BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS. Adams, Sarah Flower [1805–1848], daughter | Albinus, Johann Georg [1624-1679], son of 85 Pastor Zacharius Albinus, Unter-Nessa, Saxony: born at Unter-Nessa: University of Leipzig: printed in 1655 his hymn "Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn." It was repeated in Luppius's Andächtig Singender Christen Mund, Wesel, 1692, and again in the Geistlicher Lieder Schatz, Berlin, 1863, in 7 stanzas of 8 lines. From the translation of Miss Winkworth, q. v., of stanzas 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, in 8 lines each, are here given stanzas 1 and 2. 187 Addison, Joseph [1672–1719], son of the Rev. Lancelot Addison, sometime dean of Lichfield: born at Milston, Wiltshire: Ames-Not in anger, mighty God bury, Salisbury, Lichfield, and Charterhouse Schools; then Queen's then Magdalen College, Alexander, James Waddell [1804-1859], Oxford, B. A., 1691, M. A., 1693, fellow of Magdalen College, 1697-1711: published in the Spectator on several Saturdays of 1712, 5 hymns. From the issue of August 9, printed there in 13 stanzas of 4 lines, have been here taken stanzas 1, 5, 8, 10, beginning, son of the Rev. Archibald Alexander, D. D., of Hopewell, Virginia: born at Hopewell: Princeton, A. B., 1820, professor of rhetoric and Latin language and literature, 1833-1844, and of ecclesiastical history and Church government, Princeton Seminary, 1849-1851; S. T. D., Lafayette College, 1843, Harvard, 1854: minister of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, 1851-1859. His translation in 10 stanzas of 8 lines of "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden," by Paulus Gerhardt, q. v., itself a translation of "Salve caput cruentatum," by St. Bernard, q. v., was published in The Breaking Crucible and Other Translations, New York, 1861, and again in Schaff's Christ in Song, New York, 1869. From the Christ in Song has been here taken a cento beginning, 151 O sacred head, now wounded From the issue of August 23, suggested by Psalm xix. [compare also the passage beginning "Look how the floor of heaven," Act v., Scene I., Merchant of Venice], and printed there in 3 stanzas of 8 lines, has been here taken unchanged, The spacious firmament on high 51 From the issue of July 26, suggested by Psalm xxiii., and printed there in 4 stanzas of 6 lines, has been here taken, omitting stanza 4, The Lord my pasture shall prepare 115 Alexander, William Lindsay [1808-1884], son of William Alexander, Leith: born near Leith Universities of Edinburgh, St. Andrews, and Halle; D. D., St. Andrews, 1846; LL. D., Edinburgh, 1884; professor of theology and Church history in the Theological Hall of the Congregational Churches of Scotland: member of Old Testament Revision Company, 1870: published A Selection of Hymns, Edinburgh, 1849, for the use of the Augustine Church, of which he was minister. From the seven hymns which he contributed to that book have been here taken stanzas 1, 3, 6, 7 of the 7 stanzas of 4 lines, beginning, Spirit of power, and truth, and love Alford, Henry [1810-1871], son of the Rev. Henry Alford, rector of Ashton Sandford, Buckinghamshire: born at London: Trinity College, Cambridge, B. A., with honors, 1832, M. A., 1835, S. T. B., 1850, Hulsean lecturer, 1841-1842 dean of Canterbury, 1857-1871: editor of the Greek Testament: published in his Year of Praise, London, 1867, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines, the hymn the first line of which is given below. It was reprinted in his Life, London, 1874, with an additional stanza sung at his funeral, and, omitting this additional stanza, is here given unchanged. Ten thousand times ten thousand 45 273 Ambrosius (St. Ambrose) [340-397], son of Ambrosius, prefect of the Gauls: born in Gaul: educated at Rome: bishop of Milan : "Father of Church Song." The hymn "Jam lucis orto sidere," given in Newman's Hymni Ecclesia, 1838 and 1865, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, which is certainly ancient, and possibly as old as the 5th century, has often been assigned to St. Ambrose, but the evidence is not satisfactory. Stanzas 1, 2, 4 of the translation in 6 stanzas of 4 lines made by John Henry Newman, q. v., from the Paris Breviary text and published in his Verses, 1868, are here given. Now that the day-star glimmers bright . . . 228 The hymn "Splendor paternae gloriae " is probably by St. Ambrose. It is assigned to The hymn "Rerum Deus tenax vigor" has been assigned to St. Ambrose by Biraghi, but this authorship is not established. It is given in Daniel 1., No. 42, in 2 stanzas of 4 lines. From the translation of Edward Caswall, q. v., in 2 stanzas and a doxology, published in Lyra Catholica, 1849, and in Hymns, 1873, the 2 stanzas have been here taken. O thou true Life of all that live Auber, Harriet [1773-1862], daughter of James Auber: born at London: published in her Spirit of the Psalms, London, 1829, for Whitsunday, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 here used, Our blest Redeemer, ere he breathed 261 122 Bacon, Leonard [1802-1881], son of David Bacon, missionary to the Indians: born at Detroit: Yale, A. B., 1820, A. M., 1823, professor of theology, 1866-1871, lecturer on Church history, 1871-1881; Andover, 1824; D.D., Hamilton, 1842; LL. D., Harvard, 1870: minister of First Church, New Haven, 18251871 with others, compiled Psalms and Hymns for Christian Use and Worship, published by the General Association of Connecticut, 1845. To this he contributed an abbreviated and altered version of his hymn "The Sabbath morn is as bright and calm," made for the bi-centenary of New Haven, This revised version is here given, 1838. omitting the 3d stanza. 284 O God! beneath thy guiding hand Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart. [18211877], son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker: born at London: Trinity College, Cambridge, B. A., 1844, M. A., 1850: editor of Hymns Ancient and Modern, to which he con tributed 33 hymns. In the 1868 Appendix to | Barton, Bernard [1784-1849], of Quaker par 13 of this stanza is here given unchanged. To God on high be thanks and praise Barbauld, Anna Laetitia [1743-1825], daughter of the Rev. John Aikin, D. D.: born at Kibworth-Harcourt, Leicestershire: published in Poems Revised, 1792, with the text "Come unto me," the hymn the first line of which is given below. It was reprinted in her Works With a Memoir, 1826, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 1, 2, 3, 5 here used. Come, said Jesus' sacred voice 104 entage: born at Carlisle: educated at a Quaker school at Ipswich: friend of Southey and Lamb: published in his Devotional Verses, 1826, with the title "Walking in the light," and text 1 John i. 7, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 2 and 5 here omitted, 222 Walk in the light! so shalt thou know Bathurst, William Hiley [1796-1877], son of the Rt. Hon. Charles Bragge [afterwards Bathurst]: born at Clevedale, near Bristol: Winchester; then Christ Church, Oxford, B. A., 1818, M. A., 1822: published in Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Use, 1831, with the title "The Power of Faith," and reference to Luke xviii. 5, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, stanzas 4 and 5 here omitted, O for a faith that will not shrink. 140 Baxter, Richard [1615-1691], son of Richard Baxter, yeoman: born at Rowton, Shropshire: educated at Wroxeter School: holy orders, 1638; curate of Kidderminster, 1640; chaplain to one of Cromwell's regiments about 1645; chaplain to Charles II., 1660; refused bishopric of Hereford; became a nonconformist minister after the Act of Uniformity: published in POETICAL FRAGMENTS: Heart Imployment with God and Itself; The Concordant Discord of a Broken-healed Heart; London, at the Door of Eternity. Richard Baxter, 1681, a poem of 16 stanzas of 8 lines, with the title "A Psalm of Praise to the tune of 148th Psalm." From this have been here taken stanzas 1, 8, 13, 15. From another poem in the same book, in 8 stanzas of 8 lines, with the title "The Covenant and Confidence of Faith. To the Common Tunes," have been here taken stanzas 4 and 7. 260 Now it belongs not to my care. 155 -the first line of the first stanza altered by Dr. Belknap from "Hear, O my people, to my law," to "Give ear, my people, to my law," - and stanzas 1, 3, 4 of Dr. Watts' translation in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. This version has been sung at the Commencement dinner at Harvard certainly since 1830, and may have been sung earlier. The practice before that date is described by the Rev. Dr. John Pierce, in his record of Harvard Commencement exercises, which he attended from 1813 to 1848, published in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society for 1890. He there says "at the Commencement dinner it has been the invariable practice, since the foundation of the College, to sing some version of a portion of Psalm lxxviii. This version has varied with the taste of the times, from that of Sternhold and Hopkins, appended to the Geneva Bible, so called; next, to that of the New England version of 1639, by Weld, Eliot, and Mather, the 26th edition of which was published in 1744; then, Tate and Brady's version; then, Dr. Watts'; Bernard of Clairvaux [1091-1153], son of Tecelin, knight, vassal and friend of the Duke of Burgundy: born near Dijon: educated at Chatillon: abbot, doctor, saint: by some of the best authorities is thought to have written "Salve mundi salutare," included in his Opera Omnia, Paris, 1609, and there entitled "A rhythmical prayer to any one of the members of Christ." It is given in Daniel, I., No. 207; II., p. 359; and IV., pp. 224-231. It is divided into seven parts: I. Salve mundi salutare. To the feet. 66 "knees. hands. side. 66 66 "6 66 breast. heart. face. 115 The last of these, Paulus Gerhardt, q. v., translated into German, in 10 stanzas of 8 lines, as "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden," from which Dr. J. W. Alexander, q. v., made his translation, beginning, sacred head, now wounded Bernard of Morlaix [circa 1125], monk of Cluny of English parentage: about 1145 wrote De Contemptu Mundi," a poem of about 3000 lines. From the beginning of this John Mason Neale, q. v., translated and published in Mediaval Hymns, 1851, 96 lines, and in the Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix on the Celestial Country, 1858, 218 lines. These were reprinted in Mediæval Hymns, 2d edition, Bickersteth, Edward Henry [1825son of the Rev. Edward Bickersteth: born at Islington: Trinity College, Cambridge, chancellor's medalist, 1844, 1845 and 1846, B. A., with honors, 1847, M. A., 1850, Seatonian prize, 1854 dean of Gloucester 1855; bishop of Exeter, same year: wrote in 1860, and published in Two Brothers, 1871, and again, in From Year to Year, 1883, for the first Sunday after Christmas, with text Isaiah lx. 8, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines, stanza 4 here omitted, O God, the Rock of Ages 29 278 Thus heaven is gathering, one by one Bode, John Ernest [1816-1874], son of William Bode of the General Post Office: Eton and Charter House, 1830-1834; Christ Church, Oxford, B. A., 1837, M. A., 1840, tutor of his college, 1841-1847, Bampton lecturer 1855: rector of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, 1860: contributed to the 1869 Appendix to the S. P. C. K. Psalms and Hymns, in 6 stanzas of 8 lines, repeated in Church Hymns, 1871, with the omission of stanza 4, and with a text Luke ix. 57, the hymn the first line of which follows. From Church Hymns are here given stanzas I, 3, 4. O Jesus, I have promised. ΤΟΙ Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus [475525], son of Flavius Manlius Boethius: philosopher, statesman, man of letters; consul 510: wrote, while imprisoned in Pavia by Theodoric, De Consolatione Philosophiae. From and in the second series of Hymns of Faith and Hope, 1861, with the title Let us go forth," and text Heb. xiii. 13, in 9 stanzas of 6 lines, portions of stanzas 1, 3, 6, 7, 8 here used, Silent, like men in solemn haste Bowring, Sir John [1792-1872], son of Charles Bowring, of Larkbeare, Devonshire: born at Exeter friend and literary executor of Jeremy Bentham; editor of the Westminster Review, |