Jackson Mason

Short Name: Jackson Mason
Full Name: Mason, Jackson, 1833-1888
Birth Year: 1833
Death Year: 1888

Mason, Jackson, M.A., son of William Mason, Vicar of Normanton, was born at Normanton Vicarage, in 1833; and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; B.A. 1856. Ordained in 1858, he was Curate of Cantley, Yorkshire, 1858-59; Vicar of Pickhill, 1859-83; and Vicar of Settle from 1883 to his death, 1889. His Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix, in English, was published in 1880. This work also contains translations of a few Latin hymns. To the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern, he contributed four translations from the Latin, one from the Greek, and the following original hymns:— (1) "Forty days Thy seer of old." (Easter.) (2) "O Voice of the Beloved." (Easter.)

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)


Texts by Jackson Mason (8)sort ascendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
The Son of Man from Jordan roseJackson Mason (Translator (from Latin))1
O Voice of the Beloved!Jackson Mason (Author)English1
In royal robes of splendorJackson Mason (Translator)3
Forty days Thy seer of oldJackson Mason (Author)1
Forty days of EastertideJ. Mason (Author)English3
Fain would I, Lord of graceJackson Mason (Translator (from Greek))1
Come sing ye choirs exultantJackson Mason (Translator)English7
Bounteous Spirit, ever sheddingJackson Mason (Translator (from Latin))1

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