Short Name: | Henry Burton |
Full Name: | Burton, Henry, 1840-1930 |
Birth Year: | 1840 |
Death Year: | 1930 |
Rv Alfred Henry Burton DD United Kingdom 1840-1930. Born at Swannington, Leicestershire, he emigrated with family to America and became a student at Beloit College, WI, graduating with honours. After a pastorate in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Monroe, WI, he returned to England and entered the Wesleyan Ministry in 1865. He married Ellen Pearse. He then ministered mostly in Lanca-shire and London. Published works include ”Gleanings in the gospels:, “Wayside songs”, “St. Luke in Expositor's Bible”.
John Perry
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Burton, H. In I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878, the hymns, "Come, for the feast is spread," (The Gospel Invitation), and "Look away to Jesus" (Looking unto Jesus) are attributed to the "Rev. H. Burton”
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Burton, Henry, D.D., p. 1555, i., born at Swannington, Leicestershire, in 1840. His parents having emigrated to America, he became a student at Beloit College, and graduated in honours. After labouring as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church for a time he returned to England, entered the Wesleyan Ministry in 1865, and has since laboured chiefly in Lanca¬shire and London. His published works include Gleanings in the Gospels, Wayside Songs, 1886, St. Luke in the Expositor's Bible, &c. His hymns in common use, in addition to those named on p. 1555, i., include:—
1. Break, day of God, 0 break. [Second Advent.] Written at Blundell Sauds, near Liverpool, on Christmas Eve, 1900, and included in The Methodist Hymn Book, 1904. "The opening stanza was composed on the Railway Bridge where I lingered on my way home" (Author's MS!.).
2. In the secret of His presence. [Peace in Christ.] Written at Acton, London, published in his Wayside Songs, 1886, and included in the Epworth Hymnal, U.S.A.
3. 0 King of Kings, 0 Lord of hosts. [National Hymn.] Dr. Burton's history of this hymn is: "In the late Queen's Jubilee year, 1887, I composed an Ode which was set to music by Sir J. Stainer, and sung at a Jubilee Festival in the Royal Albert Hall, London. As the Ode could not be sung at any other time, Sir J. Stainer requested me to compose a hymn to which the same music should be set [and of a national character]. This led me to write the hymn" Author's MS.). It is No. 975 in The Methodist Hymn Book, 1904.
4. Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on. [Kind Deeds.] "This is based on a little incident in the life of my brother-in-law, the Rev. Mark Guy Pearse. When a boy returning home from a Moravian school in Holland, the steward of the boat on which he sailed from Bristol to Hayle showed him marked attention and kindness, because Mr. Pearse's father, years before, had proved a great friend to his mother. And so he was simply 'passing on' the kindness." (Author's MS.). The hymn was written at Acton on April 8, 1885, and first printed in The Christian Advocate, N.Y., 1886, and again in Wayside Songs, 1886, p. 81. The first stanza has been adopted as a motto by the "International Sunshine Society," of New York.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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See also in:
Tunes by Henry Burton (17) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[A pilgrim and a stranger, I journey here below] | Henry Burton (Composer) | 1 | 13333 31355 66556 |
[Behold the armies of the King] (Burton) | Henry Burton (Composer) | 2 | 51171 16567 12342 |
HAVEN (Main) | Henry Burton (Composer) | 1 | 55554 133 |
[O where shall rest be found] (Main) | Henry Burton (Composer) | 1 | 32176 55671 32317 |
[I know that my Redeemer lives] (51721) | Henry Burton (Arranger) | 7 | 51721 16535 55654 |
[How blest the man that fears the Lord] | Henry Burton (Composer) | 2 | 51123 54324 33215 |
[I am coming to the fountain] (Burton) | Henry Burton (Composer) | 2 | 34551 65312 34535 |
[Jerusalem, bright city] (Burton) | Henry Burton (Composer) | 2 | 51712 33234 32123 |
[O country the fairest!] | Henry Burton (Composer) | 2 | 33235 44434 65117 |
[O little town of Bethlehem] (Main) | Henry Burton (Composer) | 1 | 12351 15532 22255 |
[O morrow land, abiding land] | Henry Burton (Composer) | 1 | 33156 63517 65235 |
[O wondrous love! Amazing grace] | Henry Burton (Composer) | 2 | 51712 34543 42315 |
BURKE (Main) | Henry Burton (Composer) | 1 | 34565 44355 65312 |
[Our Father, God, who art in heaven] (Main) | Henry Burton (Composer) | 1 | 32143 32255 64535 |
[Savior, come and meet us now] | Henry Burton (Composer) | 2 | 51176 63552 34535 |
[Soldiers of Christ, arise] (Main) | Henry Burton (Composer) | 1 | 15432 55671 43234 |
[Well hast Thou with Thy servant dealt] | Henry Burton (Composer) | 2 | 51117 65353 21765 |