1874 - 1934 Person Name: Rev. J. Stuart Holden Author of "Somebody’s Here With an Aching Heart" in Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 Holden, John Stuart, M.A., born in Liverpool in 1870, and educated at Liverpool College, and Corpus Christi College, Camb.; B.A. 1899; M.A. 1902. Ordained to the curacy of Walcot in 1899, he became in 1901 a Mission Preacher in connection with the Parochial Miss. Soc, and in 1905 Vicar of St. Paul's, Portman Square, London. He is prominently identified with the Keswick Convention, and visited China as a deputation in 1904. He is the author of several hymns, including "Lord, we come before Thee, In our Saviour's name" (On behalf of the Jews) in Hymns of Consecration and Faith, 1902.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
J. Stuart Holden