vain world's] store" in Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print Gambold, John, M.A., was b. April 10, 1711, at Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, where his father was vicar. Educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1730, M.A. in 1734. Taking Holy Orders, he became, about 1739, Vicar of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, but resigned his living in Oct. 1742, and joined the United Brethren [Moravians], by whom lie was chosen one of their bishops in 1754. He d. at Haverfordwest, Sept. 13, 1771. He published an edition of the Greek Testament; Maxims and Theological Ideas; Sermons, and a dramatic poem called Ignatius. About 26 translations and 18 original hymns in the Moravian Hymn Books are assigned to him. One or two of his hymns, which were published by the Wesleys, have been claimed for them, but the evidence is in favour of Gambold. A collected ed. of his works was published at Bath in 1789, and afterwards reprinted. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Thomas Greene

1710 - 1779 Person Name: T. Green Hymnal Number: d210 Author of "My days, my [and] weeks, my [and] months, my [and] years" in Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print Greene, Thomas, of Ware, was for some time a member of the Congregational body in that town. In 1778 a minority of the members, of Arian principles, having obtained the lease of the chapel, the majority seceded and built themselves the "Old Independent Chapel." Mr. Greene was one of these seceders (Miller's Singers & Songs, 1869, p. 314). His Hymns and Poems on Various Subjects, chiefly Sacred, were published in 1780 (2nd ed., 1797). From this work the hymn "It is the Lord, enthroned in light" (Resignation), is taken. In Bickersteth's Christian Psalmody, 1833, it begins, "It is the Lord, my covenant God." In modern collections it is found in both forms. Another hymn from the same work is "The more my conduct I survey " (Trusting in Jesus), as in Spurgeon's 0ur Own Hymn Book, 1866. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Campbell

Hymnal Number: d291 Author of "The glorious light of Zion is spreading" in Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print

Thomas Cleland

Hymnal Number: d101 Author of "Farewell, loving [lovely] Christian [Christians], the time is at hand" in Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print

Justus Hull

Hymnal Number: d102 Author of "Farewell, my [dear] brethren in the Lord" in Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print

K. Crittenden

Hymnal Number: d192 Author of "Lord, didst thou die, but not for me?" in Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print

John Killingham

? - 1740 Hymnal Number: d161 Author of "In all my troubles sharp and strong" in Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print Killinghall, John. The date of his birth is unknown. He was admitted pastor of a congregation at Beccles, Suffolk, Oct. 13, 1697. Through some indiscretion of conduct he retired from the ministry for a time. Subsequently, about 1702, he became the pastor of the Congregational Church, Southwark, then meeting in Deadman's Place (the Church of the Pilgrim Fathers). He died Jan. 1740. His memoir is included in the Brief Record of the Independent Church at Beccles, 1838, by S. W. Rix. (Miller's Singers & Songs, 1869, p. 156.) His hymn:— In all my troubles, sharp and long (Joy in Affliction) appeared in the Life of Faith exemplified and recommended in a Letter found in the Study of the Rev. Joseph Belcher, late of Dedham, in New England, since his Decease. An Answer to this question, "How to live in this World so as to live in Heaven f To which is added a few Verses by the late Rev. Killinghall, upon reading of it . London. 1741. It is in 3 stanzas of 4 lines, and is found in modern hymn-books in the following forms:—(1) "In all my troubles, sharp and strong," in Reed's Hymn Book, 1842, and others; (2) "In every trouble, sharp and strong," in several collections, including the Enlarged London Hymn Book, 1873, &c.; and (3) "In every trying hour," in several American books, as Songs for the Sanctuary, N. Y., 1865, &c. In several of the older collections this hymn is attributed to "Coombes "—-why we know not. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Absalom Graves

Editor of "" in Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print

Hewett

Hymnal Number: d73 Author of "Come, poor sinner, come and see" in Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print 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)