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Dr. J. Lange, and published anonymously as Nebenstunden unterschiedener Gedichte, Berlin, 1700. Of these, "Seele du musst munter werden," in 14 stanzas of 6 lines, was partially translated by H. J. Buckoll, q. v., and of this translation stanzas 1, 4, 5, 11 are here given. Come, my soul, thou must be waking. Cary, Alice [1820-1871], daughter of Robert Cary: born near Cincinnati: poet: published in Ballads, Lyrics, and Hymns, New York, 1866, with the title "The heaven that 's here," in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 5 and 6 here omitted,

My God, I feel thy wondrous might

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Caswall, Edward [1814-1878], son of the
Rev. Robert Clarke Caswall, vicar of Yately,
Hampshire born at Yately: Marlborough; O
then Brasenose College, Oxford, B. A., with
honors, 1836, M. A., 1838; holy orders,
1838 incumbent of Stratford-sub-Castle, 1840-
1847 entered Roman Catholic communion,
1847, joining Dr. Newman at Edgbaston,
1850: published in his Masque of Mary, Lon-
don, 1858, 51 original hymns and 53 transla-
tions. From this book have been here taken,
of his translation, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines,
of "O Deus ego amo te," often attributed to
Ignatius Loyola [see Latin Hymns], stanzas
1, 2, 4, 5, beginning,

I love, I love thee, Lord most high.

and from his Lyra Catholica, 1849, containing nearly 200 translations from the Roman Breviary, Missal, etc., have been here taken of his translation, in 9 stanzas of 4 lines, of the whole of "Splendor paternae gloriae," by St. Ambrose, q. v., stanzas 2, 4, 7, beginning, True Sun, upon our souls arise

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165 He wrote in 1865, published in The Inquirer, New York, and again in A Book of Poems, with the title "A Song of Trust," in 14 stanzas of 4 lines, the hymn the first line of which follows. The revised arrangement given in this book, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines, was made by Mr. Chadwick. Love divine, of all that is

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He wrote for the 25th anniversary of the
formation of his society, April 16, 1876, first
printed in a pamphlet containing an account
of the exercises, and published the same year
in A Book of Poems, then slightly revised for
the Appendix to the Hymns and Tunes of
Samuel Longfellow, q. v., in 3 stanzas of 8
lines, here given in the original form,
singeth low in every heart

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He wrote for a meeting of the New York League of Unitarian Women, March 6, 1891, and printed in Our Church in Song, 1892, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, What has drawn us thus apart

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Chapin, Edwin Hubbell [1814-1880], son of
Alpheus Chapin: born at Union Village, New
York: minister of churches in Richmond,
Virginia; Charlestown, Massachusetts; and
finally, of the Church of the Divine Paternity,
New York. He edited, with J. G. Adams,
Hymns for Christian Devotion, Boston, 1846,
to which he contributed the hymn, here given
unaltered, beginning,

Chadwick, John White [1840- ], son of
John White Chadwick: born at Marblehead, Our Father God! not face to face

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Be not dismayed, thou little flock
Clarke, James Freeman [1810-1888], son of
Samuel Clarke: born at Hanover, New Hamp-
shire: Boston Latin School; then Harvard,
A. B., 1829, Divinity School, 1833, S. T. D.,
1863, professor of natural religion and Chris-
tian doctrine, 1867-1871, overseer, 1863-1888,
lecturer in the Divinity School, 1876-1877:
minister of the Church of the Disciples,
Boston, 1841-1850, and 1853-1888: wrote
while in Kentucky, 1833, and published in
No. III. of the Dial, January, 1841, in 10 stanzas
of 4 lines, "Infinite Spirit, who art round us
ever." Stanzas 3, 4, 10 of this he rewrote for
his Disciples Hymn Book, Boston, 1856 edition,
and they are here given as there printed.
Father, to us thy children, humbly kneeling.

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Collet, Samuel [circa 1763]. The following
communication from Dr. James Martineau
gives all that has yet been discovered as re-
gards Mr. Collet, to whom, in his Hymns of
Praise and Prayer, Dr. Martineau assigned the
hymn the first line of which follows. "The
hymn, about which Dr. Peabody inquired, first
appeared anonymously in A Form of Prayer
and a New Collection af Psalms for the Use of
a Congregation of Protestant Dissenters in Liver-
pool, 1763. This congregation was not either
of the two Presbyterian Societies meeting re-
spectively in Ben's Garden and in Kaye street,
but was composed of some seceders from the
former, with some liberal Church of England
people who preferred a liturgical service. It
met in an octagonal building in Temple Court;
but after a few years was broken up, the ma-
jority returning to Ben's Garden, and taking
with them their pastor, Dr. Clayton, to the
pulpit there. From that Form of Prayer, lent
me by an aged Liverpool friend, I took the
hymn and the date, but not the author's
name, which it does not give. As it remains
'anon.' in Kippis, in Dr. Enfield's and later
Norwich collections, and in the subsequent
Liverpool and other books consulted in my
work, I have asked myself' Whence have I
got it,' and I am convinced, on close self-
scrutiny, that I learned it from the old friend
(Mr. Jos. Fletcher) who lent me the book, and
who was an unfailing authority for all matters
of congregational, and especially of hymno-
logical, tradition. On learning the fact, I made
an entry of the full name in notes which I
still retain." Dr. Martineau writes further
that in his belief Mr. Collet was the author of
A Practical Paraphrase on the Epistles of St.
Paul to the Romans and to the Galatians, and
on the Epistle to the Hebrews, 1744, 8vo. In a
volume of this Paraphrase, now in Dr. Wil-
liams's library, London, where the author's
name is given on the title-page simply as Sam-
uel Collet, at the end, after the first five an-
reads:
nouncements of other publications,
"These five by Samuel Collet, Gent." Dr.

Conder, Josiah [1789-1855], son of Thomas Conder, engraver and bookseller: born at London: bookseller, publisher, journalist, author: published in his Star in the East with other Poems, 1824, and repeated with slight changes in Hymns of Praise, Prayer, and Devout Meditation, 1856, from whence stanzas 1, 4, 5 are here taken, his hymn in 5 stanzas of 6 lines, entitled "A Thought on the Sea Shore," and beginning,

Beyond, beyond that boundless sea

In the Choir and the Oratory, 1837, as one of six hymns "On the Lord's Prayer" to the words "Give us this day our daily bread," appeared the hymn the first line of which is given below. It was repeated in Hymns, etc., as above, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 1, 2, 3, 4 here used.

Day by day the manna fell

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Cotterill, Jane [1790-1825], daughter of the Rev John Boak and mother of Henry Cotterill, bishop of Edinburgh: contributed anonymously to the Appendix to the 6th edition of Cotterill's Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Use (1st edition, 1810, 6th edition, 1815), and afterwards republished in Montgomery's Christian Psalmist, 1825, over her name, and with the title For Submission to the Divine Will," in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 1, 2, 3, 6 here used, O thou who hast at thy command

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Cowper, William [1731-1800], son of the Rev. John Cowper, chaplain to George II.: born in his father's rectory at Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire: educated at Westmin

ster called to the Bar, 1754: published in J. Newton's Twenty-six Letters on Religious Subjects; to which are added Hymns, &c., by Omicron, London, 1774, and again in Olney Hymns, 1779, Book III., No. 15, with the title "Light shining out of Darkness," in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 1, 2, 4, 6 here used, God moves in a mysterious way

and in the 2d edition of R. Conyers's Psalms and Hymns, 1772, and again in Olney Hymns, Book I., No. 3, with the title "Walking with God," in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 here used,

O for a closer walk with God

and in Olney Hymns, Book III., No. 48, with the title "Joy and Peace in believing," in 4 stanzas of 8 lines, all here used, Sometimes a light surprises

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and in Olney Hymns, Book 1., No. 65, with the title "The Future Peace and Glory of the Church," in 3 stanzas of 8 lines, stanzas I and 3 here used,

Hear what God, the Lord, hath spoken

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Dix, William Chatterton [1837of John Dix, surgeon: born at Bristol: educated there in the grammar school: published in The People's Hymnal, 1867, and in Church Hymns, 1871, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines, all here used,

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Come unto me, ye weary Doane, George Washington [1799-1859], son of Jonathan Doane, master-builder: born at Trenton: A. B., Union, 1818; S. T. D., Columbia, 1833, Trinity, 1833; LL. D., St. John's, Annapolis, 1841; president of Burlington College, 1846-1859. He was assistant minister of Trinity Church, New York, and when Washington, now Trinity, College was founded in Hartford, 1824, was appointed professor of rhetoric and belleslettres, serving till 1828. In 1828 he was assistant minister, and in 1830 rector, of Trinity Church, Boston. In 1832 he became bishop of New Jersey. In his Songs by the Way,

1824, reprinted by his son, 1875, he published Doudney, Sarah [1843- ], daughter of in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, stanza 4 here omitted, Softly now the light of day.

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Doddridge, Philip [1702–1751], son of Daniel Doddridge: born at London: educated at the Grammar School, Kingston-upon-Thames, at St. Albans, and at Kibworth; D. D., Aberdeen, 1736. He refused a university course, and was selected by a general meeting of nonconformist ministers, 1829, to conduct their newly established school at Market Harborough, where he taught, preaching meanwhile at Northampton, till 1751, when his lack of health made necessary a voyage to Lisbon, where he died. He wrote over 500 hymns. In Hymns founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scripture. By the late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D. D. Published from the Author's Manuscript by Job Orton, Salop., MDCCLV., was published, with the title "God's Care a Rhemedy for ours," and text I Peter v. 7, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, here given unchanged,

How gentle God's commands

and with the title "Acting as seeing him who is invisible," and text Heb. xi. 27, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, here given unchanged, Eternal and immortal King

and with the title "CHRIST'S Message," and text Luke iv. 18, 19, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 1, 5, 7 here used,

Hark the glad sound, the Saviour comes

and with the title "The active Christian," and text Luke xii. 35-38, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, stanza 5 here omitted,

Ye servants of the Lord

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and with the title "Pressing on in the Christian Race," and text Phil. iii. 12-14, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, stanza 5 here omitted, Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve

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and with the title "Help obtained of GOD," and text Acts xxvi. 22, "For New Year's Day," in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, stanza 5 here omitted,

Great God, we sing that mighty hand.

George Ebenezer Doudney: born at Portsmouth, Hampshire: wrote at Lovedean, Hampshire, and published in her Psalms of Life, London, 1871, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, and afterward revised for Horder's Hymns Sup plemental to Existing Collections, London, 1894, stanzas 1, 2, 5, 7 here used, Now that our holy day is done

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Ellerton John [1826-1893], son of George
Ellerton : born at London: King William's
College, then Trinity College, Cambridge,
B. A., 1849, M. A., 1854: curate of Eastbourne,
Sussex, 1850; curate at Brighton and lecturer
at St. Peter's, Brighton, 1852; vicar of Crewe
Green and chaplain to Lord Crewe, 1860;
rector of Hinstock, 1872, of Barnes, 1876, of
White Roding, 1886: was one of the editors
of the S. P. C. K., Church Hymns, writing the
notes. Matthew Arnold said "he was the
greatest hymn-writer of his time." From his
Hymns Original and Translated, 1888, have
been here taken all but the last stanza of his
translation of "Alleluia piis edite laudibus"
(see Latin Hymns), in 9 stanzas of 2 lines,
with a refrain, first published in the Church-
man's Family Magazine, 1865, revised for the
Appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern,
1868, again revised for Church Hymns, 1871,
beginning,

Sing alleluia forth in duteous praise

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and all but the first 4 lines of stanza 3 of the 3 stanzas of 8 lines, written in 1870 "for a mid-day service in a City Church," beginning, Behold us, Lord, a little space 40 and all of the 4 stanzas in 4 lines, written in 1870 "at request of a friend, for use at the close of service on Sunday afternoons when, as in Summer, strictly evening hymns would be unsuitable," beginning, The Lord be with us as we bend

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4 stanzas of 4 lines which he made for the 1868 Appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern, from the hymn in 5 stanzas of 4 lines which he wrote for a Festival of Parochial Choirs, Nantwich, 1866, beginning,

poetry same year, fellow of University College, 1836-1844; holy orders, 1837: joined Church of Rome, 1845; D. D., by pope Pius IX., 1854: published in Jesus and Mary, 1849, and repeated in his Hymns, 1862, with the title "The Will of God," in 14 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas I, II, 13, 14 here used,

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and all but stanza 4 of the 5 stanzas of 6 lines,
enlarged from the 3 stanzas of 4 lines which
he wrote and first published in his Hymns for
Schools and Bible Classes, 1858, beginning,
God of the living, in whose eyes
and all of the 5 stanzas in 4 lines written for God's glory is a wondrous thing.
Church Hymns, 1871, beginning,

I worship thee, sweet will of God.
and as above, with the title "The Right must
win," in 19 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 15, 11,
12, 13, 19 here used in that order,

O Lord of life and death, we come

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Elliott, Charlotte [1789-1871], daughter of Charles Elliott of Clapham and Brighton : born at Brighton: published in the Invalid's Hymn Book, 1834, and again in her brother's, Rev. H. V. Elliott's, Psalms and Hymns, 1835, and again in Hours of Sorrow, 1836, different versions of her hymn the first line of which follows. From the Hours of Sorrow, stanzas I, 4, 6, 7, of the 7 stanzas in 4 lines, have been here taken.

My God and Father, while I stray

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He published in Oratory Hymns, 1854, and again in Hymns, 1862, with the title "The Pilgrims of the Night," in 7 stanzas of 4 lines with a refrain, stanzas 1, 4, 3, 7 and refrain here used,

Hark, hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling Fawcett, John [1740-1817], born at Lidget Green, Yorkshire: converted under George Whitefield: first a Methodist; then ordained a Baptist minister, 1765: is thought to have written and published about 1779, in various non-conformist collections, in 3 stanzas of 6 lines, the hymn the first line of which follows. Here is used the first 4 lines of stanza 1 and of stanza 2, beginning,

Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo [1803-1882], son of the Rev. William Emerson: born at Boston: Boston Latin School; Harvard, A. B., 1821, A. M., 1827, LL. D., 1866, overseer, 1867-Franck, Johann [1618-1677], son of Johann 1879: wrote for the ordination of the Rev. Chandler Robbins, at the Second Church, Boston, 1833, and first published in A Book of Hymns, Boston, 1846, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, and again, revised, in his Selected Poems, 1882, from which stanzas 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 have been here taken, beginning,

Franck, advocate and councillor, Guben, Brandenburg: born at Guben: University of Königsberg: first published in C. Peter's AndachtsZymbeln, Freiburg, 1655, in 8 stanzas of 4 lines, then in his Geistliches Sion, 1674, his hymn beginning "Dreieinigkeit der Gottheit wahrer Spiegel." A translation of stanzas 1-3, 7, 8, by Miss Winkworth, q. v., was published in the 2nd series of her Lyra Germanica, 1858, and of these are here used stanzas 2, 7, 8, beginning,

Faber, Frederick William [1814-1863], son of the Rev. Thomas Henry Faber, secretary to the bishop of Durham: born at Calverley We praise thee with the earliest morning ray vicarage, Yorkshire: Shrewsbury and Harrow; then Balliol College, Oxford, B. A., 1836, Frothingham, Nathaniel Langdon [1793M. A., 1839, Newdigate prize for English 1870], son of Ebenezer Frothingham, mer

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