1841 - 1920 Person Name: Rev. H. C. G. Moule Author of "My glorious Victor, Prince Divine" in The Church Missionary Hymn Book Moule, Handley Carr Glyn, M.A., son of the Rev. H. Moule, was born at Fordington, Dec. 23, 1841, and educated at home and at Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. in first class Classical and Theological honours, 1864-65. He was Carus Prizeman, 1862; Browne's Medallist, 1863; and gained the Seatonian Prize, 1869-73 and 1876. Taking Holy Orders in 1867, he was curate of Fordington, Dorset, 1867-73, and 1877-80; Dean, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1874-77; and Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, 1880. He was Fellow of his College, 1865; Select Preacher at Cambridge, 1880-81, 87; and Chaplain to the Bishop of Liverpool, 1880. His works include:—
(1) The Seatonian Prize Poems as above; (2) Poems on the Acts of the Apostles, 1869; (3) Sermons on the Litany, 1870; Dorchester Poems, 1878; (4) Commentaries on the Epistles to the Romans, Ephesians, and Philippians, in the Cambridge Bible for Schools, 1880-89; (5) Christianus and Other Poems 1883; (6) Thoughts on Christian Sanctity, 1885 (with hymns appended); (7) On Union with Christ, 1885 (with hymns appended); On Spiritual Life, 1887 (with hymns appended) ; and others. Mr. Moule was also a contributor to Smith's Dictionary of Christian Biography.
Of Mr. Moule's hymns the following appeared in the Appendix to the Fordington Hymn Book, 1878:—
1. Chief Shepherd of Thy people. Missions.
2. Jesus, such His love and power. A present Saviour.
3. Lift heart and voice above. Christmas.
In the same Appendix there is a paraphrase of the Benedicite in metre, "Bless the Lord of glory," by H. M. Moule, M.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge, his brother.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Moule, Handley C. G., p. 771, ii. In 1899 Dr. Moule resigned his post at Ridley Hall, and became.Norrisian Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. In 1901 he was consecrated as Bishop of Durham. The following additional hymns by Bp. Moule have come into common use:—
1. Come in, O come! the door stands open now. [Seeking after Holiness.] Appeared in the 2nd ed. of Hymns of Consecration and Faith, 1890; and in the author's Songs in the House of the Pilgrimage, 1896.
2. Dear is Thy Presence with Thy friends. [Communion of Saints.] Included in Hymns of Consecration and Faith, 1890.
3. Lord and Saviour, true and kind. [Jesus the Guide of Youth.] Appeared in The Council School Hymn Book, Novello, 1905.
4. Lord, is it I that enter here. [Victory over sin.] First published in the author's Christian's Victory over Sin, 1888.
5. My glorious Victor, Prince Divine. [Consecration of Self to God.] Appeared in the 2nd edition of Hymns of Consecration and Faith, 1890; and again in the author's Songs in the House of the Pilgrimage, 1896.
6. Raise the song, ye loyal voices. [King's Coronation.] Written for Novello's Ten National Hymns and Tunes for children's use on the occasion of the Coronation of King Edward VII., 1902.
7. They watched Him up the silent skies. [Ascension.] Written for Dodderidge's Hymns for Church & Home, 1904.
Additional publications by Bp. Moule which include hymns are Songs in the House of the Pilgrimage, 1896; The Christian's Victory over Sin, 1888. Poems on the Acts of the Apostles, &c, 1869; Christianus and other Poems, 1883; At the Holy Communion, 1892; Thoughts on Union with Christ, 1886.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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