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Author: Thomas Randall

Randall, Thomas, M.A., was born in 1711, and studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated M.A. in 1730. In 1739 he became parish minister of Inchture, Perthshire, and in 1770 minister of the East Church, Stirling. He died at Stirling, July 21, 1780. He was one of those added in 1714 to the Committee of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland which compiled the Translations and Paraphrases of 1745. To him is ascribed No. 11 in the collection of 1745, No. 49 in that of 1781. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)  Go to person page >