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Russell S. Cook
1811 - 1864 Hymnal Number: d115 Author of "Just as thou art, without one trace Of love or joy" in The Thanksgiving Cook, Russell Sturgis, born at New Marlborough, Mass., March 6, 1811, was educated for the Congregational Ministry, and married a daughter of Dr. Caesar Malan, of Geneva. From 1839 to 1856 he was one of the Secretaries of the American Tract Society. He was the originator of its system of colportage. Subsequently he became Secretary of the New York Sabbath Committee. He also edited the American Messenqer. He died at Pleasant Valley, New York, Sept. 4, 1864. His hymn:—
Just as thou art, without one trace. Invitation, was published in the American Messenger, March, 1850, in. 6 stanzas of 4 lines. It was written as a companion hymn to Miss Elliott's "Just as I am, without one plea," and was sent by the author to her. It was soon adopted by editors of American hymn-books, sometimes in an abbreviated form, beginning with stanza iii. as, "Burdened with guilt, wouldst thou be blest?" as in the Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858. It became known in Great Britain through Lord Selborne's Book of Praise, 1862. In that collection it was reprinted from an anonymous tract, in which stanzas ii, and vi. are omitted. This form of the hymn is usually given in the English collections. Full original text in Schaff’s Christ in Song, 1869-70. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Sarah Emily York
1819 - 1851 Person Name: Sarah E. W. York Hymnal Number: d106 Author of "I'm weary of straying [sighing] O fain would [when shall] I rest" in The Thanksgiving York, Sarah Emily, née Waldo, an American writer, was b. in 1819, and d. in 1851. Her Memoir was published by Mrs. Medberry in 1853. Her hymn, "I'm weary of straying, O fain would I rest" (Rest desired), appeared in the Reformed Dutch Psalms & Hymns, 1847.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Sarah Emily York
Sarah Judson
1803 - 1845 Hymnal Number: d185 Author of "Proclaim the lofty praise" in The Thanksgiving Judson, Sarah, née Hull, daughter of Ralph Hull, was born at Alstead, New Haven, Nov. 4, 1803, and married first to the Rev. George D. Boardman, and afterwards to Dr. Judson. She died at St. Helena, Sept. 1, 1845. Her fine missionary hymn, “Proclaim the lofty praise," is in W. Urwick's Dublin Collection, 1829, No. 142, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines. Its appearance in America prior to this has not been traced. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Judson, Sarah Hall. (Alstead, New Hampshire, November 4, 1803--September 1, 1845, St. Helena Island). Baptist. Daughter of Ralph and Abiah Hall. First married to George Dana Boardman, missionary to Burma. Three children were born to this marriage. After her husband's death, she became the second wife of Dr. Adoniram Judson (1834). En route to Burma and shortly before he death, Mrs. Judson penned nine stanzas of a parting hymn, the last of which voices the pleas:
Then gird thine armor on, love;
Nor faint thou by the way,
Till Buddh shall fall, and Burma's sons
Shall own Messiah's sway.
Her most noted hymn "Proclaim thy lofty praise," first appeared in Urwick's Dublin Collection (1829), and was later printed in The Psalmist (1843). A fuller biography is to be found in (1) Wyeth, Walter N., Sarah B. Judson, A Memorial (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Author, 1889), and (2) Wayland, Francis, Memoir of the Life and Labors of the Rev. Adoniram Judson (Boston: Phillips Sampson Co., 1854).
--Paul R. Powell, DNAH Archives
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