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METCALF

Appears in 2 hymnals Incipit: 51321 16551 35321 Used With Text: Universal Praise

Universal Praise

Appears in 1,278 hymnals First Line: From all that dwell below the skies Used With Tune: METCALF

The Independent and Happy Man

Author: Sir H. Wotton Appears in 111 hymnals First Line: How happy is he born and taught Topics: Christian Acts and Exercises Used With Tune: METCALF

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The Independent and Happy Man

Author: Sir H. Wotton Hymnal: The Gospel Psalmist #382 (1861) First Line: How happy is he born and taught Topics: Christian Acts and Exercises Tune Title: METCALF

Universal Praise

Hymnal: Year of Worship for Sunday Schools and Homes #14 (1873) First Line: From all that dwell below the skies Tune Title: METCALF

1568 - 1639 Person Name: Sir H. Wotton Author of "The Independent and Happy Man" in The Gospel Psalmist Wotton, Sir Henry, M.A., born in Kent in 1568, and educated at New and at Queen's Colleges, Oxford. After spending nine years on the Continent, on his return he became secretary to Robert, Earl of Essex, with whom he continued until Essex was committed for high treason, when he retired to Florence. There he became known to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and was sent by him, in the name of "Octavio Baldi," with letters to James VI., King of Scotland, in which the king was informed of a design against his life. On succeeding to the English throne James knighted Wotton and sent him as ambassador to the Republic of Venice. In 1623 he was made Provost of Eton (having previously taken Deacon's Orders). He died in 1639. His works include The Elements of Architecture, Parallel between the Earl of Essex and the Duke of Buckingham, Essay on Education, &c. His poems and other matters found in his manuscripts were published posthumously by Izaak Walton in 1651, as Reliquiae Wottonianae. This has been several times reprinted --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)