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Sheldon W. Sorge

Topics: Ten Commandments 8th Commandment (do not steal); Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness) Author of "In Silence My Soul Thirsts" in Psalms for All Seasons The Rev. Dr. Sheldon W. Sorge, has been named Associate Director of the Louisville Institute, effective January 1, 2007. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Sorge has served since 2000 as Associate for Theology and Worship in the national offices of the denomination. In that position, he directed the Company of New Pastors, a national mentored peer-group program for ministerial candidates and first-call pastors funded by Lilly Endowment. Previously he served churches in Durham, North Carolina; Marion, Virginia; and Elkins, West Virginia. He has also taught at Duke Divinity School, King College, Elim Bible Institute, the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, and the Evangelical Theological Seminary of Croatia. A native of western Canada, Sorge was educated at Roberts Wesleyan College and Duke University, where he earned the Ph.D. in Christian theology and ethics and wrote a dissertation on Karl Barth and ecclesiology. Author of numerous published essays on theology, worship, and ministry, he also continues to pursue a life-long love of music as a pianist and composer. He is married to the Rev. Tammy Wiens, who earned her Masters in theology from Louisville Seminary in 2006, and has two grown daughters and two grandsons. His daughter, Stephanie Sorge, is a Master of Divinity student at Louisville Seminary. The Louisville Institute is a Lilly Endowment program based at Louisville Seminary supporting those who lead and study American religious institutions. --www.lpts.edu/news/2006/12/18 =================== Sheldon W. Sorge is Executive Presbyter of the Pittsburgh Presbytery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He formerly served as Associate Director of the Louisville Institute in Louisville, Kentucky. http://www.thethoughtfulchristian.com

John F. Wilson

b. 1929 Topics: Ten Commandments 9th and 10th Commandments (You shall not covet) Arranger of "[The heav'ns declare the glory of God]" in Christian Worship

Scott Soper

Topics: Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages) Author of "Sing to the Lord a New Song" in Psalms for All Seasons

Randolph Currie

b. 1943 Topics: Commandments Composer (antiphon) of "[Sing with joy to God]" in RitualSong

Frank N. Shepperd

Topics: Responses after Commandments Composer of "[Lord, have mercy upon us] (Shepperd) [1]" in Gloria Deo

John Allen Ferguson

b. 1941 Person Name: John Ferguson Topics: Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages) Arranger of "PROMISED ONE" in Psalms for All Seasons John Ferguson’s name is immediately associated with hymnody and the words “hymn festival.” Every year he is invited to design and lead such events, both in local congregations and at gatherings of organists, choral conductors, and church musicians. In 1995 he designed and led a hymn festival in the Washington National Cathedral for the American Choral Directors Association national convention and in 1998 did the same at the national convention of the American Guild of Organists in Denver. He has presented such events abroad as well as in Asia (July, 1996 in Seoul, Korea) and Europe (August, 1997) in the National Cathedral of Norway, Nidaros Dom, Trondheim, as a part of the celebration of the millennium of the birth of St. Olaf. Although he is a Lutheran, his festivals are ecumenical experiences drawing upon the greatest treasures of Christian song from many centuries, traditions, and styles. Ferguson is the Elliot and Klara Stockdal Johnson Professor of Organ and Church Music and Cantor to the Student Congregation at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. St. Olaf’s great choral tradition began with F. Meluis Christiansen and has influenced many generations of fine church musicians. Christiansen’s lifelong interest in hymns is evidenced by the many hymns included in his choral compositions as well as his contributions to hymnals of his day. Ferguson’s creative hymn arrangements continue this tradition with a renewed emphasis upon congregational participation. A native of Cleveland, Ferguson’s degrees are from Oberlin College, Kent State University and the Eastman School of Music. He is respected as a fine teacher and performer and his unique skill as improviser and leader of congregational song has won national acclaim. When someone attends one of his festivals, the experience is never dull. With Ferguson at the organ and the creative use of instrumental and choral sound, the assembly is enveloped and whisked away into an experience of song that will never again happen in just that way. --www.morningstarmusic.com/

Rafael D. Grullón

Topics: Ten Commandments 7th Commandmnet (do not commit adultery) Author of "Ten piedad de mí (Lord, Have Mercy on me)" in Psalms for All Seasons

Christopher Willcock

b. 1947 Person Name: Christopher Willcock, 1947- Topics: Commandments Composer of "PSALM 25" in Together in Song

Marilyn Houser Hamm

b. 1951 Topics: Greatest Commandment Composer (Accompaniment) of "JE LOUERAI L’ÉTERNEL" in Voices Together

Mikayla Spanovich

Topics: Ten Commandments 7th Commandment (You shall not steal); Ten Commandments 8th Commandment (You shall not give false witness) Arranger of "I'LL NOT BE SHAKEN" in Christian Worship

Helen L. Wright

b. 1927 Topics: Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages) Author (stanzas) of "O Sing a New Song" in Psalms for All Seasons Helen L. Wright (b. 1927) wrote the refrain for the Psalter Task Force of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), for which she served as chair. A native of Baltic, Ohio, Helen Wright is a graduate of the College of Wooster with a B.A. degree in English. For some years she served as treasurer and bookkeeper for her husband's medical corporation. She is an organist for the Presbyterian Church of Coshocton, Ohio, a position she has held for twenty-four years. Wright served on the Advisory Council for discipleship and worship of the United Presbyterian Church U.S.A. prior to the reunion of 1983. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

Angel Napieralski

Topics: Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness) Composer of "[My soul thirsts for God, the living God]" in Psalms for All Seasons

Bradley Ellingboe

Topics: Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness) Composer of "[Grant me understanding, that I may live]" in Psalms for All Seasons Bradley Ellingboe has led a wide-ranging career in the world of singing, including accomplishments as a choral conductor, soloist, composer, scholar and teacher. As a choral conductor he has led festival choruses in 35 states and 14 foreign countries. He made his operatic conducting debut in December, 2011, leading the world-premiere of Stephen Paulus’s opera Shoes for the Santo Niño in a joint production by the Santa Fe Opera and the University of New Mexico. As a bass-baritone soloist he has sung under such conductors as Robert Shaw, Helmuth Rilling, and Sir David Willcocks. Ellingboe has over 140 pieces of music in print, including the Requiem for chorus and orchestra, which has been performed more than 300 times in this country and Europe, and his newest work, Star Song, which had its New York debut (Lincoln Center) in May of 2014, and its European debut in July of that year. For his scholarly work in making the songs of Edvard Grieg more accessible to the English-speaking public, he was knighted by the King of Norway in 1994. As a teacher, the University of New Mexico Alumni Association named him Faculty of the Year in 2008. Bradley Ellingboe retired in 2015 after serving on the faculty of the University of New Mexico for 30 years, where he was Director of Choral Activities, Professor of Music and Regents Lecturer. During his three decades at UNM he also served at various times as Chairman of the Department of Music and Coordinator of Vocal Studies. He is a graduate of Saint Olaf College and the Eastman School of Music and has done further study at the Aspen Music Festival, the Bach Aria Festival, the University of Oslo and the Vatican. His music has been performed and recorded by such groups as the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Philip Brunelle’s VocalEssence, the Saint Olaf Choir, the Harvard Glee Club, Craig Hella Johnson’s Conspirare, and the choirs of the University of Michigan and Luther College, among many others. From Bradley Ellingboe.com, authorized by Bradley Ellingboe

Tim Ten Clay

Person Name: Tim TenClay Topics: Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages) Composer of "[Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad]" in Psalms for All Seasons Pastor of Dunningville Reformed Church, Allegan, Mich., on the Editorial Board, representing the RCA, for the upcoming combined CRC/RCA hymnal

John Davy

1763 - 1824 Topics: Ten Commandments 9th and 10th Commandments (You shall not covet) Composer of "[You have searched me, LORD, and you know me]" in Christian Worship

Daniel Richardson

Topics: Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness) Composer of "[My soul thirsts for God, the living God]" in Psalms for All Seasons

Kerry Price

Topics: Commandments / Law Author of "Micah 6:8" in Hymns for a Pilgrim People

Paul Detterman

Topics: Ten Commandments 10th Commandment (do not covet); Ten Commandments Deuteronomy 6 Arranger of "[Through the witness of creation]" in Psalms for All Seasons Paul Detterman is currently the Executive Director of Presbyterians for Renewal and the Fellowship of Presbyterians. He has his bachelor’s degree in Sacred Music from Illinois Wesleyan University, a Master of Church Music from Concordia University and a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Boston University School of Theology. Detterman is a composer of choral, solo, handbells, and organ music. He has served the Church as a Director of Music and a Pastor, and is a frequent preacher, worship leader, and conference/retreat speaker. He has published numerous works on worship, and was a contributing consultant for Lift Up Your Hearts. Bert Polman

Perry L. Huffaker

Topics: Greatest Commandment Composer of "PINE GLEN" in Voices Together

Grace J. Frances

Topics: Command Author of "Press On, Press On!" in Hallowed Hymns, New and Old Pseudonym. See also Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

Donald O. Rotermund

b. 1932 Person Name: Donald Rotermund Topics: Ten Commandments 6th Commandment (You shall not commit adultery) Composer of "[Have mercy in your goodness, Lord]" in Christian Worship

Anders Nyberg

Topics: Ten Commandments 7th Commandmnet (do not commit adultery) Arranger of "[Lord, have mercy, have mercy upon us]" in Psalms for All Seasons

Kermit Moldenhauer

b. 1949 Person Name: Kermit G. Moldenhauer Topics: Ten Commandments 3rd Commandment (Remember the Sabbath); Ten Commandments 7th Commandment (You shall not steal); Ten Commandments 8th Commandment (You shall not give false witness) Composer (alt tone) of "[The just will live in the presence of the LORD]" in Christian Worship

Michael D. Schultz

Topics: Ten Commandments 1st Commandment (You shall have no other gods) Composer of "[Why do the nations say, "Where is their God?"]" in Christian Worship

Alexander B. Morton

Person Name: A. B. Morton Topics: Worship Commanded Composer of "[Through all the earth, ye kingdoms]" in Bible Songs

Gregory J. Polan

b. 1950 Person Name: Gregory J. Polan, OSB Topics: Ten Commandments 3rd Commandment (Remember the Sabbath); Ten Commandments 7th Commandment (You shall not steal); Ten Commandments 8th Commandment (You shall not give false witness) Composer (tone) of "[The just will live in the presence of the LORD]" in Christian Worship

Robert A. Hobby

b. 1962 Person Name: Robert Hobby Topics: Ten Commandments 4th Commandment (remember the Sabbath); Ten Commandments 7th Commandmnet (do not commit adultery); Ten Commandments 8th Commandment (do not steal); Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness) Composer of "[Out of Zion, perfect in beauty]" in Psalms for All Seasons Robert A. Hobby currently serves as Director of Music for Trinity English Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his responsibilities include playing for many of the worship services, overseeing the graded choral program, and managing the concerts the church offers. Numerous activities during his tenure include Trinity Church establishing a choral series with seventeen composers commissioned thus far, hosting a regional convention of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, producing four recordings, and expanding the opportunities for music ministry. Mr. Hobby received his Bachelor's Degree in Church Music from Wittenberg University in 1985 and a Master's Degree in Organ Performance from the University of Notre Dame in 1987. His organ teachers have included Darwin Leitz, Kirby and Kristi Koriath, Donald Busarow, and Craig Cramer. His private study in composition has been under Donald Busarow and Richard Hillert. He has had private coaching in improvisation with Paul Manz and compositional coaching from English composer, Andrew Carter. To date, most of his composition time has been spent writing commissions for churches and organizations throughout the country. Over 150 of Mr. Hobby?s compositions are in print with Augsburg Fortress Publishing House, Choristers Guild, Concordia Publishing House, G.I.A. Publishers, MorningStar Music Publishers, Northwestern Publishers, Pavane Publishing Co., and Warner Brothers Publishers. His music has been heard on nationally syndicated radio programs such as The Lutheran Hour, Pipe Dreams, and Sing for Joy. A representation of his writing for organ, choral, and instrumental forces can be found on Thine Is the Glory, a recording produced by MorningStar Publishers. In 2006, Mr. Hobby premiered a major work of his entitled "The Good Shepherd" which is scored for tenor solo, adult and children's choirs, and orchestra; it is published with MorningStar Music Publishers. His compositions are present in two hymnals: Evangelical Lutheran Worship and Lutheran Service Book. As a performer and clinician, Mr. Hobby keeps an active schedule throughout the United States. He has played for the national conventions of the Hymn Society of the United States and Canada, Organ Historical Society, and National Pastoral Musicians, and he has played for both national and regional conventions of the Association of the Lutheran Church Musicians and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He has been a featured artist with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, performing Poulenc's Organ Concerto and Haydn's Organ Concerto #2 in C. In 2005, he conducted the premiere performance of Andrew Carter's Concerto in C for organ and orchestra with David Higgs at the organ. In addition, his workshops for both regional conventions and individual chapter meetings of the American Guild of Organists and other similar organizations have gathered wide acclaim. Mr. Hobby is a member of a number of professional music organizations and has held a variety of leadership positions. For several years he chaired Young Lutherans Sing, a national summer choral program for children, sponsored by the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. In 1996, he designed and coordinated a hymn festival that was performed simultaneously at 100 sites around the United States and Canada to commemorate the 10th anniversary of ALCM. He has also served as Dean of the Fort Wayne American Guild of Organists and as a member of the Program Committee for the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. Mr. Hobby and his wife, Jennifer, are the proud parents of three daughters: Hannah, Lydia, and Elizabeth. --www.morningstarmusic.com/

Francisco F. Feliciano

1941 - 2014 Topics: Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages) Author of "Sing a Song to God" in Psalms for All Seasons

Craig S. Kingsbury

b. 1952 Person Name: Craig S. Kingsbury, b. 1952 Topics: Commandments; Commandments; Commandments Arranger of "[God's law is perfect, refreshing the soul]" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.)

David G. Preston

b. 1939 Topics: Ten Commandments 8th Commandment (You shall not give false witness) Author of "In Anguish to the LORD I Cry" in Christian Worship

Nickolas J. Campbell

Person Name: Nickolas Campbell Topics: Great Commandment Author of "Where your love and their need meet, Lord" in Discipleship Ministries Collection

June Fischer Armstrong

Topics: Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness) Author of "O Lord, Deliver Me from Liars" in Psalms for All Seasons

Kenneth Lorne Cober

1902 - 1993 Person Name: K. L. Cober Topics: Greatest Commandment Author of "Renew Your Church" in Voices Together Born: July 12, 1902, Dayton, Ohio. The son of missionaries, Cober grew up in Puerto Rico. He attended Bucknell University and Colgate Rochester Divinity School, and was pastor of the First Baptist Church, Canandaigua, New York; and the Lafayette Avenue Baptist Church, Buffalo, New York. He served the American Baptist state conventions in New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut, and was executive director of the Division of Christian Education for the American Baptist Convention (1953-70). He retired to Penney Farms, Florida. His works include: The Church’s Teaching Ministry, 1964 Hymnbook for Christian Worship, 1970 (committee member) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Rolando S. Tinio

b. 1937 Topics: Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness) Paraphraser of "When My Troubles Arose" in Psalms for All Seasons

Vera Lyons

Topics: Ten Commandments 1st Commandment (worship God alone); Ten Commandments Exodus 20 Arranger of "[Strike up the music]" in Psalms for All Seasons Vera Lyons. children’s choir director, music arranger, St. Paul, Minn.

Melissa Haupt

Topics: Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness) Author (Prayer) of "O Lord, Deliver Me from Liars" in Psalms for All Seasons

Heinrich Reimann

1850 - 1906 Topics: Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages) Harmonizer of "MIT FREUDEN ZART (fragment)" in Psalms for All Seasons

H. H. McGranahan

1854 - 1931 Topics: Worship Commanded Composer of "[The mighty God, the Lord]" in Bible Songs Hugh Henry McGranahan USA 1854-1931. Born at Jamestown, PA, nephew of James McGranahan, gospel hymnist, he studied music under hymnists, George Root, and Horatio Palmer, and at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. He married Grace McKinley, and they had two sons: Joseph and James. He became an editor and author. His most widely held publications include: “The juvenile class and concert” (1882,1895), “The choral class book” (1898), “Hymn and Psalm selections compiled” (1914), “Glad praises” (1914), and “Select temperance songs, new and old” (1915). He began his career directing musical institute conventions and later had charge of church choral unions in New York, NY, and Philadelphia, PA. He also headed the music department at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL, for five years. After leaving the music field for health reasons, he entered the insurance business in Pittsburgh, PA, where he directed music in the educational department of the Bellefield Presbyterian Church. In 1880 he taught music in South Shenango, PA. In 1914 he was back in Jamestown, PA, where he later died. John Perry

Jack Michael Grotenhuis

1956 - 1983 Person Name: Jack Grotenhuis Topics: Ten Commandments 3rd Commandment (do not take the name of the Lord in vain) Harmonizer of "MORNING SONG (CONSOLATION)" in Psalms for All Seasons Jack Grotenhuis (b. 1983; d. 1983) studied music at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa, and the University of lowa, and taught music at Lynden Christian High School, Lynden, Washington, from 1979 to 1981. Like his father, Dale Grotenhuis, his main interest was in choral music, but he also loved jazz. He had almost completed his doctoral program in choral music at the University of Arizona when he died in a traffic accident. Bert Polman

Stephen R. Johnson

b. 1966 Topics: Ten Commandments 4th Commandment (Honor your father and mother) Composer of "PUTNAM" in Christian Worship

David Lee

b. 1956 Topics: Ten Commandments 10th Commandment (do not covet); Ten Commandments Deuteronomy 6 Author of "May the Words of My Mouth" in Psalms for All Seasons LEE, DAVID (b. 1956): B.Sc. Geology with Geophysics, University of Durham; M.Sc. Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Working life in I. T. Support in university and scientific research. He has been active in church music since his early teens. He is member of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and in 2007 was elected to serve on its executive committee.Hymn, song and anthem settings appear in (amongst others) Singing the Faith, RSCM (Royal School of Church Music) collections, Lutheran Service Book (LCMS), Psalms for All Seasons., In Melody and Songs David Lee(from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014, and previous (uncited) bio

Martin L. Seltz

1909 - 1967 Person Name: M. L. Seltz, 1909-1967 Topics: Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness) Translator (sts. 1, 3, 4) of "Hymn: O Morning Star, O Radiant Sun" in Psalms for All Seasons

Tom Booth

b. 1961 Person Name: Tom Booth, b. 1961 Topics: Commandments; Commandments; Commandments Composer of "[I have said, O Lord, that my part]" in Journeysongs (2nd ed.)

Thomas Pavlechko

b. 1962 Topics: Ten Commandments Exodus 20 Composer of "[Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia]" in Psalms for All Seasons PAVLECHKO, THOMAS (b. 1962) is the Cantor and Composer-in-Residence at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas. Named the Emerging Hymn Tune Composer by HSUSC in 2002, his sacred music compositions, hymn tunes, choral, orchestral and concert band works are widely performed. He is the co-editor of the principal worship planning reference books of the Episcopal Church U.S.A, ,cite>Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary. His collection of over 600 Psalm settings, St. Martin’s Psalter, is published in two editions with Augsburg Fortress Publishers and St. James Music Press. Pavlechko is a graduate of the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University and the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, both in his native Ohio. He has pursued postgraduate study in symphonic orchestration at the University of Texas. Thomas Pavlechko (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Heinrich Schütz

1585 - 1672 Topics: Ten Commandments 8th Commandment (You shall not give false witness) Composer of "WOHL DENEN, DIE DA WANDELN" in Christian Worship Heinrich Schütz (baptized Oct. 9, 1585-1672) was the greatest German composer of the seventeenth century and the first to reach international prominence. His influence was felt for more than two centuries after his death. In 1598, after hearing the young Henrich sing, the Landgrave Moritz of Hessen-Kassel began a campaign to have the boy study at Kassel. In 1599, Christoph Schütz took his son to the landgrave’s seat, where he served as a choirboy and pursued his education showing particular facility in Greek, Latin, and Frence. After he lost his treble voice, he set out for the University of Marburg, where he studied law. But under the sponsorship of the landgrave, Heinrich went to Venice (1609) and studied with Giovanni Gabrieli until Gabrieli’s death in 1612. In 1613 he returned to Germany, once again studying law while serving as organist to the landgrave. He was lent to Johann Georg I of Saxony (1614) and subsequently became director of the chapel, a position he held the rest of his life. The untimely death of his wife after six years of marriage (1625) led him to devote himself to the composition of church music. After several petitions Schütz was granted leave to study with Claudio Monteverdi and once again set out for Venice. For much of his life the Thirty Years’ War obstructed his work, and he spent time moving from court to court in Europe, finally settling in Dresden in 1641, where he died. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

Alan Rees

Topics: Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (You shall not misuse the name) Composer (refrain) of "[Do not hide yourself, O LORD]" in Christian Worship

Kenneth Morse

1913 - 1999 Person Name: Kenneth I. Morse Topics: Greatest Commandment Translator (English) of "Je louerai l’Éternel (Praise, I Will Praise You, Lord)" in Voices Together

Paul Wigmore

b. 1925 Topics: Ten Commandments 10th Commandment (do not covet) Author of "O Lord, My God, You Know All My Ways" in Psalms for All Seasons Born 1925, London. Schools in Harrow, Bushey Heath and Barnstaple (N Devon). Many occupations between the ages of 14 and 42: apprentice mechanical engineer, shop assistant, junior clerk, photo lab trainee, National Service RAF photographer in India, Burma and UK, Kodak medical radiographer and haematology lab technician, then technical author. Publications and PR manager with air/sea lifesaving equipment manufacturer. PRO for the Christian Medical College and Brown Memorial Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab. Freelance writer, graphic designer and photographer in Cambridge. Advertising editor and art director with Kodak UK from 1967 to early retirement in 1985. Wrote first verse at age ten in Port Isaac, Cornwall, getting as far as: Clouds race like tattered rags across Port Isaac Bay, ... and then stopping. During brief acquaintance with Penelope and John Betjeman from August 1982 until John's death in July, 1984, encouraged by the poet to keep writing verse. Two collections of light verse published in 1988 and 1990. First attempt at a hymn text written ('ÄòMay we, O Holy Spirit, bear your fruit'Äô) at the request of Jubilate Hymns Limited in compilation of Hymns for Today's Church. Something approaching 100 hymn texts now published, plus a couple of cantatas and one opera. The Jubilate Group

Uli Roever

Topics: Ten Commandments 10th Commandment (do not covet) Composer of "HIGHLAND CATHEDRAL" in Psalms for All Seasons Uli Roever was a German composer, arranger, and producer. Laura de Jong

William Roscoe

1753 - 1831 Person Name: Roscoe Topics: The two great Commandments Author of "This is the first and great command" in A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) Roscoe, William, the father, was born March 8, 1753, in Liverpool, of humble origin. After very meagre schooling, and three years of work in his father's market garden, he was articled to an attorney, and subsequently practised in Liverpool till 1796, when he withdrew from the profession. From the first literature was his chief delight, and throughout a long career of public usefulness he united its pursuit with the efforts of enlightened patriotism and the advocacy of higher education and reform. Liverpool was a centre of the old slave-trade, and Roscoe was one of the first to raise his voice against the iniquity. At the age of 20 he had already uttered a protest in his descriptive poem Mount Pleasant, and in 1787 he published a longer poem, The Wrongs of Africa (Pt. ii. 1788), devoted to the subject. During his brief parliamentary experience as member for Liverpool, in 1807, he had further opportunity of advocating the cause of liberty and humanity. His first great historical work, the Life of Lorenzo dé Medici, was published in 1796, and the Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, in 1805. After withdrawing from his legal practice, Roscoe had hoped to be able to devote himself entirely to letters, but the claims of friendship induced him in 1800 to enter into a banking business, which involved him in commercial troubles, ending in 1820 in his bankruptcy. His library had to be sold, but part of it was bought by friends, and presented to the Liverpool Athenæum, which in 1789 Roscoe had been instrumental in founding. In 1822 he published Illustrations of the Life of Lorenzo dé Medici, defending the views adopted in his former history, and two years later edited a new edition of Pope's works, with a life of the poet. He died June 30, 1831. (Cf. The Life of William Roscoe, by his son, Henry Roscoe, in 2 vols., London, T. Cadell, 1833.) As a member of the congregation of Unitarians meeting in Renshaw Street Chapel, Liverpool, Roscoe took part in preparing A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Worship, printed for their use in 1818. He contributed eight hymns and the concluding anthem. Of these hymns the following are in common use at the present time:— 1. Let our loud song of praise arise. Praise. 2. Go, suffering habitant of earth. Life, a Warfare. 3. Great God, beneath Whose piercing eye. Divine Providence. 4. Thus said Jesus, Go and do. Love to our Neighbour. 5. What is the first and great command ? The Commandments. These hymns are in several Unitarian collections, including Martineau's Hymns, 1840. No. 3 was written in 1788, as a "secular hymn" of ten stanzas, to be sung at the Benn's Garden Chapel on the Centenary of the Revolution. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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