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Ottiwell Heginbotham

1744 - 1768 Hymnal Number: d36 Author of "God of our life [lives], thy various praise" in Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns Heginbothom, Ottiwell, born in 1744, and died in 1768, was for a short time the Minister of a Nonconformist congregation at Sudbury, Suffolk. The political and religious disputes which agitated the congregation, in the origin of which he had no part, and which resulted in a secession and the erection of another chapel, so preyed upon his mind, and affected his health, that his pastorate terminated with his death within three years of his appointment. His earliest hymn, "When sickness shakes the languid corse [frame]," was printed in the Christian Magazine, Feb. 1763. In 1791 the Rev. John Mead Ray communicated several of Heginbothom's hymns to the Protestant Magazine; and in the same year, these and others to the number of 25, were published as:— Hymns by the late Rev. Ottiwell Heginbothom of Sudbury, Suffolk. Sudbury, Printed by J. Burket, mdccxciv. These 25 hymns were repeated in J. M Ray's Collection of Hymns from various authors in¬tended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns, 1799, and 12 in Collyer's Collection, 1812. In modern collections in Great Britain and America the following are in common use in addition to those annotated under their respective first lines:— 1. Blest Jesus, when my soaring thoughts. Jesus, most Precious. 2. Come, humble souls; ye mourners come. Good Hope through Grace. 3. Come saints and shout the Saviour's praise. The Second Advent. 4. Come, shout aloud the Father's grace. Praise to God the Father. 6. Father of mercies, God of love. God the Father. 6. God of our life! Thy various praise. New Year. 7. Great God, let all our [my] tuneful powers. New Year. 8. Hark, the loud trumpet of our God. National Fast. 9. Hark, 'tis your heavenly Father's call. A Prayer to be used by the Young. 10. I ask not [honour] wealth, nor pomp, nor power. Wisdom and Knowledge desired. 11. Now let my soul, eternal King. Praise of the Gospel. Sometimes given as "To Thee, my heart, eternal King." 12. See, mighty God, before Thy throne. Fifth of November; a National Hymn. 13. Sweet peace of Conscience, heavenly guest. A good Conscience. 14. To Thee, my Shepherd, and my Lord. The Good Shepherd. 15. Unhappy city, hadst thou known. Christ weeping over Jerusalem. From this the cento, "And can mine eyes without a tear?" is taken. 16. When sickness shakes the languid corse [frame]. Resignation. Printed in the Christian's Magazine, Feb. 1763, and again in Hymns, &c, 1794. 17. Yes, I will bless Thee, O my God. Praise of the Father. The text is often altered. The cento "My soul shall praise Thee, O my God," in the Unitarian Hymn land Tune] Book, &c, Boston, 1868, is from this hymn. Most of these hymns are in Collyer's Collection, 1812. There are also 8 in Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, N.Y., 1872, and 7 in the Songs for the Sanctuary, N.Y., 1865. [William T. Brooke] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

B. H. Draper

1775 - 1843 Person Name: Bourne H. Draper Hymnal Number: d118 Author of "Sovereign of worlds, display thy power" in Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns Draper, Bourne Hall, born at Cumnor, near Oxford, in 1775, and educated for the Baptist Ministry at the Bristol Academy, under the Rev. Dr. J. Rylands. He was pastor of the Baptist Church at Chipping Norton 1804, and subsequently at Southampton, where he d. Oct. 12, 1843. See note on his hymn," Ye Christian heroes, go, proclaim," p. 1296, ii. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

John Dobell

1757 - 1840 Hymnal Number: d19 Author of "Come dearest Lord, and bless this day" in Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns Dobell, John, b. 1757, d. May, 1840, was a port-gauger under the Board of Excise, at Poole, Dorset, and a person of some local note. In 1806 he published:— A New Selection of Seven Hundred Evangelical Hymns for Private, Family, and Public Worship (Many Original) from more than two hundred of the best Authors in England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, Arranged in alphabetical order; Intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns. By John Dobell. Lond., Williams and Smith, 1806. Subsequently this Selection was increased to "More than Eight Hundred" hymns, and the wording of the title-page was changed in several instances. Dobell's account of this work is:— "The hymns here presented to the public I have collected from more than two hundred authors; many of them are taken from Manuscripts which I deemed too valuable to be suffered to remain in obscurity, and some have been supplied by friends. As this work has been the labour of years, and the choice of many thousand hymns, it will, I trust, give satisfaction to the Church of God." Preface, p. iii. In addition to a work on Baptisms,1807, and another on Humanity, 1812, Dobell also published:— The Christian's Golden Treasure; or, Gospel Comfort for Doubting Minds, 1823. This work was in two vols., the first of which contained 124 hymns, several of which were by Dobell. Of this writer's hymns very few are found in modern hymn-books. We have from the 1806 book:—(1) "Come, dearest Lord, and bless this day" (Sunday Morning); (2) "Great Ruler of the earth and skies” (In time of War); (3) "Now is the accepted time," (Invitation) — in common use in Great Britain and America, out of twenty or more. It is not as a hymn-writer, but as a diligent and successful hymnologist, that J. Dobell is best known. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

H. L. Frisbie

Hymnal Number: d156 Author of "While nature welcomes in the day" in Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns Early 20th Century

Elizabeth Singer Rowe

1674 - 1737 Hymnal Number: d41 Author of "Great God, my early vows to thee" in Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns Rowe, Elizabeth, née Singer, daughter of Walter Singer, an Independent Minister, was born near Frome, Somersetshire, in 1674; married in 1710 to Thomas Rowe, the poet; and died in Feb., 1737. Her works include Friendship in Death; Letters Moral and Entertaining, and Devoute exercises of the Heart (which was revised and published by Dr. Watts). Her Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse, which included some of her husband's poems, together with her Hymns and Versions of Psalms, was published posthumously in 1739. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================= Rowe, Elizabeth, p. 925, i. From Mrs. Rowe's Miscellaneous Works, &c, 1739, the following hymns are taken:— 1. Begin the high celestial strain. Praise to God. 2. Lord, what is man that he should prove? The Love of God. 3. The glorious armies of the sky. Praise to God. 4. To Thee, O God, my prayer ascends. God our Joy. For full biographical details, see the Biog. Britannia, v., or, Supplement of the Gospel Magazine, 1770, --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Thomas Hayward

Hymnal Number: d148 Author of "Welcome, delightful morn, Thou [Sweet] day of sacred rest" in Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns

Joel Asaac Knight

1754 - 1808 Hymnal Number: d102 Author of "Once more my eyes behold the day" in Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns Knight, Joel Abel. In Dobell's New Selection of 700 Evangelical Hymns, 1806, is a hymn on the death of a child, commencing, "Alas! how changed that lovely flower," the name affixed being "Knight." It also appears with the same signature in Denham's Selection, 1837, and in some American hymn-books. The writer was most probably the Rev. Joel Abel Knight, an Evangelical divine, who, in 1789, published a volume of Sermons, and was the author of a small volume of Sacred Poems. Knight was a man of some note, and friend of J. Newton, Greathead, Rippon, and Ryland. He was also the author of "My Father's at the helm." [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ===================== Knight, J. A.[Abraham], p. 628, ii., b. April 23, 1754; d. April 22, 1808. See the Evangelical Magazine, Aug. 1808. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Robert Carr Brackenbury

1752 - 1818 Person Name: R. C. Brackenbury Hymnal Number: d88 Author of "My son, know thou the Lord" in Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns Brackenbury, Robert Carr, of an old Lincolnshire family, was born at Panton House, in that county, in 1752. He entered into residence at St. Catherine's Hall, Cambridge, but joining the Wesleys, he left without taking a degree, and became a minister of the Methodist denomination. In that capacity he visited Guernsey, Jersey and Holland. He retired from active work in 1789, and died at his residence, Raithby Hall, near Spilsby, Aug. 11, 1818. His works include:—(1) Sacred Poems, in 3 parts, Lond., 1797; (2) Select Hymns, in 2 parts, Lond., 1795; (3) Sacred Poetry; or Hymns on the Principal Histories of the Old and New Testaments and on all the Parables, Lond., 1800, and some prose publications. He also edited and altered William Cruden's Divine Hymns, n.d. The hymn, "Come, children, 'tis Jesus' command," was given in J. Benson's Hymns for Children, 1806. It does not appear in any of Brackenbury's works. Mrs. Smith, daughter of Dr. Adam Clarke, has included several incidents in his life in her Raithby Hall. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Albert Barnes

1798 - 1870 Person Name: A. Barnes Editor of "" in Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns Albert Barnes was born in Rome, NY, December 1, 1798. He attended preparatory school at Fairfield Academy and college at Hamilton College, then later attended Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a Prebyterian minister at First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, NJ from 1825-1830, and then at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia from 1830-1867. He is mostly known for his commentaries Notes on the New Testament. He twice had heresy charges brought against him by the Presbytery of Philadlephia, but was acquitted both times. This was mainly because he broke with the Calvinists in teaching than man had free will to accept or reject the Gospel. When the Presbyterian Church split into Old School and New School, Barnes became a leader in the New School and in 1851 was named Moderation of the General Assembly for the New School, yet he worked to reunite the two branches, which happened in 1870. Barnes was a strong abolitionist and temperance advocate. He died in 1870. Dianne Shapiro