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David Grant

1833 - 1893 Topics: Church Year All Saints' Day; Disciples / Calling; Discipleship; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Preparation for Worship; Endurance; God's Word; God's House; Innocence; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Labor; Obedience; Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions; Occasional Services Dedication / Consecration / Anniversary; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; Sanctification; Temple; Ten Commandments 8th Commandment (do not steal); Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness); The Fall; Trust; Unity and Fellowship; Worship; Year A, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 4th Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, August 28-September 3; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 17-23 Harmonizer of "CRIMOND" in Psalms for All Seasons

William Bengo Collyer

1782 - 1854 Person Name: W. B. Collyer Topics: Christ Judge; Judgment Preparation for; Judgment Terrors of; Judgment and retribution; Probation; Trumpet Gospel Translator of "The end of things created" in Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church William Bengo Collyer was born at Blackheath Hill, in 1782, and studied at Homerton College. Before completing his twentieth year he became pastor of a Congregational society at Peckham, continuing in that position through his life. He died in 1854. He received the degree of D.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1808. For many years he was one of the most popular Dissenting ministers in London. He published many hymns and some works on theology. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. =================== Collyer, William Bengo, D.D., born at Blackheath, April 14, 1782, educated at Homerton College, where, when 16 years old, he was enrolled as a student for the ministry. At 20 he began his ministry at Peckham on Dec. 17, 1801 ordained pastor of a small church consisting of ten communicants. From 1814 to 1826 he was also pastor of a Church meeting in Salters' Hall. On June 17, 1817, a new chapel was opened for him at Peckham. There, from the time of his settlement in 1801, he laboured with great success and honour until Dec. 11, 1853, on which clay he preached for the last time. He died Jan. 8, 1854. Dr. Collyer was eminent in his day as an eloquent Evangelical preacher, when formalism in worship, and Arianism in doctrine, prevailed. He was a man of amiable disposition, polished manners, and Christian courtesy; popular with rich and poor alike. He was the author of a series of lectures on Divine Revelation, in seven volumes: Scripture Facts, Prophecies, Miracles, Parables, Doctrines, Duties, Comparisons. Dr. Collyer compiled a hymn-book with the title, Hymns partly collected and partly original, designed as a supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns, 1812. It was intended at first for the use of his own congregation only, and was to include many hymns composed by himself, to be sung after sermons which he had preached to them, but he was led to alter the plan. It comprises 979 hymns, 6 choruses, and 4 doxologics, arranged in groups according to their authors, and not subjects. Of this number 57 were written by Dr. Collyer, and are for the most part short descriptive or didactic poems, religious or moral essays in verse, and not hymns addressed to the Creator and Redeemer. Some of them are devoid of Christian truth, and are poems of nature or of sentiment. Some of them were written during the hard and sorrowful times of the wars of Bonaparte, and relate to famine and national calamity. Several were prepared for the public meetings of missionary and benevolent societies, which had their origin in his time. He also published Services suited to the Solemnization of Matrimony, Baptism, &c, 1837, which contained 89 of his hymns, &c.; Hymns for Israel, a Tribute of Love for God's Ancient People, 1848 (41 hymns). In Dr. Leifchild's Original Hymns, 1843, there are also 39 of his compositions. Many of his pieces appeared in the Evangelical Magazine, and were also appended to his numerous published Sermons. A few of his hymns are still in common use, including. "Another fleeting day is gone"; "Assembled at Thy great command"; "O Jesu, in this solemn hour"; "O Thou, the helpless orphan's hope"; "Return, O wanderer, return," and the fine cento, "Great God, what do I see and hear." [Rev. F. J. Faulding, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ====================== Collyer, William Bengo, p. 243, ii. The following hymns by Dr. Collyer are also in common use:— 1. Another fleeting day is gone. Evening. (1812.) 2. 0 Jesus, in this solemn hour. Reception of Church Officers. (1842.) 3. O Thou, the helpless orphan's hope. On Behalf of Orphans. In the Evangelical Magazine, 1808, p. 48. 4. See the clouds upon the mountain. Sunday Morning. (1842.) 5. Soft be the gently breathing notes. Praise to the Redeemer. (1812.) 6. Softly the shade of evening falls. Evening. (1812.) From this, “Soon shall a darker night descend" is taken. 7. Thou Prince of glory slain for me. Good Friday. (1812.) The date 1812 is that of his Collection, and 1842 of Leifchild's Original Hymns. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Richard Dirksen

1921 - 2003 Topics: Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Blessing; Church Year Advent; Church Year All Saints' Day; Church Year Ascension of the Lord; Church Year Christ the King; Church Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Church Year Transfiguration; Earth; Elements of Worship Call to Worship; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Preparation for Worship; Enthronement Psalms; Faith; Freedom; God Trust in; God as Creator; God as King; God's Sovereignty; God's Armor; God's Face; God's Majesty; God's Strength; Guilt; Hope; Idols and Idolatry; Innocence; Processions; Temple; Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages); The Creation; Unity and Fellowship; Worship; Year A, B, C, Presentation of the Lord, February 2; Year B, All Saints' Day, November 1; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 10-16 Composer of "VINEYARD HAVEN" in Psalms for All Seasons Richard Dirksen

Thomas of Celano

1200 - 1265 Topics: Archangels Trumpet; Christ Judge; Christ Second Advent; Dies irae; Hope Of Heaven; Judgment Preparation for; Judgment Terrors of; Judgment and retribution; Pardon Sought; Trumpet Gospel Author of "Day of wrath" in Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church Thomas of Celano was born at Celano in the Abruzzi, and joined St. Francis of Assisi c. 1214. He was commissioned by Gregory IX to write the life of St. Francis: the First Legend, 1229; the Second Legend, 1247; and the Tract on the Miracle of St. Francis a few years later. His Legend of St. Clare was composed in 1255. He was probably among the first band of friars to visit Germany, 1221. --The Hymnal 1940 Companion =============================== Thomas of Celano. It is somewhat remarkable that neither the date of the birth nor of the death of this writer, whose name is so intimately associated with the Dies Irae, is on record. He was a native of Celano, a small town near the lake Fucino, in the farther Abruzzo, and hence his name of Thomas of Celano. Several of the inhabitants of this town were driven therefrom by Frederick II. in 1223, and Thomas with the rest. He found his way to Assisi, and became a monk there during the lifetime of St. Francis. The Franciscan Order was established in 1208, Thomas was therefore one of the early students at Assisi. He was subsequently "custos of the convents of Worms, Mentz, and Cologne, and afterwards sole custos of the Rhine districts." The last named appointment he held till 1230, when he returned to Assisi. As intimated above the date of his death is not on record. It is sometimes given as 1255. Thomas also wrote a Life of St. Francis. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix I (1907) See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church

Christopher Webber

b. 1932 Person Name: Christopher L. Webber Topics: Church Year All Saints' Day; Disciples / Calling; Discipleship; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Preparation for Worship; Endurance; God's Word; God's House; Innocence; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Labor; Obedience; Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions; Occasional Services Dedication / Consecration / Anniversary; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; Sanctification; Temple; Ten Commandments 8th Commandment (do not steal); Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness); The Fall; Trust; Unity and Fellowship; Worship; Year A, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 4th Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, August 28-September 3; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 17-23 Author of "Lord, Who May Dwell Within Your House" in Psalms for All Seasons CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE WEBBER was born 5 January 1932 in Cuba, New York, son of the Rev. Roy Lawrence Webber and Hortense Marie Basquin. He graduated from South Kent School (South Kent, CT) in 1949, Princeton University in 1953, and General Theological Seminary (NYC) in 1956. He is the author of A New Metrical Psalter (1986), Hymns from the Bible (2000), and Songs of Justice, Peace, and Love: The Sharon Hymnal (2022). Chris Fenner

T. R. Birks

1810 - 1883 Person Name: Thomas R. Birks Topics: Church Year Lent; Church Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Conflict; Daily Prayer Midday Prayer; Daily Prayer Morning Prayer; Darkness; Discipleship; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Elements of Worship Prayer for Illumination; Elements of Worship Preparation for Worship; God Light from; God Trust in; God as Refuge; God as Rock; God as Shield; God as Creator; God's Wisdom; God's Word; God's Armor; God's Glory; God's Justice; God's law; God's Strength; Grâce; Healing; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Mind of; Jesus Christ; Renewal; Salvation; Servants of God; Temptation And Trial; Ten Commandments 10th Commandment (do not covet); Ten Commandments Deuteronomy 6; The Creation; The Fall; Truth; Victory; Wisdom Psalms; Worship; Year A, B, C, Easter, Easter vigil; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 2-8; Year B, Lent, 3rd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, September 25-October 1; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, September, 11-17; Year C, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 3rd Sunday Author of "The Heavens Declare Your Glory" in Psalms for All Seasons Birks, Thomas Rawson, M.A., b. Sept. 1810, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1834, M.A. 1837), of which he subsequently became a Fellow. Having taken Holy Orders in 1837, he became Rector of Kelshall, Herts, 1844; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, 1866; Hon. Canon of Ely Cathedral, 1871; and Professor of Moral Philosophy, Cambridge, 1872. He d. at Cambridge, July 21, 1883. His works, to the number of 25, include Biblical, Astronomical, Scientific, Prophetic, and other subjects. He also wrote the Memoirs of the Rev. E Bickersteth (his father-in-law), 2 vols., 1851. His hymns appeared in Bickersteth's Christian Psalmody; 1833; and, together with Versions of the Psalms, in his Companion Psalter, 1874. They number upwards of 100. [Eng. Psalters, § xx.] Very few are in common use in Great Britain, but in America their use is extending. They include:— 1. Except the Lord do build the house. Ps. cxxvii. 2. O come, let us sing to the Lord. Ps. xcv. 3. O King of Mercy, from Thy throne on high. Ps. lxxx. 4. O taste and see that He is good. Ps. xxxiv. 5. O when from all the ends of earth. Psj xiv. 6. The heavens declare Thy glory. Ps. xix. 7. The Lord Himself my Portion is. Ps. liii. 8. The mighty God, the Lord hath spoken. Ps. l. 9. Thou art gone up on high, O Christ, &c. Ps. xlvii. 10. Whom have I [we] Lord in heaven, but Thee. Ps. lxxiii. Of these versions of the Psalms, all of which date from 1874, the most popular is No. 3. Mr. Birks' compositions are worthy of greater attention than they have hitherto received. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Jessie Seymour Irvine

1836 - 1887 Topics: Church Year All Saints' Day; Disciples / Calling; Discipleship; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Preparation for Worship; Endurance; God's Word; God's House; Innocence; Jesus Christ Way, Truth, and Life; Labor; Obedience; Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions; Occasional Services Dedication / Consecration / Anniversary; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; Sanctification; Temple; Ten Commandments 8th Commandment (do not steal); Ten Commandments 9th Commandment (do not bear false witness); The Fall; Trust; Unity and Fellowship; Worship; Year A, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 4th Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, August 28-September 3; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 17-23 Composer of "CRIMOND" in Psalms for All Seasons Jessie Seymour Irvine United Kingdom 1836-1887. Born at Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, the daughter of a parish minister of the Church of Scotland who served at Dunottar, Peterhead, and Crimond in Aberdeenshire, she became an organist, in training at the town of Banff. In 1871, while living in Crimond, she composed a tune for the metrical version of Psalm 23 as an exercise for a composition class. It was first performed at evening worship at Auchterless Parish Church. Not satisfied with her own work, she asked for help to reharmonize it from musician, David Grant, from Aberdeen. At the time, Grant was collaborating with associates compiling hymns and metrical Psalms from across north Scotland intending to publish them in a new hymnal. “The Northern Psalter” was published in 1872, became popular, and over 70,000 copies were sold. For years the hymn tune was credited to Grant, but Jessie’s sister wrote a letter to the hymnal editors claiming her sister wrote the tune, harmonized by Grant. She is now credited by most as the original composer. She died in Aberdeen, Scotland. She is commemorated by a set of four etched glass panels installed inside Crimond Parish Church in 2002. The hymn was played at Princess Elizabeth’s wedding (later Queen Elizabeth) to Philip Mountbatten in 1947. John Perry

George Burder

1752 - 1832 Person Name: G. Burder Topics: Preparation for Christ Composer of "LUTON" in The Church Hymnal 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)

Willard F. Jabusch

1930 - 2018 Topics: Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Blessing; Church Year Advent; Church Year All Saints' Day; Church Year Ascension of the Lord; Church Year Christ the King; Church Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Church Year Transfiguration; Earth; Elements of Worship Call to Worship; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Preparation for Worship; Enthronement Psalms; Faith; Freedom; God Trust in; God as Creator; God as King; God's Sovereignty; God's Armor; God's Face; God's Majesty; God's Strength; Guilt; Hope; Idols and Idolatry; Innocence; Processions; Temple; Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages); The Creation; Unity and Fellowship; Worship; Year A, B, C, Presentation of the Lord, February 2; Year B, All Saints' Day, November 1; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 10-16; Settings Especially Appropriate for Children Author (Refrain) of "Lift Up the Gates Eternal" in Psalms for All Seasons Willard F. Jabusch (b. 1930) received degrees from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Illinois, and Loyola University, Chicago. He also earned a doctorate at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (1986), and studied music at the Chicago Conservatory and the University of London. A parish priest at St. James Roman Catholic Church in Chicago from 1956 to 1961, he taught at Niles College of Loyola University from 1963 to 1966 and at the Mundelein Seminary from 1968 to 1990. Since 1990 Jabusch has been director of Calvert House, the Roman Catholic student center at the University of Chicago. His theological publications include The Person in the Pulpit (1980), Walk Where Jesus Walked (1986), and The Spoken Christ (1990). He has written some forty tunes and one hundred hymn texts, often pairing them with eastern European and Israeli folk tunes. Bert Polman

Bertus Frederick Polman

1945 - 2013 Person Name: Bert Polman Topics: Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Blessing; Church Year Advent; Church Year All Saints' Day; Church Year Ascension of the Lord; Church Year Christ the King; Church Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Church Year Transfiguration; Earth; Elements of Worship Call to Worship; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Preparation for Worship; Enthronement Psalms; Faith; Freedom; God Trust in; God as Creator; God as King; God's Sovereignty; God's Armor; God's Face; God's Majesty; God's Strength; Guilt; Hope; Idols and Idolatry; Innocence; Processions; Temple; Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages); The Creation; Unity and Fellowship; Worship; Year A, B, C, Presentation of the Lord, February 2; Year B, All Saints' Day, November 1; Year B, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, July 10-16 Author of "Lift Up Your Heads, O Gates" in Psalms for All Seasons Bert Frederick Polman (b. Rozenburg, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands, 1945; d. Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 1, 2013) was chair of the Music Department at Calvin College and senior research fellow for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Dr. Polman studied at Dordt College (BA 1968), the University of Minnesota (MA 1969, PhD in musicology 1981), and the Institute for Christian Studies. Dr. Polman was a longtime is professor of music at Redeemer College in Ancaster, Ontario, and organist at Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Waterdown, Ontario. His teaching covered a wide range of courses in music theory, music history, music literature, and worship, and Canadian Native studies. His research specialty was Christian hymnody. He was also an organist, a frequent workshop leader at music and worship conferences, and contributor to journals such as The Hymn and Reformed Worship. Dr. Polman was co-editor of the Psalter Hymnal Handbook (1989), and served on the committees that prepared Songs for Life (1994) and Sing! A New Creation (2001), both published by CRC Publications. Emily Brink