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Deodotus Dutton

1808 - 1832 Person Name: D. Dutton Hymnal Number: d282 Author of "On Thibet's snow capped mountains, O'er Afric's burning sand" in The Baptist Harmony Dutton, Deodatus, jun., b. cir. 1810, was a native of Monson, Massachusetts, U.S. He was a Licentiate of the third Presbytery, New York, but died before ordination, about 1832. His hymns in common use are:— 1. On Thibet's snow-capt mountain. Missions. This appeared in pt. ii. of the Christian Lyrics, 1831, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines. It is an imitation of Bp. Heber's “From Greenland's icy mountains." 2. O where can the soul find relief from its foes. Heaven. The date and first published of this hymn is uncertain. It is given, together with the above, in the Plymouth Collection, 1855. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================= Born: December 22, 1808, Monson, Massachusetts. Died: December 16, 1832, New York City. Buried: Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, New York. By age 14, Dutton was playing the organ at Center Church in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended Brown University and Washington (now Trinity) College (graduated 1828), and was licensed to preach by the Third Presbytery of New York. However, he never received a pastorate, and was still pursuing his studies at the time of his death. His works include: The American Psalmody, 1829, with Elam Ives, Jr. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Richard Burdsall

1735 - 1824 Hymnal Number: d370 Author of "Hallelujah to the Lamb who hath purchased" in The Baptist Harmony Burdsall, Richard, for many years a Wesleyan minister, was born in 1735, and died in 1824. To his Memoirs, published at York, n.d., is appended a hymn beginning, "Now Christ He is risen, the Serpent's head is bruised." The hymn “The voice of free grace cries—'Escape to the mountain,'" begins with stanza ii. of this hymn, but with alterations. In some American hymnals, including Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, Burdsall's two stanzas are expanded into five, but by whom we cannot say. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Thomas Cleland

Hymnal Number: d102 Author of "Farewell, my dear brethren, the time is at hand" in The Baptist Harmony

William Dossey

Hymnal Number: d10 Author of "Amidst the vernal season" in The Baptist Harmony

William Staughton

1770 - 1829 Hymnal Number: d349 Author of "Tell us, ye servants of the Lord" in The Baptist Harmony Staughton, William. (Coventry, Warwickshire, England, January 4, 1770--December 12, 1829, Washington, D.C.). Baptist. Son of Sutton and Keziah Staughton. Bristol College, 1792; honorary D.D. from Princeton College, 1798. Pastorates at Georgetown, South Carolina, 1793-1795; Bordentown, New Jersey, 1795-1798; Burlington, N.J., 1798-1805; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1805-1823. In 1782 he published a volume of Juvenile Poems. The hymn "Pardoning Love" which was included in that collection, begins "Involved in guilt and near despair/Depressed with shame, o'erwhelmed with tears." Throughout his career, Staughton continued to give expression to his thoughts in verse. One of his hymns, "Tell us, ye servants of the Lord," is found in Select Hymns (Linsley and Davis, 1841) and other collections. The following hymn was written by Staughton to be sung to the tune of the "Marseilles Hymn": Ye sons of God awake in Glory A host of foes before you lies. In 1827, Staughton edited Woodward's revised and corrected edition of Dr. Rippon's Selection with the names of the tunes adapted to the hymns, and an appendix from the Olney Hymns, with additional hymns, original and selected. Memoir was published in 1834 by his son-in-law Rev. S.W. Lynd, D.D. --Alan Wingard, DNAH Archives

James Fanch

1704 - 1767 Hymnal Number: d35 Author of "Beyond the glittering, starry globe [globes] [sky] [skies]" in The Baptist Harmony Fanch, James, known as the joint author with Daniel Turner of the hymn "Beyond the glittering, starry skies " (q.v.), was born in 1704, and died Dec. 12, 1767. He was for many years a Baptist Minister at Romsey, and Lockerly, Hants. In addition to Sermons, &c, he published a Paraphrase on a Select Number of the Psalms of David, done from the Latin of Buchanan, to which are added some Occasional Pieces, 1764. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Stephen P. Hill

1806 - 1884 Person Name: S. P. Hiull Hymnal Number: d401 Author of "'Tis come, the painful parting hour" in The Baptist Harmony Hill, Stephen P. An American Baptist Minister, who published Christian Melodies, Baltimore, 1836, in which there are 25 of his hymns signed ”H." His hymn "Come, saints, adore your Saviour God” (Holy Baptism) is one of these. It is also found in the Sabbath Hymn Book , Baptist edition, 1859, and others. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology ======================= Hill, Stephen P., p. 524, i. Born at Salem, Massachusetts, April 17, 1806; entered the Baptist ministry in 1832; and died at Washington, District of Columbia, Sept. 15, 1884. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)