O Lord, who teachest [taught to] us on earth

Author: Richard Massie

Massie, Richard, eldest son of the Rev. R. Massie, of Goddington, Cheshire, and Rector of Eccleston, was born at Chester, June 18, 1800, and resides at Pulford Hall, Coddington. Mr. Massie published a translation of Martin Luther’s Spiritual Songs, London, 1854. His Lyra Domestica, 1st series, London, 1860, contains translations of the 1st Series of Spitta's Psalter und Harfe. In 1864 he published vol. ii., containing translations of Spitta's 2nd Series, together with an Appendix of translations of German hymns by various authors. He also contributed many translations of German hymns to Mercer's Church Psalter & Hymn Book; to Reid's British Herald; to the Day of Rest, &c. He died Mar. 11,1887. -- John Julian, Di… Go to person page >

O Lord, Who taught to us on earth. B. Massie. [Christian Brotherhood.] Published in the 2nd Series of his Lyra Domestica, 1864, p. 151, and entitled "Christian Brotherhood." In a slightly altered and abbreviated form it is given in The Methodist Hymn Book, 1904, as “Lord, who hast taught to us on earth” [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)