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George Burder

1752 - 1832 Hymnal Number: d90 Author of "Come, Holy Spirit, calm my [each] mind" in Hymns and Psalms, Original and Modern, Selected and Revised Burder, George, born in London, June 5, 1752, and trained as an engraver. At the age of 24 he commenced preaching with the Calvinist Methodists, but subsequently joined the Congregationalists,and was pastor sucessively at Lancaster, Coventry, and Fetter Lane, London. He was one of the active founders of the Religious Tract, the London Missionary, and the British and Foreign Bible Societies, and some time editor of the Evangelical Magazine. He died May 29, 1832. His works include Village Sermons, 1704; Sea Sermons, 1821; Cottage Sermons, 1826, and others. He is known to hymnology by his Collection of Hymns from various Authors, intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts, &c, 1784. (Preface dated Nov. 20, 1784.) It had attained to the 25th edition in 1827. To this collection he contributed 4 hymns, the best known being, "Sweet the time, exceeding sweet" (q.v.), sometimes altered to "Great the joy when Christians meet." The remaining three, all from the 1st edition 1784, are:— 1. Come, dear Desire of nations, come. Missions. 2. Come ye that know and fear the Lord. Love of God. In Dr. Hatfield's Church H. Bk., N.Y., 1872, 5 st. out of 9 are given as No. 236. 3. Lord, solemnize our trifling minds. Before Sermon. Altered to "Great God, impress our trifling minds," in the New Congregational Hymn Book, No. 786, &c. Burder's Collection is of importance in the history of Congregational hymnody. The 1st edition, 1784, contained 187 hymns; 2nd edition, 1784, 211; 9th edition, 1803, 257 hymns; 18th edition, 1820, 277; and the last, the 25th edition, 1827, 294. His son, Henry Foster Burder, published a Collection of Ps. & Hymns, 1826; and another son, the Rev. John Burder, also compiled a Collection published without date. To the 18th edition, 1820, of G. Burder's Collection, the wife of his son H. F. Burder contributed "And will the God Who reigns on high " (Sunday Schools), under the signature “S. M. Burder" [Sophia Maria]. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Edmund Jones

1722 - 1765 Hymnal Number: d91 Author of "Come, humble sinner, in whose breast" in Hymns and Psalms, Original and Modern, Selected and Revised Jones, Edmund, son of the Rev. Philip Jones, Cheltenham, was born in 1722, and attended for a time the Baptist College at Bristol. At the age of 19 he began to preach for the Baptist Congregation at Exeter, and two years afterwards he became its pastor. In 1760 he published a volume of Sacred Poems. After a very-useful ministry he died April 15, 1765. From an old manuscript record of the Exeter Baptist Church, it appears that it was under his ministry in the year 1759, that singing was first introduced into that Church as a part of worship. As a hymn-writer he is known chiefly through:— Come, humble sinner, in whose breast. This hymn appeared in Rippon's Baptist Selection, 1181, No. 355, in 1 stanza of 4 lines, and headed, "The successful Resolve—'I will go in unto the King,' Esther iv. 16." It has undergone several changes, including:— 1. "Come, sinner, in whose guilty breast." In the Methodist Free Church Sunday School Hymn Book, 1860. 2. “Come, trembling sinner, in whose breast." This is in a great number of American hymn-books. 3. “Come, weary sinner, in whose breast." Also in American use. Miller, in his Singers & Songs of the Church, 1869, p. 333, attributes this hymn to a Welsh Baptist hymn-writer of Trevecca, and of the same name. Rippon, however, says in the first edition of his Selection that Edmund Jones, the author of No. 333, was pastor of the Baptist Church at Exon, Devon. This decides the matter. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================ Jones, Edmund, p. 605, ii. In The Church Book, by L. W. Bacon, N. Y., 1883, No. 279 begins with stanzas ii. of Jones's hymn, "Come, humble sinner, &c," and begins:—"I'll go to Jesus, though my sin." Also note that in that article the words “author of No. 333," should read "author of No. 355." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

John Blain

1795 - 1879 Hymnal Number: d219 Author of "My dearest friends in bonds of love" in Hymns and Psalms, Original and Modern, Selected and Revised Blain, John. (Fishkill, New York, February 14, 1795--December 26, 1879, Mansfield, Massachusetts). Baptist. Studied at Fairfield (New York) and Middlebury (New York) academies. Pastored for nearly sixty years in : Auburn, New York City, York, and Syracuse, New York; Pawtucket and Central Falls, Rhode Island; New London, Connecticut; Charlestown and Mansfield, Massachusetts. He was also an evangelist and baptized about three thousand persons. He gave large sums to missions while living, and willed his property to home and foreign missions. The one hymn for which Blain is remembered is a parting hymn written in 1818, and published in the Original and Selected Reformation Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1829). Comprising twelve stanzas, the hymn begins: My Christian friends in bonds of love, Whose hearts in sweetest union prove; Your friendship's like a drawing band, Yet we must take the parting hand. A part of this hymn, altered by Rev. H.L. Hastings, later appeared in Songs of Pilgrimage (1886). Paul R. Powell (?), DNAH Archives

Thomas Baldwin

1753 - 1825 Hymnal Number: d100 Author of "Come, welcome this new year of grace" in Hymns and Psalms, Original and Modern, Selected and Revised Baldwin, Thomas. (Bozrah, Connecticut, December 23, 1753--August 29, 1825, Waterville, Maine). Following the death of his father and his mother's remarriage, he moved at age sixteen to Canaan, New Hampshire. He was married in 1775, and while a young man was elected to represent Canaan in the legislature and was repeatedly reelected. Following his conversion he was baptized in 1781. He then abandoned his legal studies and began to preach in 1782, being ordained in the following year and then serving for seven years as an evangelist. In 1790 he became pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Boston. He published a number of books and was the first editor of the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Magazine, beginning in 1803. For many years he was chosen chaplain of the General Court of Massachusetts, delivering the annual sermon on the general election day in 1802. He was given the M.A. from Brown University in 1794 and the D.D. from Union College in 1803. His death occurred during a visit he made as a trustee to the annual commencement of Waterville College. See: Chessman, Daniel. (1826). Memoir of Rev. Thomas Baldwin. (Boston). --Harry Eskew, DNAH Archives ====================================== Baldwin, Thomas, D.D., born at Bozrah, or Norwich, Connecticut, 1753, was representative for some time of his native State in the Legislature. In 1783 he was ordained to the Baptist ministry, and from 1790 till his death, in 1825, he was Pastor of the Second Baptist Church, Boston. His best known hymns are:— 1. Almighty Saviour, here we stand. Holy Baptism. This hymn "For Immersion " was contributed to a Collection of Sacred and Devotional Hymns, Boston, 1808, from whence it has passed into later Collections, including the Baptist Praise Book, N. Y., 1871, and others. 2. From whence does this union rise? Communion of Saints. First found in J. Asplund's New Collection, Baltimore, 1793, beginning, "O whence does this union rise." Formerly very popular, and still in use as in the Baptist Hymn [and Tune] Book, Phila., 1871, No. 638. In the Church Pastorals, Boston, 1864, No. 981, it is altered to "From whence doth this union arise.” 3. Ye happy saints, the Lamb adore. Holy Baptism. For Immersion, first appeared in a Collection of Sacred and Devotional Hymns, Boston, 1808, from whence it passed in an altered form as:—"Come, happy souls, adore the Lamb," into Winchell's Supplement to Watts, 1819. It is found in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866, and many modern American Baptist collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ============================

Thomas Cleland

Hymnal Number: d122 Author of "Farewell, my dear brethren, the time is at hand" in Hymns and Psalms, Original and Modern, Selected and Revised

Christian F. H. Sachse

1785 - 1860 Hymnal Number: d99 Author of "Come, trembling soul [souls] [ones], forget your fear [fears]" in Hymns and Psalms, Original and Modern, Selected and Revised Sachse, Christian Friedrich Heinrich, D.D., was born July 2, 1785, at Eisenberg, Sachse-Altenburg, where his father was cantor, and also master in the town school. In the years 1804-1807 he was a student at the University of Jena (D.D. from Jena 1841), and was, thereafter, for some time, a private tutor at Kleinlauchstedt, near Merseburg. In 1812 he became diaconus at Meuselwitz, near Altenburg. He was appointed, in 1823, Court preacher at Altenburg; and also, in 1831, Consistorialrath. After 1849 he had many trials to endure, for seven children and his wife predeceased him, leaving him only one daughter; while his bodily infirmities compelled him, in 1859, to give up his duties in the consistory, and, in Feb. 1860, to resign even his work as Court preacher. He died at Altenburg, Oct. 9, 1860 (Koch, vii. 22; O. Kraus, ed. 1879, p. 418, &c). By his earlier hymns, published in 1817, in connection with the Tercentenary of the Reformation, Sachse had a share in the reawakening of Churchly life among the Lutherans. The more important of his other hymns appeared in his Geistliche Gesänge zum Gebrauch bei Beerdigungen und bei der Todtenfeier, Altenburg, 1822 [Hamburg Library]; and were written, to be used at funerals, during his resi¬dence at Meuselwitz; or for use at the special service introduced there in 1819, and held in memory of the departed, on the evening of the last day of the year. A number of his later hymns, together with selections from his secular poems, were published posthumously, as his Gedicht, Altenburg, 1861. A considerable number of his hymns passed into the Hamburg Gesang-Buch, 1842, Leipzig Gesang-Buch 1844, and other German hymn-books, prior to 1870. Those of Sachse's hymns which have been translated into English are:— i. Wohlan! die Erde wartet dein. Burial. First published, 1822, as above, No. 2, p. 5, in 8 st. of 4 1., entitled, "At the Grave.” Included in Knapp's Evangelischer Lieder-Schatz, 1837, No. 3375 (1865, No. 2947), altered, and beginning, "Lebwohl! die Erde wartet dein." The translation in common use is:— Beloved and honoured, fare thee well! This is a full and good translation by Miss Borthwick, in Hymns from the Land of Lutehr, 3rd Ser., 1858, p. 56 (1884, p. 176… ii. Wohlauf, wohlauf zum letzten Gang. Burial. First published, 1822, as above, No. i., p. 3, in 17 stanzas of 5 1ines, entitled "Hymn during the funeral proces¬sion." Stanzas i.-v. seem to have been meant to be sung at the house of mourning; st. vi.-xiv., on the way to the churchyard ; and st. xv.-xvii., at the entrance to the "place of peace." It was sung at his own funeral in 1860…. Of this hymn, the late Dr. James Hamilton, in an article in the Family Treasury, 1860, pt. i., p. 116), wrote thus:— On behalf of England, we have sometimes envied the brighter hope--the look of Easter Morning-—which seems to linger still in Luther's land. With its emblems, suggestive of resurrection and heaven, its churchyard is not a Pagan burial ground, but the place where believers sleep,—-a true cemetery, to which friendship can find it pleasant to repair and meditate. At the obsequies of Christian brethren, it is not a funeral knell which strikes slowly and sternly; but from the village steeple there sheds a soft and almost cheerful requiem; and though there may be many wet eyes in the procession, there are not many of the artificial insignia of woe, as the whole parish convoys the departed to his 'bed of peaceful rest.’ Once, in the Black Forest, we accompanied to the ‘place of peace,' an old man's funeral, and there still dwells on our ear the quaint and kindly melody which the parishioners sang along the road; and we have sometimes wished that we could hear the like in our own land [Scotland], with its sombre and silent obsequies." The translation in common use is:— Come forth! come on, with solemn song. A good translation of st. i.-iii., v., xv.-xvii., by Miss Borthwick, in Hymns from the Land of Luther, 2nd Ser., 1855, p. 68 (1884, p. 126). … Other translations are: — (1) "Happy the man who seeks the prize "(st. vi.). By Dr. H. Mills, 1845 (1856, p. 236). (2) "Neighbour, accept our parting song." By Dr. James Hamilton, in the Family Treasury, p. 116, as above; and sung at his own funeral in 1867. (3) "O corpse, thy dwelling's now without." By Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 110. (4) “Come forth, move on, with solemn song." In the Christian Examiner, Boston, U.S., Nov. 1860, p. 414. Another hymn, partly by Sachse, is:— iii. Der Herr der Ernte winket. Burial. First published, 1822, as above, No. vi., p. 11, in 6 st. of 8 1., entitled, "At the funeral of an aged person." … [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Aaron Coons

Hymnal Number: d94 Author of "Come, my brethren, let us try" in Hymns and Psalms, Original and Modern, Selected and Revised

Robert Brown-Borthwick

1840 - 1894 Person Name: R. Brown-Borthwick Hymnal Number: d99 Author of "Come, trembling soul [souls] [ones], forget your fear [fears]" in Hymns and Psalms, Original and Modern, Selected and Revised Brown-Borthwick, Robert, born at Aberdeen, May 18, 1840, and educated at St. Mary Hall, Oxford. Taking Holy Orders in 1865, he has been Curate of Sudeley (and Chaplain of the Winchcombs Union), Gloucestershire, 1865-6, and Evesham, 1866-8; Assistant Minister of Quebec Chapel, London, 1868-9; and Incumbent of Holy Trinity, Grange, near Keswick, 1869. He is now (1886) Vicar of All Saints, Scarborough. His publications, in addition to his prose works, are:— Supplemental Hymn and Tune Book, 1867 (4th edition, 1871); Sixteen Hymns for Church and Home, 1870; Select Hymns for Church and Home, 1871; and various Kyries, Hymn Tunes, Chants, &c. In addition he has rendered good service as one of the four Editors of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns. In this last work three of his best hymns are found: “Come, O Jesu, to Thy Table"; "O Holy Jesu, Prince of Peace”; "Let us raise our grateful voices." Canon Westcott in his Paragraph Psalter acknowledges Mr. Brown-Borthwick's assistance in preparing that work for the press as of great value thereto. He died March 17, 1894. Of Mr. Brown-Borthwick's hymns the following appeared in his Sixteen Hymns, &c, 1870:— 1. Come, O Jesus, to Thy Table. Holy Communion. 2. Lord, in the watches of the night. Midnight. 3. O Holy Jesu, Prince of Peace. Holy Communion. The author's note to this hymn is, "This is not a congregational hymn, but a meditation, to be read while non-communicants are retiring, or to be sung by the choir alone, anthem-wise, kneeling." These hymns were repeated in his Select Hymns, &c, 1871-85. The following is also in that collection:— 4. Let us raise our grateful [gladsome] voices . Flower Services, or Thanksgiving. "Written in Borrowdale, on a summer morning in 1870," and published in the S. P. C. K. Church Hymns, 1871, &c. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)