1761 - 1807 Person Name: George W. A. H. Drummond Author of "The righteous ones shall be forever blest" Drummond, George William Auriol Hay, M.A., son of Abp. Drummond, of York, b. at Westminster in 1763, educated at Ch. Ch., Oxford; B.A. 1780, M.A. 1783, Vicar of Brodsworth, and Canon of York; d. Dec. 7, 1807. His hymn:—
The Righteous souls that take their flight (Death and Burial] appeared in The Psalms of David for the Use of Parish Churches, the Words Selected from the Versions of Tate and Brady, by the Rev. George Hay Drummond. The Music Selected, Adapted and Composed by Edward Miller . . . 1790. On pp. 116-7 it is given in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed “Version of part of the third chapter of the Wisdom of Solomon proper to be sung at Funerals. Versified by the Rev. George Hay Drummond. The music by Edward Miller, MUS. DOC." The title of this collection was subsequently altered to Select Portions of the New Version of Psalms . . . with the principal Festivals and Fasts for the Use of Parish Churches ... It reached the 25th edition in 1831. This hymn was included in Church Hymns, 1903, No. 286. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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