HYMN.

151. This hymn was suggested by the words in Bridges' Exposition of the 119th Psalm: "We speak of heaven, but, oh! to be there!" Verse 1, line 2, the original reads, "Of that country; " verse 2, line 2, "Of its walls decked with jewels most rare; "line 3, "Of its wonders;" verse 4, line 2, "Of the robes;" line 3, " Of the Church; " verse 5, line 1, "Then let us, 'midst pleasure or woe;" "line 2, "Our spirits;" line 3, "We also. The 4th stanza of the original, which follows, is omitted:

"We speak of its anthems of praise,
With which we can never compare
The sweetest on earth we can raise-
But what must it be to be there!"

152. In the original there is a refrain to each stanza; to the first and second:

"Hosanna to Jesus' their theme;"

to the third:

"Hosanna to Jesus our King."

155. The 3rd and 8th stanzas are omitted.

157. The refrain to each verse, except the last, originally read: "Suffer the children to come unto Me."

The change to "little children" was made by Mr. Curwen, and is considered by the author "a decided improvement." In its earliest, and what its author considers "best" form, the hymn consisted of six stanzas. Only the 1st, 2nd, and 4th of these are in the text; the omitted verses, 3rd, 5th, and 6th, are inserted below:

"3 I love little children; of such is my kingdom:

Their angels see my Father's face in yonder bright world;
And I will gently lead them on,

Till they shall stand before my throne;

Suffer little children to come unto me.

5 Our teachers instruct us, and tell us this kind Saviour Was once, like us, a little child, and still loves children well; They tell us we may share His love,

And hear Him saying from above,

Suffer little children to come unto me.

6 And we would accept Thy gracious invitation;

We pray Thee to forgive our sins, and bear them all away :
And may we learn to serve the Lord,

And read and love His holy word;

Teach us, dear Saviour, to come unto Thee!"

On sending the hymn to the Juvenile Missionary Magazine, "it struck me," Mr. Hutchings writes, that to secure a place, I must give it a missionary tone. Accordingly, I omitted three verses altogether, altered one, and constructed a new one." The new one is the 4th stanza in the text; the altered one is :

"And, oh, how we pity these poor deluded creatures,

Who worship gods of wood and stone which they themselves have

made

Dear Saviour, hear us when we pray,

That they may hear Thee to them say,

Suffer the children to come unto me.""

Verse 2, line 2, reads in the original "to my bosom."

160. The 4th stanza, which in the original is printed in brackets, is omitted.

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.

THE hymns are referred to the works in which they originally
appeared, and from which they have been taken for this Col-
lection.

When only one source is mentioned, the hymns have been taken
from it, unless it is stated to the contrary.

The first lines of hymns that have been translated are given in the
original under their authors' names, as well as in their English form
under the names of the translators.

The date inserted after a hymn marks the time when it was
written, after a book the time of its publication.

C, when it occurs before the number of a hymn signifies that it is
in the Third or Children's Part.

An is prefixed to the name of a living author.

Adams, Sarah Fuller, daughter of Benjamin Flower; born
at Cambridge, 22 February, 1805; married W. Bridges Adams,
1834; died 14 August, 1848. Her hymns are contained in Hymns
and Anthems † (1841), Vivia Perpetua § (1841), and The Flock
at the Fountain (1845)

+Nearer, my God, to Thee (1840) ‡
§ Part in peace, Christ's life was peace.

386
419

Addison, Joseph, son of the Rev. Lancelot Addison, Rector
of Milston, afterwards Dean of Lichfield; born at Milston
rectory, near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, 1 May, 1672; was made
Secretary of State, 1717; died 17 June, 1719. His hymns ap-
peared in the Saturday papers of the Spectator during 1712:
Nos. 441 §, 453 ||, 465 ‡, 489 †, and 513 ["When rising from
the bed of death"].

† How are Thy servants blest, O Lord (1712)
The spacious firmament on high (1712)
The Lord my pasture shall prepare (1712)
When all Thy mercies, O my God (1712)

345
258

444

477

* Alexander, Cecil Frances, daughter of Major Hum-

phreys; born near Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland; married
in 1850 the Rev. W. Alexander, D.D., afterwards (1867) Bishop
of Derry. Her hymns have appeared in Hymns Descriptive and
Devotional (1858), The Legend of the Golden Prayers (1859),
Verses for Holy Seasons‡ (1846), Narrative Hymns (1857), etc.

Jesus calls us o'er the tumult

The golden gates are lifted up.

†The roseate hues of early dawn (1853 and 1858)
When Jesus came to earth of old

When wounded sore the stricken soul (1858)

Alexander, James Waddell, D.D., son of Professor
Archibald Alexander, D.D.; born at Hopewell, Louisa County,
Virginia, U.S., 13 March, 1804; became Professor of Biblical
Literature in Princeton Theological Seminary, U.S., and
afterwards Pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church,
New York; died at Sweetsprings, Virginia, 31 July, 1859.
O Lamb of God once wounded (1849)

O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden [GERHARDT].

402

*Alexander, William Lindsay, D.D.; son of William
Alexander, merchant in Leith; born at Leith, 24 August, 1808;
Minister of Augustine Church, Edinburgh, and Professor of
Theology in the Congregational Theological Hall for Scotland.
His hymns have appeared in the Augustine Hymnbook, which
he edited (1849; 4th ed. 1868†).

Spirit of power and truth and love (1848)

241

Alford, Henry, D.D., son of the Rev. Henry Alford, Rector of
Aston Sandford, Bucks.; born in London, 7 October, 1810;
Dean of Canterbury, 1857; died at the Deanery, 12
January, 1871. His hymns appeared in his Poetical Works, in
Psalms and Hymns (1844), of which he was the compiler, and in
The Year of Praiset, which he edited in 1867.

+ Come, ye thankful people, come (1844)

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Allen, James, son of Oswald Allen; born at Gayle, in Wens-
leydale, Yorkshire, 24 June, 1734; became one of Lady Hunting.
don's preachers; after various changes of opinion built a chapel
on his own estate, where he ministered till his death, 31 October,
1804. His hymns appeared in the Kendal Hymnbook (1757) with
Appendix† (1761), which he edited, along with Christopher
Batty and others, and in his Christian Songs.

Ambrose, son of the Prefect of Gaul; born in Gaul (probably at Treves) about 340; studied for the bar; was made Consular Prefect of Liguria, residing in Milan, where the people insisted on his being their Bishop (374); died at Milan, 3 April, 397. Many hymns have been attributed to him, but not more than twelve of them with any certainty, and the first of those below is doubtful.

O Jesus, Lord of light and grace [CHANDLER]
Splendor Paternæ gloriæ.

401

Anatolius, became Patriarch of Constantinople, 449; died about 458. It is uncertain if he is the author of 443.

Fierce was the wild billow [NEALE] .

ζοφερᾶς τρικυμίας

The day is past and over [NEALE].

τὴν ἡμέραν διελθών

Angelus Silesius. [See Scheffler.]

Thee will I love, my strength, my tower

331

443

. 448

Anstice, Joseph, M.A., son of William Anstice, of Madeley Wood, Shropshire; born in 1808; Professor of Classical Literature at King's College, London; died at Torquay, 29 February, 1836. His hymns, "which were all dictated to his wife during the last few weeks of his life," were privately printed by her in 1836, and twenty-seven of them appeared in The Child's Christian Year (1841).

In all things like Thy brethren, Thou
Lord of the harvest, once again
O Lord, how happy should we be

120

160

406

*Astley, Charles Tamberlane, son of John William
Astley, of Dukinfield; born at Cwmllecoediog, near Mallwyd,
North Wales, 12 May, 1825; Rector of Brusted, Sevenoaks, Kent.
His hymns appeared in Songs in the Night (1860).
O Lord, I look to Thee (1858)*.

407

Auber, Harriet, daughter of James Auber; born at Hackney, London, 4 October, 1773; died at Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, 22 January, 1862.** Her hymns appeared in The Spirit of the Psalms (1829), a work prepared by her, and which was for the most part original.

"Written at Pisa, during illness, about December, 1858."-C. T. A. ** There is some uncertainty about the place of birth: her grandnephew heard "she was baptised at the French Protestant Church (now pulled down) near the Royal Exchange."

Jesus, the very thought of Thee [CASWALL]

Jesu dulcis memòria.

† Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts RAY PALMER]
Jesu dulcedo cordium.

O Lamb of God once wounded [J. W. ALEXANDER]

Salve Caput cruentatum.

O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden [GERHARDT].

Bernard of Clugny, born at Morlaix in Brittany, it is said
of English parents; became a monk of Clugny; the dates of
his birth and death are unknown, but within the 12th century.
The poem, from which the well-known hymns have been trans-
lated, was a satire on the corruptions of the age, De Contemptu
Mundi, of about 3000 lines, and opens with a description of
heaven. The translations are by Dr. NEALE.

Berridge, John, son of a wealthy farmer; born at Kingston,
Nottinghamshire, 1 March, 1716; became Vicar of Everton,
1755; died 22 January, 1793. His hymns, which were often
adaptations of others already in existence, appeared in Sion's
Songs: or Hymns Composed for the Use of them that love and fol-
low the Lord Jesus Christ in Sincerity (1785).

Lord that I may learn of Thee
C. 92
Bethune, George Washington, D.D., son of Divie
Bethune, of Dingwall, Scotland; born in New York, 18 March,
1805; Pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church, Philadelphia and
New York; died at Florence, Sunday, 27 April, 1862. Many of
his hymns appeared in Lays of Love and Faith (1847).

Farewell to thee, brother, we meet but to part
It is not death to die*

.

Non, ce n'est pas mourir [CESAR MALAN].

When time seems short and death is neart

.

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356

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*Bevan, Emma Frances, daughter of Philip Nicholas Shuttle-
worth, banker, of Chichester; born at Oxford, 25 September,
1827; married Frank Bevan. Her hymns appeared in Songs of
Eternal Life, translated by E. F. B. (1856).

*Sung at his funeral.

+ Written on the day before his death, which occurred immediately
after preaching.