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J. S. Chivers

Person Name: Rev. J. S. Chivers Hymnal Number: C32 Composer of "[O all ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord]" in The Book of Common Praise

T. Short

Hymnal Number: C161 Composer of "[Glory be to thee O Lord]" in The Book of Common Praise

J. W. Donson

Hymnal Number: 527b Composer of "NORMANTON" in The Book of Common Praise

R. J. Morrice

Person Name: Canon R. J. Morrice Hymnal Number: T31 Composer of "REGINA" in The Book of Common Praise

1821 - 1903 Person Name: Rev. S. Childs Clarke Hymnal Number: 297 Author of "Of thine own we offer" in The Book of Common Praise Clarke, Samuel Childs, M.A., born Jan. 6, 1821, and educated at Queen's College and St Mary Hall, Oxford, graduating B.A., 1844, and M.A. 1846. On taking Holy Orders he became successively Curate of Thorverton, and of Dawlish, Devon ; Vicar of St. Thomas by-Launceston, and Head Master of the Launceston Grammar School, and Vicar of Thorverton, 1875; and Hon. Sec. of the Exeter Board of Education. Mr. Clarke has published some educational works: Thoughts in Verse from a Village Churchman's Note Book, 1848, and Services of Song for Christmas, Passiontide, Ascension, Harvest (S. P. C. K. catalogue), Advent, Eastertide, Missionary, Flower, and Children's Services. These Services of Song have been sanctioned for use in churches by the Bishops of Exeter and Salisbury. Mr. Clarke's hymns include:— 1. All hail, all hail to the natal day. Christmas. Contributed to the Parish Church Hymnal. 2. Framer of the light. Morning. In the Parish Church Hymnal, and Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881. 3. Great Giver of all good, to Thee again. Harvest. This is the best known of our author's hymns. It was first printed in the Musical Times, 1863, with music by Barnby. In 1808 it was included in the Appendix to the S. P. C. K. Psalms & Hymns, in 1872 in the Hymnary, and again in many other collections. 4. In all Thou didst while here on earth. St. Thomas. ln Mrs. Brock's Children’s Hymn Book, 1881. 5. In humble adoration. Laying of the Foundation-stone of a Church. In Harland's Supplement to Church Psalter and Hymnal, 1876. 6. Jesus, on this blessed morn. Christmas. In the Parish Church Hymnal. 7. Lord, most holy, God most mighty. For travellers and absent ones. In the Home Hymn Book, 1885, by H. P. Hawkins. 8. Lord of the new creation. Sunday Morning. In the Parish Ch. Hymnal. 9. Now a new year opens. The New Fear. In Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881, and one or two American collections. 10. 0 dark and dreary day. Good Friday. In Supplement to Harland's Church Hymnal; Mrs. Brock's Children's H. Book. 11. 0 Lord, it is a joyful thing. Evening. In the Parish Church Hymnal, &c. 12. 0 Thou who dwellest in eternity. Festival. In Supplement to Harland's Church Hymnal. 1876. 13. Once more the sheaves are gathered. Harvest. In Supplement to Harland's Church Hymnal, the author's Harvest-tide Service of Song, &c, 1876. 14. Thou who through shades of night. Evening. In the Parish Church Hymnal, &c. In addition to these hymns, most of those given in Mr. Clarke's Services of Song are his composition, as are also the 19 in his Services for Children. Lond., Pitman, n.d. Some of these are initialled "S.C.C." Taken as a whole these hymns are a good addition to the common store for Special Occasions, and should be consulted by hymn-book compilers. He died Feb. 22, 1903. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ========================= Clarke, S. C, p. 285, ii. Other hymns are:— 1. From the priceless harvest. Harvest. In the Supplemental Hymns to Harland's Church Psalter and Hymnal, 1876. 2. 0 God, Thou didst inspire in ancient days. Unveiling a Memorial Window. Written for the Unveiling of a Memorial Window in Thorverton Church, Devon, on Aug. 25, 1889, and printed with the prayers used on that occasion. 3. To Zion's stately pile. Processional. Written for the London Gregorian Choral Association, and sung at the Festival in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, June 6, 1889. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ===================== Clarke, S. C, pp. 235, ii.; 1556, ii. In addition to the hymns by Mr. Clarke already noted in this Dictionary, the following have come into common use during the past few years:— 1. All blessing, honour, glory, might. [Processional.] This hymn, based upon Rev. v. and viii., to music by Mendelssohn, was written in 1892, and published with Mendelssohn's music, adapted thereto for congregational use by Sir J. Stainer. The printed sheet is dated "Thorverton Vicarage, Devon, January 31st, A.D. 1893." It was sung at Norwich Cathedral in 1894, and later at other choir festivals. Included in the author's Festival and other Hymns, 1896, and C. W. A. Brooke's Additional Hymns, 1903. 2. Amid the ceaseless strife. [St. George.] First published in Additional Hymns, 1903, to music by Sir J. Stainer. 3. Gracious Lord of all creation. From his Spring and Summertide: A Service of Sacred Song, into (Brooke's) Add. Hymns, 1903." In Festival and other Hymns, 1896. 4. Lord of all creation. [Offertory.] The note on this hymn is: "Written originally at the request of the Reverend Canon Hervey, and sung at the re-opening of Sandringham Church, after restoration by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales." It was sung at the Choral Festivals at St. Paul's Cathedral, 1893; Norwich and Truro, 1894; Ely, 1895, and others. In Festival and other Hymns, 1896, and Add. Hymns, 1903. 5. Lord of power and might, the Giver. [Church Lads' Brigade.] From his Festival and other Hymns, 1896; into Add. Hymns, 1903. 6. Once more an end of gloom. [Service.] Included in Add. Hymns1903. An extensive collection of Mr. Clarke's hymns, together with original tunes, is in the Church House Library, Westminster. Mr. Clarke died at Penzance, Feb. 22, 1903. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Katharine S. Mills

1850 - 1940 Hymnal Number: 288 Author of "Awake! Awake! O Christian" in The Book of Common Praise Mills, Katharine Sophia (Bagg). (Montreal, Quebec, 1850--ca.1940). Anglican. After growing up in Montreal, she married in 1886 William Mills, who held rectorships there till 1900, when he was elected coadjutor bishop of Ontario and had to more to Kingston. Interested in the missions of northern Canada, she contributed hymns to the Letter Leaflet which circulated among these missions' southern supporters; she lived to see one of them, a comprehensive outline of the world mission task as it appeared in 1900, included in the Canadian Anglican hymnbooks of both 1908 and 1938. After her husband's death in 1917 she returned to Montreal, near her son Arthur Lennox. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

William Charter Piggott

1872 - 1943 Person Name: Rev. W. Charter Piggott Hymnal Number: 341 Author of "Lord of life, who once wast cradled" in The Book of Common Praise

T. A. Lacey

1853 - 1931 Person Name: Rev. Canon T. A. Lacey Hymnal Number: 156 Translator of "Hail! Festal Day, to endless ages known" in The Book of Common Praise Lacey, Thomas Alexander, s. of G. F. Lacey, was b. at Nottingham, Dec. 20, 1853. He entered Balliol Coll., Oxford, as an exhibitioner in 1871 (B.A. 1876, M.A. 1885), was ordained D. 1876, P. 1879, was from 1894 to 1903 Vicar of Madingley near Cambridge, and since then has been Chaplain of the London Diocesan Penitentiary. He was one of the Committee who compiled The English Hymnal, 1906, and contributed to it twelve translations (8, 66, 67, 69, 104, 123, 124, 174, 208, 226, 249, 325), also one unpublished and one previously published original, viz., 1. O Faith of England, taught of old. [Church Defence.] 2. The dying robber raised his aching brow. [Good Friday.] First in the Treasury, Sept. 1905, p. 482, headed "Sursum." Three other translations by him are noted at pp. 989, i. 1139, ii. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Maxwell J. Blacker

1822 - 1888 Person Name: M. J. Blacker Hymnal Number: 346 Translator of "Only-begotten, Word of God eternal" in The Book of Common Praise Maxwell, Julius Blacker M.A., son of V. Blacker of Marylebone, b. May 27, 1822, educated at Merton College, Oxford, ordained in 1848, held several curacies, including that of St. Barnabas, Pimlico and died June 11, 1888. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix Part II, (1907)

Edward Ashurst Welch

1860 - 1932 Person Name: Canon Edward A. Welch Hymnal Number: 261 Author of "We lift our hearts, O Father" in The Book of Common Praise Welch, Edward Ashurst, M.A., of King's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1882), Domestic Chaplain to the late Bp. of Durham, and Vicar of St. Bede's, Gateshead, is the author of "Thou Who didst call Thy saints of old." (For Theological College.) --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =================== Welch, Edward Ashurst. (Orpington, England, August 22, 1860--August 6, 1932, Southchurch, England). Anglican. King's College, Cambridge, B.A., 1883; M.A. 1886. Taught tehological students at Auckland Castle (Durham), 1887-1889; Trinity College, Toronto (Ontario), 1895-1899. Pastorates at Haggerston (as curate to Samuel John Stone), 1885-1887; Gateshead, 1890-1895; St. James' Cathedral, Toronto, 1899-1909; Wakefield (Yorkshire), 1909-1917; Southchurch, 1918-1932. While in Canada he did much to ease relations between "high" and "low" Anglicans, and to shape the 1908 Book of Common Praise. His hymns were written for specific occasions, including his own wedding. See: Macdonald, F.C. (1936). Edward Amhurst Welch. Cambridge University Press (privately printed). --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Charles Edward Riley

1883 - 1971 Person Name: Dean C. E. Riley Hymnal Number: 254 Author of "Jesu, Son of blessed Mary" in The Book of Common Praise Riley, Charles Edward. (Liverpool, England, May 21, 1883--April 16, 1972, Toronto, Ontario). Anglican. McGill University (Montreal), B.A., 1908; Diocesan Theological College, L.Th., 1911; Trinity (Toronto), B.D., 1917; D.D., 1933. Pastorates (all in Ontario) at McNab, 1910-1915; Dundas, 1916-1925; St. Catharines, 1925-1933; dean of Niagara, 1933-1937; dean of Toronto, 1937-1961. His hymn-writing only complemented his work as a preacher and pastor. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Kathryn T. Munro

1884 - 1964 Hymnal Number: 302 Author of "O thou within whose sure control" in The Book of Common Praise Munro, Kathryn. (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, July 9, 1884--January 21, 1964, Toronto, Ontario). Anglican. About 1910 she married J. Freeman Tupper, an Anglican priest stationed near her home in Nova Scotia. He served as a Canadian Army chaplain on the Western Front (1916-1919), then at Camp Borden, Ont. (1920-1923), moving on to pastorates in Sutton, Ont. (1924-1927) and Toronto (1927-1937), where he died. She continued to publish articles and books of verse under her maiden name, culminating in Collected Poems (Toronto: Burns and MacEachern, 1961). Her four stanzas (written 1928) beginning "O Thou within whose sure control" share the metre of "Eternal Father, strong to save" and were paired with ti in the United Church Hymnary (1930) and the Anglican Book of Common Praise (1938), only to fall out of use as air travel came to seem routine, rather than the awesome, dangerous adventure it was to her generation. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Edward Monro

1815 - 1866 Person Name: Rev. E. Monro Hymnal Number: 150c Author of "In his own raiment clad" in The Book of Common Praise

Francis J. Moore

1885 - 1968 Person Name: Rev. F. J. Moore Hymnal Number: 299 Author of "Father of mercy" in The Book of Common Praise Moore, Francis John. (Derby, England, August 27, 1885--August 17, 1968, Cincinnati, Ohio). Anglican. Durham, B.A., 1910; Trinity College, Toronto, B.D>, 1926; General Theological Seminary, S.T.D., 1956. He came to Canada in 1912 joining the staff of St. James' Cathedral, Toronto. Serves as a chaplain with the Canadian Army, 1915-1919, and directed the University of Toronto's Student Christian Association 1926-1931. Married Dora Mavor in 1923. In 1931 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, but his wife stayed in Toronto, where she had in 1930 set up a school for actors. On his retirement in 1957, he fittingly became chaplain of the Episcopal Actors' Guild. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives In Cincinnati he was first curate of Christ Church and then, from 1938 to 1950, was rector of the Church of the Advent. From 1950 until 1957 he was editor of the Episcopal Church's Forward Movement Publications. He was the author of The Church in the Making, 1936. He received his D.D. from Kenyon College in 1947. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives