F. W. Blunt

Frederic William Blunt. Not much is known about Blunt except that he was a London solicitor by profession and a musician by avocation. He originally composed the tune LYNDHURST (also known as MERRIAL) in 1871 for James Montgomery's "In the Hour of Trial." The tunewas published in the British collection Church Praise, with Tunes (1883) as a setting for Sabine Baring-Gould's "Now the Day Is Over."

From Psalter Hymnal Handbook (Grand Rapids, Mich: Christian Reformed Church Publications, 1988)