TAYLOR, EMILY. 1795-1872.

Metrical Version of the Psalms, 1695-1698, and of the Appendix of Hymns, 1700.
The Psalms were authorised for use in churches 1696, the Hymns 1703.

Psalms xv., xxxiii., xxxiv., xlii., lvii., lxvii., xcv., c., cv., cviii. ;
Hymn 55.

Member of a well-known Norwich family. Her Poetical Illustrations of Passages
of Scripture appeared in 1826. She was an accomplished and indefatigable
writer, chiefly for the young.

Hymns 464, 467.

TAYLOR, JEREMY. Born at Cambridge; educated at Caius College and All Souls, Oxford ; appointed 1613-1667. Rector of Uppingham, Rutlandshire. He was a Royalist, and Chaplain to Charles I. at Oxford. Charles II. appointed him Bishop of Down and Connor as a reward for his publication of Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience. Most of his best work was done during his life at Slanvihangel in Carmarthenshire, where he kept a school. Among his many devotional works Holy Living and Dying is the best known. As a preacher Coleridge pronounced him to be the most eloquent of divines.

Hymn 97.

TAYLOR, THOMAS Eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Taylor, a Congregational minister at Bradford.

RAWSON. 1807-1835.

TERSTEEGEN, GERHARD. 1697-1769.

THEODULPH. d. 821.

Thomas Rawson became a clerk in a merchant's office, but soon removed to Nottingham to be apprenticed to a printer. After three years he gave up this calling, and entered Airedale College to study for the ministry. He was for a short time pastor of Howard Street Chapel, Sheffield, and subsequently classical tutor at Airedale; but he suffered much, and died young. A volume of his Remains was published.

Hymn 384.

Was born in the town of Mörs, in Westphalia. At the age of fifteen he entered upon a business career, which he abandoned in 1727 in order to attend to his writings, his public addresses, and his work of caring for the sick and poor. He wrote over one hundred Hymns, which show in a marked degree the spiritual and God-seeking character of his mind.

Hymns 251, 487.

Born in Italy; abbot of a Benedictine monastery at Florence, but at the invitation of Charlemagne he removed to France, where, as Bishop of Orleans, he died. Hymn 96.

THOMAS, DAVID. Congregational minister for many years in the South of London. Best known as the projector and editor of the Homilist. He is also the author of many devotional and practical works.

Hymns 190, 354.

THOMAS OF
CELANO.

d. 1253. THRING, GODFREY.

Author of the Dies Ira. A monk, of whom little is known but that he was the friend of Francis of Assisi. The Hymn was written about 1250.

Hymn 173.

Son of the Rev. John Thring, Rector of Alford with Hornblotton, Somerset ; born 1823; graduated at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1845; succeeded to his father's living 1858. He contributed to Morell and How's Collection, and to Chope's Hymnal; author of Hymns and Verses, and editor of Hymns Congregational and others, 1866.

Hymns 150, 522.

TOKE, EMMA. Daughter of Dr. John Leslie, Bishop of Kilmore; married in 1837 to the Rev. Nicholas Toke, Rector of Godington, Ashford, Kent. Her Hymns were written for and sent anonymously to the Hymn Book of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

Hymns 127, 134.

TOPLADY,
AUGUSTUS
MONTAGUE.
1740-1778.

TRITTON,
JOSEPH.

TUTTIETT,
LAWRENCE.

Son of a major in the army; studied at Westminster; went to Ireland with his
mother; while there, was impressed by a sermon in a barn, and afterwards took
orders, and held three English livings successively. Between the ages of fifteen
and eighteen he wrote some Hymns, which were published in Dublin under the
title of Poems on Sacred Subjects. He afterwards contributed to the Go!
Magazine. A complete edition of his Hymns was published in 1860 by Mr.
Daniel Sedgwick.

Hymns 170, 280, 402, 526.

An eminent London Banker; Treasurer of the Baptist Missionary Society, for
whose anniversaries and other meetings his Hymns were mostly written.
Hymn 440.

Born at Colyton, Devon, 1825, and was educated at Christ's Hospital, and at
King's College, London. In 1854 he entered upon the living of Lea Marston,
Coleshill, Warwickshire; and in 1870 was appointed incumbent of St. Andrew's
Episcopal Church in Scotland. He is the author of several sermons, tracts, and
volumes of prayers.

Hymn 548.

TURNER, DANIEL. Baptist minister at Abingdon, Berkshire, for fifty years. See FANCH, and note on
1710-1798.
the Hymn, p. 311.
Hymn 141.

TWELLS, HENRY. Born at Ashted, near Birmingham, 1823; educated at the Birmingham Grammar
School, and at St. Peter's College, Cambridge; for many years Head-master of
the Godolphin Grammar School, Hammersmith; now Rector of Waltham-on-the-
Wolds, Leicestershire. His noble Hymn first appeared in Appendix to Hymns
Ancient and Modern, 1868.

Hymn 72.

VAN ALSTYNE, Better known, perhaps, by her maiden name as "Fanny J. Crosby," an American
FRANCES JANE. lady, a writer of much pleasing prose and verse. Her undermentioned Hymn is
one of the gems of Mr. Sankey's book. A recent notice speaks of her as having
been "totally blind from girlhood," and as "always bright and cheerful."

WARDLAW,
RALPH, D.D.
1779-1853.

LÆTITIA.

Hymn 260.

An eminent Nonconformist divine; born at Dalkeith; was educated at the
University of Glasgow, and entered the Theological Seminary of the Secession
Church, intending to be a minister of that church, but he afterwards became a
Congregationalist Pastor and Professor. Dr. Wardlaw was widely known as an
In 1803 he prepared a selection of Hymns to replace the inferior Taber
nacle Selection then in use by Congregationalists in Scotland.
Psalm cxxxiii.

author.

WARING, ANNA Daughter of Elijah Waring; born at Neath, Glamorganshire. She published a
volume entitled Hymns and Meditations, by A. L. W. (1850), compositions which
are expressive of the deepest religious feeling and personal experiences in the
spiritual life. She has also contributed to the Sunday Magazine, and other
periodicals.

WATTS, ISAAC.
1674-1748.

Hymns 117, 278, 281, 369.

Eldest son of a schoolmaster at Southampton; wrote verses at the age of seven;
was minister of the Independent Church, Berry Street, London; resided for
thirty-six years with Sir Thomas Abney at his country-seat in Hertfordshire, in
whose town-house at Stoke Newington he died. He has been called "the father of
English hymnody," for until his time prejudice had prevented the use of anything
but Psalms in public worship. His Hymns appeared in Hora Lyricæ (1706);

WAY, LEWIS.
19th century.

WESLEY,
CHARLES.
1708-1783.

WESLEY, JOHN.
1703-1791.

WHITE,

HENRY KIRKE.
1785-1806.

WHITING,
WILLIAM.
1825-1878.

Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707); Divine Songs for Children (1715); The
Psalms of David imitated in the Language of the New Testament (1719); and
some were appended to his Sermons.

Psalms throughout. Hymns 4, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 35, 36,
47, 76, 107, 114, 120, 139, 140, 143, 145, 166, 167, 183,
220, 266, 275, 276, 297, 307, 311, 341,347, 387, 398, 414,
424, 444, 454.

Incumbent of Stanstead, Essex; in his day an active and useful evangelical
clergyman. He published several occasional sermons on Missions.

Psalm iii.

Third son of Samuel Wesley; educated at Westminster and Oxford; went with
his brother John as missionary to Georgia, U.S; on their return, joined him
as preacher in England. He is the "Bard of Methodism," and by far the most
prolific of English hymn-writers, among whom he confessedly takes the first place.
The Hymns of the brothers Wesley are published in thirteen volumes, as collected
and arranged by G. Osborn, D.D. (1868 and following years).

Psalms iv., v., viii., xi., xvi., xxiv., xxvii., xxxvii., xliv., xlv.,
lvi., lvii., lxii., ci., cxiv., cxxv., cxxxii.

Hymns 10, 44, 60, 103, 121, 128, 131, 159, 160, 171, 172,
200, 213, 217, 223, 226, 247,258, 270, 274, 291, 292, 300,
306, 312, 328, 343, 349, 379, 394, 395, 396, 397, 417, 423,
442, 458, 469, 472, 474, 509, 510 537, 559, 584.

Born at Epworth, and was educated at the Charterhouse, and afterwards at
Christchurch, Oxford. His life belongs to the religious history of the period.
He compiled the first Wesleyan Collection of Psalms and Hymns, in 1738, and
translated some German Hymns for it. He also wrote a few useful Hymns,
published a collection of tunes, and did much by his own personal efforts to
encourage psalmody. It is not always possible to distinguish his Hymns from
those of his brother Charles.

Psalm xxxvii.; Hymns 17, 169, 251, 252, 487.

A poet of much promise; born at Nottingham. At the age of fourteen he was
placed at the stocking-loom, but in his fifteenth year he was removed from his un-
congenial toil to enter an attorney's office, where he was articled in 1802. He
published at the age of eighteen a volume of poems that attracted the attention of
Southey. In 1804, assisted by generous and appreciative friends, he went to
Cambridge to study for the Church, and gained a high place in the University.
He overtaxed his brain by excessive studying, and died soon after completing his
twenty-first year.

Hymns 332, 54C.

Was educated partly at Clapham and partly at Winchester. He was for many
years Master of Winchester College Choristers' School.

Hymn 579.

WHITTIER, JOHN Born in 1807; the son of a farmer at Haverhill, Massachusetts. He spent his
GREENLEAF. boyhood in helping his father, but, showing literary tastes, he became an editor,
and conducted several journals. He represented Haverhill in the Legislature, and
was elected secretary of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Called sometimes
"the Quaker bard of America." His poem on "Immortal Love," of which
Hymn 94 is a part, is a noble expression of a liberal Christian faith.

WHYTEHEAD,
THOMAS.
1815-1843.

Hymn 94, 287.

Born in Yorkshire; graduated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he twice
took the Chancellor's medal for English verse; was appointed Classical Lecturer
of Clare Hall, Curate of Freshwater, I.W., and lastly, Chaplain to the Bishop of

WIESZEL, GEORGE. 1590-1635.

WILLIAMS,

HELEN MARIA. 1762-1827.

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM. 1717-1791.

New Zealand. He was the first principal of the Bishop's College, but died a year after his arrival. He translated Bishop Ken's "Evening Hymn "' into Maori.

Hymn 119.

Born at Domnau in Prussia. He was for three years rector at Friedland, and in 1623 became minister of Rosegarten Church, Königsberg. His fine Advent Psalm was written during the troubles of the Thirty Years' War. It has been often translated.

Psalm xxiv.

Born at Berwick; at the age of eighteen came to London, where she wrote several poems, among them the undermentioned Hymn (1786). In 1790 she settled in Paris, where, for a time, she was imprisoned by Robespierre. She was aunt to the celebrated French preacher Athanase Coquerel.

Hymn 359.

Born in Wales; studied for the medical profession, but abandoned this, and
was ordained in the Church of England, but afterwards joined the Calvinistic
Methodists and became a noted preacher in their body. His Welsh Hymns, of
which he published several volumes, are popular; his English Hymn Book, en-
titled Gloria in Excelsis, was prepared, at the request of the Countess of Hun-
tingdon, for Whitefield's Orphan House in America. He also published another
English Hymn Book entitled Hosannah to the Son of David.
Hymn 348.

WILSON, MRS. D. Wife of the well-known Vicar of Islington, afterwards Bishop of Calcutta. Her d. 1827. translation from Oberlin was made shortly before her death.

WINKWORTH, CATHERINE. 1829-1878.

WITHER, GEORGE. 1588-1667.

Hymn 284.

Daughter of Mr. H. Winkworth, of Alderley, near Manchester; born in London 1829. Her translations from the German appeared in Lyra Germanica, two series, 1855 and 1858, and often surpass the originals in exquisite felicity of expression, while admirably true to their sentiment and spirit. She is also author of The Christian Singers of Germany, which contains other versions. The Chorale Book for England comprises many of her best Hymns.

Psalm xxiv.; Hymns 6, 41, 59, 216, 283, 377.

Born at Bentworth, Hampshire. After an Oxford course, he studied law for a while at the Inns of Court, London, but eventually dedicated himself to literature. Some of his pieces were political, and brought him into trouble. He was twice imprisoned by the Stuarts, and his sufferings and privations were great. Under Cromwell he held several offices. In his works we find the fervour of a pious Puritan, and sometimes the fire of true poetry. His Psalter is entitled The Psalms of David translated into Lyric Verse, according to the scope of the Original, and illustrated with a short Argument and a brief Prayer or Meditation before and after Sermon (1632). This work was long regarded as a rival to that of Sternhold and Hopkins.

Psalms i., xciii., cxxvi.

WORDSWORTH, This illustrious poet has written little of what may be strictly termed Hymnody,
WILLIAM. although his odes and longer poems are instinct with religious feeling.
Hymn 517.

1770-1850.

WORDSWORTH, Nephew of the great poet; educated at Westminster and Trinity College, CamCHRISTOPHER, bridge; where he graduated with high honours; was elected Fellow of his college 1807-1885. and Public Orator of the University; became Head-master of Harrow, and, after

XAVIER, FRANCIS. 1506-1552.

ZINZENDORF,

1700-1760.

holding other preferments, Bishop of Lincoln in 1868. He was of saintly life, and of incessant activity. He wrote many theological works, some historical, and some books of travel. His Hymns are published collectively in The Holy Year, 1865.

Hymns 83, 124, 132, 196, 420, 481, 521, 566.

Born in Pampeluna, Spain; studied in the University of Paris. Became a follower of Ignatius Loyola, and an intrepid and zealous missionary to the East (1541). He laboured in India, Ceylon, Malacca, Japan, and died when on his way to China. His Hymn is from the Paris Breviary.

Hymn 590.

Count Zinzendorf, the founder of Herrnhut and the leader of the United Moravian NICHOLAS LOUIS. Brethren, was born at Dresden. From his childhood he was devoted to the service of Christ. In 1711 he studied under Franke at Halle, and in 1716 entered on a University course at Wittenberg, being destined for the law. He gradually, however, withdrew from all public duties that he might consecrate himself and his property wholly to Christian work. He travelled much, and for a time was intimate with the Wesleys, but his chief time and thought were devoted to Herrnhut. In all he wrote about two thousand Hymns, editing the German and English Moravian Hymn Books.

Hymns 169, 338.

** The Psalms and Hymns of which the Authors have not been traced, are noted by blanks in the third column of the Table of First Lines.