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Greg Leavers

Topics: Opening of Meetings and Introduction to Worship Author of "O Lord, I turn my mind to You" in Complete Mission Praise

Andy Silver

Topics: Opening of Meetings and Introduction to Worship Author of "Come, let us bow down in worship" in Complete Mission Praise

1759 - 1828 Person Name: Sir J. E. Smith Topics: Worship Introduction and Close of Author of "Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for thee" in Hymns for Christian Devotion Smith, Sir James Edward, born at Norwich Dec. 2, 1759; died March 17, 1828. A distinguished botanist, and President of the Linnaean Society from its foundation in 1788 to the time of his death. He was knighted when the Prince Regent became, in 1814, a Patron of the Society. Smith studied medicine at Edinburgh, and, in 1786, graduated as a physician at Leyden. After further travels abroad he finally settled down at Norwich in 1797. He published English Botany in 36 vols. (beginning in 1790) and various other botanical works. He was also a large contributor to Rees's Encyclopaedia. The friend of Dr. Enfield and John Taylor, he was also a member of the congregation meeting in the Octagon Chapel, Norwich, and a subscriber to the British and Foreign Unitarian Association. He contributed 3 hymns to A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship, Norwich, 1814 (printed for the Octagon Chapel); and 6 others to the Supplement added to the 2nd edition, 1826. Of these the following are in Dr. Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1840; his Hymns, &c, 1873, and other Unitarian collections:— 1. Adore, my soul, that awful Name (1814). Dependence upon God. 2. As twilight's gradual veil is spread (1814). Nature and Immortality. 3. Holy, wise, eternal Father (1826). The Mansions of the Blessed. 4. How glorious are those orbs of light (1826). Nature and Immortality. 5. Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for Thee (1826). Public Worship. 6. When power divine in mortal form (1826). Confidence in God. 7. Who shall a temple build for Him (1826). God's Temple in the Heart. [Rev. Valentine D. Davis, B.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Patricia Morgan

Topics: Opening of Meetings and Introduction to Worship Author of "Come on and celebrate (Celebrate)" in Complete Mission Praise

John Daniels

Topics: Opening of Meetings and Introduction to Worship Author of "As we are gathered" in Complete Mission Praise

Hans von Assig

1650 - 1694 Person Name: Hans v. Assig, 1650-1694 Topics: The Church of the Lord Ordination, Introduction and Initiation Author of "Dreifaltig heilger, großer Gott" in Evang.-Lutherisches Gesangbuch

Eberhard L. Fischer

1695 - 1773 Person Name: E. L. Fischer, 1695-1773 Topics: The Church of the Lord Ordination, Introduction and Initiation Author of "Herr Jesu! der du selbst " in Evang.-Lutherisches Gesangbuch

Chandler Robbins

1810 - 1882 Person Name: C. Robbins Topics: Worship Introduction and Close of Author of "While thus thy throne of grace we seek" in Hymns for Christian Devotion Robbins, Chandler, D.D., was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Feb. 14, 1810, and educated at Harvard College (1829), and the Cambridge Divinity School (1833). In 1833 he became Pastor of the Second [Unitarian] Church, Boston, succeeding Dr. H. Ware, jun., and Ralph Waldo Emerson. He received his D.D. degree from Harvard in 1855, and died at Westport, Massachusetts, Sept. 12, 1882. Dr. Robbins published several prose works. He also edited The Social Hymn Book in 1843, and Hymns for Christian Worship, 1854. His two hymns,"Lo, the day of rest declineth" (Evening), and "While thus [now] Thy throne of grace we seek " (The Voice of God), appeared in Dr. G. E. Ellis's Psalms & Hymns for the Sanctuary, 1845. L. B. Barnes's tune, "Bedford Street," was written for the former. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)