Miss FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL. An English Epis.
copalian, daughter of Rev. W. H. Havergal; a
voluminous writer; died, 1879.-[385, 424, 569, 628, 710,
739, 830, 832, 833, 834, 964, 1053, 1197.]

Rev. WILLIAM HENRY HAVERGAL. An English Epis
copalian; Canon of Worcester Cathedral; a composer
of music; he died in 1870.-[352.]

Rev. HUGH REGINALD HAWEIS. A clergyman of
the Church of England; residing in London; a
preacher, lecturer, and writer of books, many and
interesting.-[1167.]

Rev. THOMAS HAWEIS, LL. B., M. D. An English
Episcopalian, rector of a parish in Aldwinckle; died
at Bath in 1820.-[387, 426, 430, 649.]
Rev. ROBERT HAWKER, M. D. An English Episco-
palian; the Incumbent at Plymouth of the Church
of Charles the Martyr, from 1784 to 1827, when he
died.--[237.]

JOHN HAY. An American lawyer by profession, but
known better as an author; he was Secretary of
Legation at Paris and at Madrid; he is now engaged
in literary work.-[419.]

HAYWARD. This name, attached to one familiar
hymn, has been traced back to Dobell's "New Se-
lection." 1806, and there the trail ends.- [58.]
Rev. GEORGE HEATH. An English clergyman, pastor
of a Presbyterian Church at Honiton, Devonshire, in
1770. He died in 1822.-[765.]

Rev. WILLIAM BEADON HEATHCOTE. An English Epis
copalian; precentor of Salisbury Cathedral, and
chaplain of the Bishop; died, 1862.-[115.]
Rev. REGINALD HEBER, D. D. An English Episcopa-
lian; consecrated Bishop of Calcutta in 1823; he died
in India in 1826.-[1, 121, 133, 238, 328, 478, 751, 797, 1089,
1119, 1140, 1234.]

Rev. FREDERICK HENRY HEDGE, D. D. An American
Unitarian: Professor of Ecclesiastical History in
Harvard Divinity School; he died in 1890.-[989.]
Rev JOHANN HEERMAN. A German pastor at Köben;
died, 1647. His hymn was translated by Rev. Rich-
ard Frederick Littledale, LL.D., an English Episco-
palian clergyman.- [422.]

Rev. OTTIWELL HEGINBOTHOм. An English Noncon-
formist clergyman, pastor of a church in Sudbury,
Suffolk: he died in 1768.- [820.]

Rev. GEORGE HERBERT. An English Episcopalian;
the well-known poet and pastor; incumbent of Bem-
erton; he died in 1632.- (639.]

Rev. JOHN WILLIAM HEWITT. An English Episcopa-
lian; holding a curacy on occasion, but occupied as
Senior Classical Master in the North London College
School; he died in 1886.- (1098.]

Rev. THOMAS HILL, D. D., LL. D. Formerly President
of Harvard College; now a Unitarian pastor in Port-
land, Maine.- [264.]

Mrs. GRACE WEBSTER HINSDALE. An American Con-
gregationalist; wife of Theodore Hinsdale; residing
in Brooklyn, N. Y.- [801.]

OLIVER HOLDEN. An American Baptist; a music-
seller, teacher, and composer, in Boston. He died at
Charlestown, Mass., 1844.-[149.]

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, M. D. An American poet;
till lately Professor in Harvard Medical College;
now living in Boston.- [261, 274.]

Rev. EDWIN PAXTON HOOD. An English Independent;
preacher and author; his last charge was in Falcon
Square, London. He died in Paris, 1885.- [704.]
HENRY JOY MCCRACKEN HOPE. An Irish bookbinder,
of much piety and good talent, living in Dublin. He
died in Shanemagowston, 1872.- [690.]

Rev. JOSIAH HOPKINS, D. D. An American Congrega-
tionalist; afterward a Presbyterian; he died at Ge-
neva, New York, 1862.-[617.]

Rev. EDWARD HOPPER, D. D. An American Presby-
terian; pastor of the Church of Sea and Land, in
New York City. He died in 1888.-[666.]
Rev. FREDERICK L. HOSMER. An American Unita-
rian: pastor for many years in Cleveland, Ohio; a
graduate of Harvard College and Divinity School.--
[1183.]

Rev. WILLIAM WALSHAM How, D. D. A clergyman of
the Church of England; now the Suffragan Bishop
of Bedford, East London.- [252, 428, 632, 664, 693, 744,
781, 829, 896, 969.]

Rev. JOSEPH HUMPHREYS. An English clergyman, an
associate of Whitefield; his hymn was published in
1743. He died in London.-[874.]

SELINA SHIRLEY, Countess of Huntingdon. An Eng-
lish lady high in rank, and of great devotion; she
died in 1791.-[1162.]

JAMES HUTTON. An English Moravian layman; a
bookseller by business; the cousin of Sir Isaac New.
ton; he died in 1795.-[19.]

Mrs. ABBY BRADLEY HYDE. An American Congrega
tionalist; wife of Rev. Lavius Hyde; she died at
Andover in 1872.- [622.]

Rev. JOSIAH IRONS, D. D. An English Episcopalian;
vicar of Brompton, Prebendary of St. Paul's, Lon-
don; died in 1883.- [444, 754.]

Miss GENEVIEVE MARY IRONS. Daughter of Dr. W. J.
Irons. She has given to the churches some excel-
lent and valuable hymns.-[681.]

A. JACKSON. In one of the British collections we
found this name attached to several good litanies;
but no other information has been furnished.-[552.j
Rev. THOMAS JERVIS. An English Unitarian; minis-
ter of a congregation in Leeds; he died in 1833.- [47.]
Rev. JOHN JOHNS. An English Unitarian clergyman;
this hymn was published in 1837; he died in 1847.-
[510.]

Rev. SAMUEL JOHNSON. An American Unitarian cler-
gyman and author; aided in compiling "Hymns of
the Spirit"; died, 1882.- [201, 885.]

Rev. JAMES JOYCE. An English Episcopalian, vicar
of Dorking; he published "Hymns with Notes"; he
died in 1850.- [1Î12.]

Rev. ADONIRAM JUDSON, D. D. An American Baptist;
eminent as a missonary in Burmah for thirty-eight
years; he died at sea, 1850.-[1014, 1015.]
Rev. JOHN KEBLE. An English Episcopalian; the
well-known author of "The Christian Year"; vicar
of Hursley: died, 1866.-[15, 95, 288, 515, 863.]
GEORGE KEITH. An English publisher in London;
son-in-law of Dr. Gill; his hymn appeared in “*
"Rip-
pon's Selection," 1787.-[714.].

Rev. THOMAS KELLY. An Irish clergyman, an Inde-
pendent, preaching in Dublin; author of many
hymns; he died in 1855.- (22, 72, 75, 110, 198, 225, 226,
434, 446, 454, 457, 466, 489, 497, 594, 604, 605, 736, 763, 764,
792, 1131, 1175.]

Rev. THOMAS KEN, D. D. The well-known and his-
toric Bishop of Bath and Wells in England; he died
in Wiltshire in 1711.- (13, 97, 160.]__

Rev. BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, D. D. An English
Episcopalian: Canon of Ely Cathedral; he died at
Torquay, 1889.-[507, 786.]

JOHN KENT. An English shipwright in Plymouth
dockyard; he issued a volume of hymns in 1803; he
died in 1843.-[935.]

Rev. WILLIAM KETHE. A Scottish clergyman; one
of John Knox's companions in Geneva; rector of
Childe Okeford; he died in 1593.- [159.]

FRANCIS S. KEY. An American Episcopalian; an at-
torney in Washington; author of the "Star-spangled
Banner"; died, 1843.- (317.]

Rev JOHN KING. An English Episcopal minister, the
incumbent of Christ Church in Hull; he died in 1858.
--[388.]

Rev. WILLIAM KINGSBURY.

An English Congrega
tional minister for fifty-four years; he died at South-
ampton in 1818.-[455.]
Miss H. O. KNOWLTON. This young American girl,
years ago, wrote for us some good hymns, married
and disappeared in the far West.-[932.]

Rev. JOHN LANGFORD. An English Baptist minister
in London; he published a hymn-book in 1776; he
died in 1790.--(774.]

Miss MARY A. LATHBURY, An American writer, con-
nected with the Methodist Church; she resides now
in New York City.-[99, 239.]

RICHARD LEK. An English poet; published "Flowers
from Sharon," London, 1794, from which Dobell took
five hymns.--[1060.]

Miss JANE E. LEESON. An English authoress; this
hymn comes from her book, "Hymns and Scenes of
Childhood," 1842.-[785.]

Rev. JOHN LELAND. An American Baptist minister,
born in Massachusetts in 1754; preached in the
South, and died in 1841.- [211.]

Rev. RICHARD FREDERICK LITTLEDALE, LL. D., D. C. L.
An English Episcopalian, once a curate in London;
then engaged in literary work; he died in 1890.-
[1157.]

WILLIAM FREEMAN LLOYD. An English layman;
Secretary of the London Sunday-school Union; he
died in Gloucestershire, 1853.--[944.]

Rev. SAMUEL LONGFELLOW. An American Unitarian
clergyman; one of the compilers of the "Hymns of
the Spirit"; he died in Portland, Me., Oct. 3, 1892.-
[96, 963.]

Rev. ROBERT LOWTH, D. D. An English Episcopa-
lian; a voluminous author; the Bishop of London;
he died in the year 1787.— [5.]

Rev. MARTIN LUTHER, D. D. The great Reformer;
died in 1546; his hymn was put into English for the
"Sabbath Hymn Book.”—[331.]

Rev. THOMAS TOKE LYNCH. An English Congrega-
tionalist, pastor of Mornington Church, Hampstead
Road, London; died in 1871.-[384, 536, 939, 976, 1144.]
Rev. HENRY FRANCIS LYTE. An English Episcopa-
lian; perpetual curate of Lower Brixham, in Devon-
shire; he died in 1847.-[69, 129, 130, 165, 176, 289, 657,
836, 901, 927, 1061, 1062, 1127.]
GEORGE MACDONALD, LL. D. Formerly an Indepen.
dent clergyman; now a member of the Church of
England; an author in London.-[127.]
Rev. JOHN ROSS MACDUFF, D. D. A Scotch Presby.
terian; once a pastor in Glasgow; now a writer
residing at Chiselhurst, Kent.-[398, 488, 637, 772.)
Mrs. MARGARET MACKAY. A Scotch writer, daughter
of Captain Robert Mackay, and wife of Major
William Mackay; she lived at Inverness, and died
at Cheltenham, 1887.-[1138.]

THOMAS MACKELLAR. An American Presbyterian
elder, now residing in Philadelphia in useful and
happy old age; a type-founder, born in New York.-
[240, 971, 1192.]

Rev. WILLIAM DALRYMPLE MACLAGAN, D. D. An
English Episcopalian; Bishop of Lichfield in 1878,
Archbishop of York in 1891.-[686, 687.]
Rev. RICHARD MANT, D. D. Born in England and
educated at Oxford; Bishop of Down and Connor, in
Ireland; died in 1848.-[175, 316, 534, 1083, 1150.]
Rev. DANIEL MARCH, D. D. An American Congrega-
tionalist; pastor in Philadelphia for some years;
now settled at Woburn, Mass.-[966.]
Rev. JOHN MARRIOTT. An English Episcopalian,
minister of a parish in Warwickshire; he died at
Broad Clyst in 1825.-[540.]

Rev. JOSHUA MARSHMAN, D. D. An English Baptist
missionary, who translated Krishnoo Pal's hymn;
he died in 1837, and was buried at Serampore.-
[1032.]

Rev. HENRY ARTHUR MARTIN. An English Episco-
palian; the vicar of Laxton; he resides at Newark-
on-Trent, England.-[1088.]

Rev. JOHN MASON. An English Episcopalian; the
rector of Water-Stratford; he died in 1694.-[810.]
Rev. WILLIAM MASON. An English Episcopalian;
incumbent of Aston, and chaplain of George III.;
he died in 1797.- [2.]
RICHARD MASSIE. An English Episcopalian, residing
at Pulford Hall, Wrexham; translator of Luther's
and Spitta's hymns.- [131, 390, 401, 677, 828.]
Rev. GEORGE MATHESON, D. D. A Presbyterian min-
ister of the Scotch Church; pastor of St. Bernard's
in Edinburgh; blind for many years.-- [701.]
Rev. WILLIAM TIDD MATSON. An English Congrega-
tional minister; settled at Portsmouth.-[845.
Mrs. MARY FAWLER MAUDE. An English Episcopa-
lian; the wife of Rev. Joseph Maude, vicar of
Chirk, and a canon of St. Asaph's Cathedral.-
[1072.]

Mrs. MARY MAXWELL. The authoress of this prize
Home Missionary hymn, preferred to be known only
as "A Lady of Virginia"; she resides in Richmond.
-[1132.]

C. E. MAY. This English author contributed to "The
Choral Hymn-book" of Dr. P. Maurice, published in
London in 1861.-[586.]

Rev. ROBERT MURRAY MCCHEYNE. A Scotch Pres-
byterian of marked piety and great success; min-
ister in Dundee; died in 1843.-[663.]

WILLIAM MCCOMB. An Irish bookseller in Belfast,
long retired from business; he has written several
volumes of verse.-[665.]

Rev. WILLIAM MCDONALD, An American Methodist
preacher; he published his hymn in 1858.- [709.]
Rev. SAMUEL MEDLEY. An English Baptist clergy-
man; pastor at Watford; removed to Liverpool in
1772: he died in 1799.- (371, 609, 904.]

Rev. WILLIAM MERCER. An English Episcopalian;
vicar of St. George's Church in Sheffield; he died in
1873.-[324.]

Rev. JAMES MERRICK. An English Episcopalian;
his original version of the Psalms was considered
valuable; he died in 1769.- [79.]

ALBERT MIDLANE. An English layman, engaged in
business at Newport in the Isle of Wight; an active
Christian and a writer of many good hymns.-[923.]
Rev. JAMES ELWIN MILLARD, D. D. An English
Episcopalian; an author and poet; now the vicar of
Basingstoke, in Hampshire.— [182.]

Rev. HENRY HART MILMAN, D. D. The well-known
Dean of St. Paul's, in London: a historian and poet
of wide fame; died in 1868.-[361, 920.]
JOHN MILTON. The English poet; a Puritan in reli-
gious profession; the author of "Paradise Lost"; he
died in 1674.-[1115.]

Rev. WILLIAM MITCHELL. An American minister of
the Congregational Church; for much of his life he
was industriously engaged in colonization work in
connection with various societies; he died in Texas
in 1867.-[379.]

An

Rev. JOHN SAMUEL BEWLEY MONSELL, LL. D.
English Episcopalian; once a rural dean of Win-
chester; rector in Guildford; died, 1875.-[145, 163,
164, 420, 450, 487, 543, 625, 688, 691, 771, 791, 827, 846, 858,
905, 965, 1100.]

JAMES MONTGOMERY. An adherent of the Moravian
Church; editor of the "Iris," in Sheffield, England;
he died in 1854.-[33, 77, 82, 89, 146, 155, 177, 179, 305, 344,
357, 476, 499, 563, 571, 606, 697, 715, 718, 928, 949, 960, 970,
1026, 1040, 1071, 1076, 1124, 1125, 1147, 1149.]
THOMAS MOORE. The well-known Poet Laureate ;
born in Dublin; author of the "Irish Melodies"
he died in 1852.-[616.]

Mrs. ELIZA FANNY MORRIS. An English lady, com-
piler of "The Bible Class Hymn-book"; she now
resides in Malvern.-[103.]

Rev. EDWARD MOTE. An English Baptist; for many
years a pastor at Horsham, Sussex; he died in 1874.-
[777.]

Rev. GERARD MOULTRIE. An English Episcopalian,
vicar of South Leigh, near Oxford; son of Rev.
John Moultrie; he died in 1885.-[350, 492, 520.]

Rev. JOHN MOULTRIE. An English Episcopalian:
rector of Rugby; author of some volumes of verse;
he died in 1874.- [871.]

CHARLES EDWARD MUDIE. An English book-lover
and writer; the founder of the great Library in
London which bears his name; died, 1890.-[1090.]
Rev. WILLIAM A. MUHLENBERG, D. D. The rector of
the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion,
New York; he died in 1877.-[330, 1043, 1229.]
Rev. ELIAS NASON. An American Congregationalist;
the compiler of an excellent collection; residing at
North Bellerica, Mass.; he died in 1887.- [788.]
Rev. JOHN MASON NEALE, D. D. An English Epis.
copalian; Warden of Sackville College; gifted as a
translator; died, 1866.—[157, 184, 187, 202, 326, 345, 346,
362, 363, 386, 431, 442, 572, 653, 730, 733, 737, 738, 798, 841,
842, 982, 1050, 1094, 1189, 1191, 1196, 1198, 1199.]

Rev. JOHN NEEDHAM. An English Baptist minister,
settled in Bristol; there is no record of him after the
year 1787.-[303.]

Rev. ASAHEL NETTLETON, D. D. A Congregational
Minister, an eminent evangelist in New England for
many years; he died in 1843.-[538.]
Rev. EDWIN HENRY NEVIN, D. D. An American Pres-
byterian clergyman, now residing in Philadelphia;
an author of merit and reputation.- [789, 879.]
Rev. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, D. D. Formerly an
English Episcopalian; afterward a Roman Catholic
Cardinal living in Birmingham; died 1890.— [39, 922.]
Rev. JOHN NEWTON. An English Episcopalian;
curate of Olney; afterward rector of St. Mary
Woolnoth, London; died, 1807.-[38, 66, 136, 141, 143,
144, 148, 151, 192, 217, 221, 234, 353, 369, 413, 577, 602, 667,
669, 685, 782, 805, 814, 877, 991, 993, 1163, 1200.]
Rev. GERARD THOMAS NOEL. An English Episcopa-
lian; brother of the Earl of Gainsborough; vicar of
Romsey; he died in 1851.-[1042.]

Rev. ROBERT M. OFFORD. An American clergyman
of the Reformed Dutch Church; now residing at
Lodi, New Jersey.-[934.]

Rev. THOMAS OLIVERS. An English Methodist tray.
eling preacher of great piety and power; he died in
1799. [189.]

Rev. HENRY USTIC ONDERDONK, D. D. An American
Episcopalian; Bishop of the diocese of Pennsyl-
vania; he died in 1858.-[620, 1231.]

EDWARD OSLER. An English surgeon, of the Estab-
lished Church; he resided at Swansea and Bath,
and died in 1863.-[418.]

Rev. RAY PALMER, D. D. An American Congrega.
tionalist; pastor in Albany, N. Y. After varied ser-
vice, he died at Newark, N. J., 1887.- [8, 90, 92, 150,
276, 409, 414, 423, 475, 480, 539, 589, 633, 652, 806, 822, 824,
988, 1009, 1023, 1028, 1035, 1057, 1146, 1169, 1172, 1204.]
Rev. ROSWELL PARK, D. D. An American Episco
palian; this hymn was published in 1836; the author
died in 1869.-[1064.]

Rev. THEDORE PARKER, D. D. An American preacher,
Unitarian at first, quite independent afterward;
died in Italy, 1860.-[547.]

Miss HARRIET PARR. An English writer, "Holme
Lee"; her hymn appeared in a tale in "Household
Words," in 1856.- [228.]

Rev. WILLIAM BOURNE OLIVER PEABODY, D. D. An
American Unitarian; pastor in Springfield, Mass.,
twenty-seven years; died in 1847.-[1139.]

Rev. EDWARD PERRONET. An English Independent;
one of the most rigid Nonconformists; this one
hymn has given him a perennial fame in the churches
on both sides of the sea; he died at Canterbury in
1792.-[459.]

Mrs. MARY BOWLY PETERS. An English Episco-
palian; wife of Rev. John McW. Peters, rector of
Quennington; sh died in 1856.—[725.]

Rev. SYLVANUS DRYDEN PHELPS, D. D. An American
Baptist minister; editor of the "Christian Secre-
tary," at Hartford.-[692.]
FOLLIOTT SANDFORD PIERPOINT.

An English Epis
copalian, born at Bath in 1835; his hymns appeared
in Lyra Eucharistica."-[878.]
Rev. JOHN PIERPONT. An American Unitarian, pas-
tor of Hollis Street Church, Boston, from 1819 to
1838; he died in 1866.— [73.]

Rev. ARTHUR TAPPAN PIERSON, D. D. An American
Presbyterian; pastor formerly in Detroit, of late
laboring as an evangelist.-[309.]

Rev. ALEXANDER PIRIE. An English Independent
preacher; his hymn appeared in the Glasgow Col-
lection in 1786; died, 1804, at Newburgh, Fifeshire.--
[465.]

Rev. EDWARD HAYES PLUMPTRE, D. D. An English
Episcopalian; Professor of Exegesis in King's Col
lege, London; Dean of Wells: died, 1891.-[325, 394, 869.]
Rev. THOMAS BENSON POLLOCK. An English Epis.
copalian; archdeacon of Chester Cathedral; rector
of St. Albas Martyr, Birmingham.-[427, 553, 554.]
ALEXANDER POPE. This well-known English poet
lived in his villa at Twickenham twenty-six years,
and died in 1744.-[1118.]

Rev. ELBERT S. PORTER, D. D. An American minis-
ter of much repute in the Reformed (Dutch) Church;
pastor in Brooklyn, E. D.; died in 1888.--[719.]
Rev. FRANCIS POTT. An English Episcopalian: the
incumbent of Northill, Biggleswade, in Bedford-
shire. [17, 437.]

Rev. THOMAS JOSEPH POTTER. An English priest
of the Roman Catholic Church; author of several
volumes; he died in 1873.- (723.]
Mrs. ELIZABETH PAYSON PRENTISS.

An American

Presbyterian; wife of Rev. G. L. Prentiss, D. D., of
New York; she died in 1878.-[694]
Miss ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER. An English poetess,
connected with the Roman Catholic Church; she
died in London in 1864.-[123, 659, 1099.]
PHILIP PUSEY. An English Episcopal layman; a
descendant of Viscount Folkestone; born in 1799,
and died in 1855.-[980.]

Miss MARY PYPER. A pious and worthy Scotch
needle-woman; born in 1795 at Greenock; and in
1870 she died there.-[473.]

Rev. THOMAS RAFFLES, D. D.; LL. D. An eminent
Congregational minister in Liverpool for fifty years;
he died in 1863.-[907.]

GEORGE RAWSON. An English author, born in 1807,
and now living at Clifton near Bristol; he published
a volume of his hymns in 1876; died 1889.-[118, 548,
862, 946, 1091.]

Rev. ANDREW REED, D. D. An esteemed Congrega-
tional minister in London; compiler of two collec-
tions of hymns; died, 1862.-[532, 592.]
Mrs. ELIZABETH REED. An English Congregation-
alist; wife of Dr. Andrew Reed; this hymn was
published in 1825; she died in 1867.-[612.]
Rev. GEORGE RICHARDS. An American Universalist
minister, preaching at Portsmouth, N. H.; he died
in Philadelphia, 1816.-[752.]

Rev. CHANDLER ROBBINS, D. D. A Unitarian minister
in Boston, Mass. He died in Westport, 1882.-[235.]
Rev. CHARLES SEYMOUR ROBINSON, D. D., LL. D. An
American Presbyterian; pastor in Brooklyn and
New York for many years. [695, 708.]
Rev. GEORGE WADE ROBINSON. An Irish Congrega-
tional minister at Brighton, England: he died at
Southampton in 1877. [1000.]

RICHARD HAYES ROBINSON. An English Episcopa-
lian in 1884 he was Incumbent of St. Germans,
Blackheath.-[100.]

Rev. ROBERT ROBINSON. An English Baptist pastor
at Cambridge from 1759 to 1790; he was born in 1735,
and died in 1790.- [470, 1068.]

Rev. GILBERT RORISON, LL. D. A Scotch Episcopa-
lian; the incumbent of St. Peter's Church at Peter-
head, near Aberdeen; he died in 1869.- (120.]
FRANCIS ROUS. Author of the Scotch version of the
Psalms; member of the Westminster Assembly;
born, 1579; he died in 1659.- [803.]
Rev. JOHN ROWE. An English Unitarian by faith;
having charges in more than one sect; finally at
Lewin's Mead, Bristol; he died in 1832.-[1065.]

Rev. ARTHUR TOZER RUSSELL. An English Episco-
palian; the rector of Southwick, near Brighton; he
was an industrious writer all his life; died, 1874.-
[93, 391, 406, 982.]

Rev. JOHN RYLAND, D. D. An English Baptist; a pas-
tor in Northampton; afterward president of the Col-
lege in Bristol; "he died in 1825.-[1020.]
GEORGE SANDYS. An English Episcopalian: son of
the Archbishop of York, 1577. He was an author and
a great traveler for that age; he died in 1643.- [180.]
Mrs. JANE EUPHEMIA SAXBY. An English Episcopa-
lian, wife of the vicar of East Clevedon; this hymn
was published in 1849.- [518.]

Miss ELIZABETH SCOTT. Born in England, married
Colonel Elisha Williams; removed to Connecticut,
where she died, 1776.- (259, 269, 961.]

Rev. THOMAS SCOTT. An English Independent pastor
at Ipswich; not the Commentator of the same name;
he died in 1776.-[440.]

Miss ELIZA SCUDDER. An American Episcopalian,
formerly a Unitarian; niece of Dr. E. H. Sears; now
residing in Salem, Mass.--[298.]

Rev. ROBERT SEAGRAVE. An English Episcopalian;
born in 1693, labored in London; but the date of his
death is not known.-[945.]

Rev. EDMUND HAMILTON SEARS, D. D. An American
Unitarian; pastor some years at Wayland, Mass.;
he died in 1876. [336, 338.]

ANNA SHIPTON. No information concerning this wri-
ter is vouchsafed except the titles and dates of some
books she issued in 1855-1864.-[938.]

WILLIAM SHRUBSOLE, Jr. An officer in the Bank of
England, but often preaching in Congregational
churches; died, 1829.- [24, 1108.)

Mrs. LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY.

An American

poetess; the wife of Mr. Charles Sigourney; she
died at Hartford in 1865.- [562.]

Miss SARAH SLINN. An English lady, concerning
whom no more is known than that the hymn was
written about the year 1779.-[343.]

Rev. JOHN MORRISON SLOAN. A clergyman of the
Scotch Presbyterian Church; minister of the Grange
Free Church in Edinburgh.- [740.]

Rev. SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, D. D. An American
Baptist editor and pastor, born in 1808; still living in
an honored old age, in Newton Center, Mass.-(78,
80, 952, 1021, 1126, 1209.]

Mrs. ELIZABETH LEE SMITH was married in 1843 to Dr.
H. B. Smith, one of the Professors in Union Theo-
logical Seminary. He died in 1877. She lives in
Lakewood, N. J.- [817.]

Rev. CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON. An English Bap-
tist; widely known as the pastor of the Metropolitan
Tabernacle, in London; he died in 1892.— [551.]
JOSEPH STAMMERS. An English lawyer of much repu
tation. He wrote for the "Lyra Britannica; died in
1885.-[917.]

Rev. ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY, D. D. An English
Episcopalian; professor at Oxford; afterward Dean
of Westminster; died in 1882. [449, 555.]
Miss ANNE STEELE. An English Baptist: living at
Brighton in Hampshire; always an invalid, always
singing: died, 1778.-[36, 113, 125, 140, 250, 275, 297, 299,
367, 531, 537, 567, 596, 641, 648, 670, 800, 816, 819, 1114, 1173.j
Rev. JOSEPH STENNETT, D. D. An English Baptist
clergyman; for some years settled in London: he
died in 1713.- [807.]

Rev. SAMUEL STENNETT, D. D. An English Baptist;
colleague of his father, and his successor in London;
he died in 1795.-[52, 372, 403, 429, 650, 1188.]
THOMAS STERNHOLD. An English Episcopalian;
Groom of the Robes to Henry VIII.; translator of
the Psalms; he died in 1549.- (280.]

JOHN STEWART. An unknown English writer, whose
name is affixed to a hymn published first in 1803-[111.]
JOHN STOCKER. This writer lived in Honiton, Devon,
England, and published hymns in the "Gospel Maga-
zine" in 1776.--[535.]

Mrs. MARTHA MATILDA STOCKTON.

An American
authoress; wife of Rev. W. C. Stockton; residing at
Ocean City, N. J. She died in 1885.- [568.]
Rev. SAMUEL JOHN STONE. An English Episcopalian;
the vicar of St. Paul's Church, Haggerstone, Lon-
don. [683, 684, 1056.]

Mrs. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. An American an.
thoress of high repute; wife of Rev. Calvin E. Stowe,
D. D.; living now in Hartford, Conn.-[674, 796.]
Rev. HUGH STOWELL. An English Episcopalian;
Canon of Chester; Rural Dean of Eccles; he died in
1865.-[135.]

Rev. NATHAN STRONG, D. D. For forty-two years an
eminent Congregational pastor in Hartford, Conn.;
he died in 1816.-[1201.]

Rev. JOSEPH SWAIN. An English Baptist minister;
in early life an engraver ; settled in Walworth, where
he died in 1796.-[712, 759, 1011.]

Rev. LEONARD SWAIN, D. D. An American Congrega-
tionalist; born in 1821; a pastor in Providence, R. I.;
he died in 1869.-[758.]

ANDREW JAMES SYMINGTON. An author and writer
of general literature, but engaged in business life in
Paisley, Scotland; born, 1825.-[230.]

Rev. WILLIAM BINGHAM TAPPAN. An evangelist and
Congregationalist; long in the American Sunday-
School Union; he died in 1849.-[402,1168.]
NAHUM TATE. Irish by birth, living mostly in Lon-
don; Poet Laureate; connected with the Church of
England; died in 1715.- [277, 337, 516, 897.]
Mrs. REBEKAH HOPE TAYLOR. An English lady, wife
of Herbert W. Taylor; in connection with the Ply-
mouth Brethren. She died in 1877.-[392.]
Rev. THOMAS RAWSON TAYLOR. An English Congre-
gationalist; at one time a pastor in Sheffield; born
in 1807, he died, 1835.-[689, 768.]
Rev. JOHN THOMSON. An English Unitarian minister;
then a physician: this hymn appeared in Aspland's
collection, 1810; he died in 1818.-[171.]
Rev. GODFREY THRING. An English Episcopalian;
rector of Alford in Somersetshire, and Prebendary
of Wells Cathedral.-[104, 106, 354, 629, 671, 699, 700.]
Mrs. EMMA LESLIE TOKE. An English Episcopalian;
wife of Rev. Nicholas Toke, rector of Godington,
Kent; died in 1872.-[469.]
Rev. AUGUSTUS M. TOPLADY. An English Episcopa-
lian; the well-known vicar of Broad Hembury in
Devonshire; died in 1778.-[756, 865, 1078, 1081.]
Rev. SAMUEL PRIDEAUX TREGELLES, LL. D. An
English scholar; at one time associated with Ply.
mouth Brethren; died, 1875.— [713.]
Rev. DANIEL TURNER. An English Baptist; settled
at Reading: afterward at Abingdon, Berkshire,
where he died in 1798.-[855.]
Rev. LAWRENCE TUTTIETT.

An English Episcopa-

lian; incumbent of the Episcopal Church of St.
Andrews, Scotland; Prebendary of St. Ninian's
Cathedral, Perth.-[831, 847.]

Rev. HENRY TWELLS. A minister of the Church of
England; rector of Waltham-on-the-Wolds; Canon
of Peterborough Cathedral.-[98.]
Mrs. VOKE. This name is all we know of one whose
heart was full of love for missions; probably an
English Baptist.-[1101.]

Mrs. AMELIA WAKEFORD. This hymn appeared in
Ash and Evans' collection, published in 1769; of the
writer we have no information.-[382.]

Miss ANNA L. WALKER. She was the author of a
volume of religious poems; a Canadian lady; in this
the hymn appeared as original in 1868.-[974.]
Mrs. MARY JANE WALKER. An English lady, wife of
Rev. Edward Walker, rector of Cheltenham; sister
of Rev. J. G. Deck.-(530, 916.]

Rev. JAMES COWDEN WALLACE. An English Unita-
rian minister at Totnes and afterward at Wareham,
in which last charge he died in 1841.-[138.]
Rev. RALPH WARDLAW, D. D. A Scotch Congrega-
tionalist; pastor and professor in Glasgow until
his death, in 1853.-[167, 784.]

Miss ANNA LÆTITIA WARING. An English poetess,
said to be a "Friend"; born in Neath, Glamorgan-
shire, where she now resides. [672, 826, 890.]
GEORGE WATSON. An English printer; originator
and publisher of religious illustrated newspapers;
living and working for good in London.-[1117.]
Rev. ISAAC WATTS, D. D. An English Congregation-
alist; the very Father of English hymnody; died at
Stoke Newington, 1748.-[10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 20, 23, 27, 28,
29, 30, 32, 35, 40, 42, 43, 45, 53, 55, 56, 59, 112, 158, 161, 162,
170, 172, 178, 191, 193, 197, 241, 242, 247, 249, 251, 265, 266,
267, 271, 278, 282, 286, 287, 290, 292, 293, 295, 296, 301, 312,
313, 314, 332, 341, 359, 404, 415, 416, 417, 456, 458, 460, 477,
479, 508, 519, 522, 525, 565, 566, 570, 576, 578, 580, 595, 598,
600, 644, 6-46, 647, 741, 742, 749, 750, 802, 808, 812, 837, 839,

840, 849, 850, 860, 866, 870, 872, 887, 888, 892, 894, 895, 913,
983, 985, 1024, 1036, 1044, 1047, 1105, 1110, 1116, 1136, 1142,
1170, 1182.]

Rev. CHARLES WESLEY. The poet and preacher of
the Methodists; known and loved the world over;
he died in 1788.-[31, 44, 68, 87, 147, 168, 183, 300, 333, 433,
435, 443, 463, 472, 482, 483, 486, 500, 511, 521, 575, 590, 591,
623, 624, 645, 651, 656, 662, 745, 762, 775, 776, 809, 903, 912,
984, 1002, 1004, 1007, 1010, 1041, 1045, 1059.]

Rev. JOHN WESLEY. The founder of Methodism; the
organization in England is called by his name; he
died in London, 1791. [116, 599, 757, 779, 780.)
HENRY KIRKE WHITE. The well-known English poet;
he died while preparing to take orders in the
Church, 1806.- [279, 334, 769.]

Rev. FREDERICK WHITFIELD. An English Episcopa-
lian; now vicar of St. Mary's Church in Hastings;
an author and poet.-[373, 584, 1055.]
WILLIAM WHITING. An English Episcopalian; the
master of Winchester College Choristers' School;
he died in 1878.-[1208.]
WHITMORE.

Lady LUCY ELIZABETH GEORGIANA

Daughter of the Earl of Bradford; wife of W. W.
Whitmore of Dudmaston, Shropshire; died, 1840.—
[4.]
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. An American poet, of
Quaker descent; eminent in character and works;
resided at Amesbury, Mass., died at Hampton Falls,
N. H., 1892.- [370, 680, 702, 954, 975.]

Miss HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS. An English Unita-
rian; she resided much in France, and died in Paris,
in 1827.-[281.]

Rev. ISAAC WILLIAMS. An English Episcopalian;
rector of Bisley; he wrote three of the "Oxford
Tracts"; he died in 1865.- [196, 627.]

Rev. WILLIAM WILLIAMS. A Welsh Methodist
preacher; he died in 1791; part of this hymn was
written by Peter Williams.[734, 1129.]

Miss ELLEN H. WILLIS. This name is in some Eng.
lish collections appended to a hymn which others,
later, mark as anonymous.-[931.]

RICHARD STORRS WILLIS. An American composer of
music, now living in Detroit; he says he does not
know who wrote the translation which has so long
borne his name.-[365.]

Mrs. CAROLINE FRY WILSON. An English Episcopa-
lian; she is better known as the author of "The
Listener"; she died in 1846.-[825.]

Miss CATHARINE WINKWORTH. An English lady emi-
nent as a translator of German hymns; born in
London, 1829, died in 1878.- [25, 26, 63, 204, 205, 307, 308,
347, 396, 436, 503, 770, 838, 875, 911, 1154, 1179.]
Rev. SAMUEL WOLCOTT, D. D. An American Congre-
gationalist, formerly in Cleveland, Ohio; he died in
Longmeadow, Mass., 1888.-[453, 1122.]

Rev. JAMES RUSSELL WOODFORD, D. D. An English
Episcopalian, very successful as a hymn-writer;
Bishop of Ely since 1872; he died in 1885.-[50, 501,
1096.]

Rev. AARON ROBARTS WOLFE. An American Pres-
byterian clergyman, residing without charge in
Montclair, New Jersey.-[889, 977, 1029, 1048.]
Rev. CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, D. D. An English
Episcopalian, eminent as a commentator; the Bishop
of Lincoln; he died in 1885.-[9, 212, 321, 445, 447, 549,
978, 979, 1070, 1177.]

Rev. DENIS WORTMAN, D. D. A clergyman of the
Reformed (Dutch) Church in America; residing in
Saugerties, N. Y.; author of "Reliques of the
Christ."[1185.]

Rev. JOHN REYNELL WREFord, D. D. An English
Presbyterian minister, once settled in Birmingham;
afterward living in Bristol; died, 1881.-[856, 1205.]
J. YOUNG. This name appears with two hymns
which were published first in the American Bap-
tist Psalmist, 1843.-[310.]

NICHOLAUS LUDWIG, COUNT VON ZINZENDORF. Bishop
of the Moravian Brethren's Unity; died in Herrn.
hut in Germany, 1760.- [747.]