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William Calvert

Person Name: Rev. W. Calvert Hymnal Number: 308 Author of "O God! who on the tablets of the heart" in Hymns of the Ages

1785 - 1860 Person Name: F. Sachse Hymnal Number: 252 Author of "A German Funeral Hymn" in Hymns of the Ages 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)

Christopher Harvey

Hymnal Number: 17 Author of "Travels At Home" in Hymns of the Ages

James Freeman Clarke

1810 - 1888 Person Name: James F. Clarke Hymnal Number: 4 Translator of "The Answer" in Hymns of the Ages Clarke, James Freeman, D.D., is a grandson of James Freeman (q. v.)> from whom he was named. He was born at Hanover, New Hampshire, April 4, 1810, and graduated at Harvard College, in Arts, in 1829, and in Divinity, 1833. Receiving ordination as a Unitarian Minister, he was Pastor at Louisville, Kentucky, from 1833 to 1840; of the Church of the Disciples, Boston, from 1811 to 1830; and also from 1853. Dr. Clarke for some time edited, whilst at Louisville, The Western Messenger, and is the author of Orthodoxy, its Truths and Errors, 1866; The Christian Doctrine of Forgiveness, 1852; The Christian Doctrine of Prayer, 1854, and other works. In 1844 he published the Hymn Book for the Church of the Disciples. This he enlarged in 1852. To each edition be contributed five hymns. Of these ten hymns five are found in the Lyra Sacra Americana The best known of Dr. Clarke's hymns are:— 1. Father, to us Thy children, humbly kneeling. [thoughts desired.] Dr. Clarke says this was manufactured from:— 2. Infinite Spirit, who art round us ever. [Holy thoughts desired], “which was written in Kentucky about 1833, and printed in the Dial soon after." 3. Brother, hast thou wandered far! [The Prodigal Son.] This appeared in his Disciples' Hymn Book, 1844, and is somewhat extensively used. It appeared in an Brother abbreviated form as, "Hast thou wasted all the powers?" beginning with stanza ii., in Hymns for the Church of Christ, Boston, 1853; Beecher's Plymouth Collection, 1855, and subsequently in others in Great Britain and America. The next three are also in one or two English collections. 4. To Thee, 0 God, in heaven. [Holy Baptism.] 1844. 5. To Him who children blessed. [Holy Baptism.] 1844. 6. Friend, whose presence in the house. [Christ's presence desired.] 1855. The beauty and value of this last hymn have been partly, and deserve to be more fully, recognized. It is found in Lyra Sac. Amer., which also has the following on "The Protestant Reformation":— 7. For all Thy gifts we praise Thee, Lord. This hymn was sung at the collation given by the Unitarians of New York and Brooklyn to the Members of the Convention assembled in the former city, Oct. 22, 1845. As originally written it contained 8 stanzas; the last two are omitted from both Lyra Sac. Americana and Putnam's Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

James H. Perkins

1810 - 1849 Person Name: J. H. Perkins Hymnal Number: 68 Author of "Late to our town there came a maid" in Hymns of the Ages Perkins, Rev. James Handasyd. (Boston, Massachusetts, July 31, 1810--December 14, 1849, near Cincinnati, Ohio). He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and at Round Hill School. Northampton, Mass. After a brief business experience in Boston he moved to Cincinnati, where he was admitted to the bar in 1837, but two years later he took up the Ministry-at-Large organized by the First Congregational Society (Unitarian) of Cincinnati, and later became pastor of the church. He was active in social reforms and as a lecturer, and was author of a number of essays descriptive of life in what was then the far west. The hymn in 3 stanzas, C.M., beginning "It is a faith sublime and sure" attributed to "J.H. Perkins" in Longfellow and Johnson's Book of Hymns (1846-1848) is presumably by him, although it is not included with his poems printed in the Memoir and Writings of James Handasyde Perkins, edited by W.H. Channing, Cincinnati, 1851. --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives

John Bowdler

1783 - 1815 Person Name: Bowdler Hymnal Number: 123 Author of "Children of God, who pacing slow" in Hymns of the Ages John Bowlder was born in London, in 1783. He was educated at Winchester College, and entered the legal profession. As a barrister, he gave unusual promise of eminence; but died in 1815, at the age of thirty-two. His miscellaneous writings were published in 1816, by his father, under the title of "Select Pieces of Prose and Verse." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872. ================================= Bowdler, John, born in London, Feb. 4, 1783, and educated at the Sevenoaks Grammar School, and Winchester. In 1807 he was called to the Bar, but ill-health necessitated his residence abroad for a short time. On his return he resumed the duties of his profession. His weakness, however, increased, and gradually sinking, he died Feb. 1, 1815. He was a person of more than usual parts, and gained the friendship of Macauluy, Wilberforce, and other men of eminence. In 1816 his Select Pieces in Verse and Prose, were published by his father with a brief Memoir, Lond., G. Davidson. The two vols. contain essays, reviews, poetical pieces, versions of 4 Psalms, and 6 hymns. Of his hymns and Psalm versions nearly all are in common use. The best of these are, “As panting in the sultry beam"; “Children of God, who pacing slow;" and "Lord, before Thy throne we bend." The rest include: — 1. Beyond the dark and stormy bound. Heaven. This is a part of his hymn on the Sabbath. The ori¬ginal begins "When God from dust created man," is in 10 stanzas of 6 lines, and dated 1812. 2. Children of God, who pacing [faint and] slow. Encouragement. 3. Lord, before Thy throne we bend. Ps. cxx. 3. 4. 0 fcod, my heart within me faints. Ps. xlii. 5. Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. Praise. Entitled "Thankfulness," and dated "Jan. 1814." 6. To heaven I lift mine eyes. Ps. cxxi. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William Shakespeare

1564 - 1616 Person Name: Shakspeare Hymnal Number: 15 Author of "Soul and Body" in Hymns of the Ages

Richard Huie

1795 - 1867 Person Name: Dr. Huie Hymnal Number: 256 Author of "O think that, while you're weeping here" in Hymns of the Ages Huie, Richard, M.D., was born at Aberdeen, 1795, and educated at the High School, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh. Entering upon the medical profession, he practised at Dundee for some time, and then removed to Edinburgh in 1822. He died June 10, 1867. He published:— The Family Hymn-Book, being a Selection of Hymns from the best authors, interspersed with a few Originals, and arranged for the purposes of Domestic Worship, By Richard Huie, M.D. , Edinburgh, 1825. To this Selection he contributed 29 hymns. Of these the following are given in Lyra Britannia, 1867. 1. Ask, and ye shall get the blessing. The Mercy-Seat. 2. What is faith? It is to see. Faith, Hope, and Charity. 3. Ye worldly cares and themes, be gone. Saturday Evening. The following cento is also from the Family Hymn Book, 1825, No. 250:— 4. O ye who with the silent tear. Burial. It is stanzas i., iii. slightly altered, and was given in Bickersteth's Christian Psalmody, 1833, as by "Whitmore"; in the 1836 ed., as by "Huie"; and in his son's Psalms & Hymns based on the Christian Psalmondy, 1858, as by " Hull," which is probably a misprint for “Huie." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology =============================== Huie, Richard, p. 541, ii. He also contributed many hymns to the Evangelical Magazine, between 1820 and 1840. These he collected and published as Sacred Lyrics, Edinburgh, 1843. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

John Sterling

1806 - 1844 Person Name: Sterling Hymnal Number: 60 Author of "Still hope! still act! Be sure that life" in Hymns of the Ages Sterling was born at Kames Castle, Bute, July 20, 1806, and died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Sep. 18, 1844. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907 ================ Sterling, J., p. 1595, ii. (Under "When up to nightly skies," &c.) Another of his hymns which was given in the American Hymns of the Spirit, 1864 and Martineau's Hymns of Praise and Prayer, 1873, No. 31, "0 Source divine and Life of all" (Reverence and Love), has passed into a few modern American collections, including The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904. It is dated 1840. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Thomas Flatman

1637 - 1688 Person Name: Thomas Flatman, 1633-1688 Hymnal Number: 172 Author of "Awake, my soul! awake, mine eyes!" in Hymns of the Ages Flatman, Thomas, poet and miniature painter, was born in London, cir. 1633, and died cir. 1688. He was a barrister of the Inner Temple, but gave most of his time to poetry and painting. He was the author of some Pindaric Odes on the deaths of Prince Rupert, and of Charles II.; and of a prose satire on Richard Cromwell. His Poems & Songs were published in 1674 (3rd edition 1682), and from this volume the following hymns have been transferred to Dr. Martineau's Hymns, 1840, and his Hymns of Praise and Prayer, 1873:— "Awake, my soul, awake, mine eyes " (Morning); “Sweet slumbers, come and chase away" (Evening). The similarity of these hymns to the Morning and Evening hymns of Bp. Ken suggests the possibility that they may have inspired the latter. Flatman's "Thoughts on Death " also contains the germ of Pope's "Vital Spark," &c, q.v. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)