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John Bakewell

1721 - 1819 Author of "Hail, Thou once despised Jesus!" in The Presbyterian Book of Praise Bakewell, John, born at Brailsford, Derbyshire, 1721. At about the age of eighteen his mind was turned towards religious truths by reading Boston's Fourfold State. From that date he became an ardent evangelist, and in 1744 (the year of the first Methodist Conference) he begun to preach. Removing to London some short time after, he became acquainted with the Wesleys, M. Madan, A. M. Toplady, J. Fletcher, and other earnest evangelical men. After conducting for some years the Greenwich Royal Park Academy, he resigned in favour of his son-in-law, Dr. James Egau, and employed much of his time in preaching at various places for the Wesleyans. He died at Lewisham, near Greenwich, March 18, 1819, aged 98, and was buried in the Wesleyan burying ground connected with the City Road Chapel, London. Mr. Bakewell was the author of a few hymns, the best known being, "Hail Thou once despised Jesus," the abbreviations of the same, "Paschal Lamb, by God appointed," and “Jesus, hail, enthroned in glory." A short memoir of him was published by Mr. Stelfox, Belfast, 1864. - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church

Thomas C. Upham

1799 - 1872 Person Name: Rev. Thomas Cogswell Upham (1799-1872) Author of "Fear not, poor, weary one" in Carmina Sanctorum Upham, Thomas Cogswell, D.D., was born at Durfield, New Haven, Jan. 30,1799, and educated at Dartmouth College (1818), and at Andover (1821). Having entered the Congregational Ministry he became Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy at Bowdon College, in 1825, and retained the same to 1867. He died at New York, April 2, 1872. His publications were numerous and included Mental Philosophy (which was long and widely used); American Cottage Life; a volume of Poems, 1852, &c. Five of his hymns are given, with accompanying dates, in Hymns and Songs of Praise, &c, N. Y., 1874, as follows:— 1. Fear not, poor weary one. Help in Sorrow (1872). 2. Happy the man who knows. Obedience (1872). 3. 0 Thou great Ruler of the sky. Morning (1872). 4. 0 Thou great Teacher from the skies. Following Christ (1872). 5. 'Tis thus in solitude I roam. Omnipresence (1853). These hymns are limited in their use. In 1847 Upham published the Life and Religious Opinions and Experiences of Madam de la Mothe Guyon. . . Two vols., N. Y. In this work the anonymous translations from Madam Guyon's hymns are found, viz., (1) “By sufferings only can we know"; (2) "I would love Thee, God and Father"; (3) "'Tis not [by] the skill of human art." There are also additional translations of two of her hymns in the same work. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Alfred Hayes

1857 - 1936 Person Name: A. Hayes Author of "Two thousand troubled years" in Worship Song Hayes, Alfred, M.A., son of E. J. Hayes, Town Clerk of Birmingham, was born at Wolverhampton in 1857, and educated at King Edward's school, Birmingham, and New College, Oxford. At the present time (1906) he is the Secretary of the Midland Institute, Birmingham. He has published The Last Crusade and Other Poems, 1886; The March of Man and Other Poems, 1891, and other poetical works. His hymn "Two thousand troubled years" (Christmas) was written at the request of a friend, circa 1896, and published with music by Sir F. Bridge (Novello & Co.). It was included in Horder's Worship Song, 1905. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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