Eustace R. Conder

Conder, Eustace Rogers, M.A., D.D., son of Josiah Conder, born April 5, 1820, near St. Albans. He studied at Spring Hill College, Birmingham; took his M.A. degree, with gold medal, in Philosophy, in the University of London, in 1844, and settled at Poole, Dorset, as Pastor of the Congregational Church there. In 1861 he removed to Leeds, as Minister of East Parade Chapel. In 1882 he received the degree of D.D. from Edinburgh University. The following hymns by Dr. Conder are in the Leeds Sunday School Hymn Book 1862-1878:—
1. Oh, bright are the mansions. The Home of the Children of God.
2. Where is the Land of cloudless day? Jesus the Way to Heaven.
Dr. Condor's Heart Chords were printed for private circulation in 1874.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Conder, E. R., p. 255, ii. Dr. Conder's Heart Chords were republished with an additional piece or two in 1887. His hymn, "Ye fair green hills of Galilee" (For a Children's Service) appeared in the Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887. He died July 6, 1892.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)