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| Short Name: | Josiah Hopkins |
| Full Name: | Hopkins, Josiah, 1786-1862 |
| Birth Year: | 1786 |
| Death Year: | 1862 |
Hopkins, Josiah , D.D., was born at Pittsford, Vermont, April 13, 1786. From 1809 to 1830 he was pastor of a Congregational Church, at New Haven, Vermont; and from 1830 to 1848 of the First Presbyterian Church, Auburn, New York. He died at Geneva, New York, July 27, 1862. He was the editor of Conference Hymns , Auburn, 1846, and contributed hymns to the Christian Lyre , N. Y., 1830. From the latter work his hymns in common use are taken:—
1. 0 turn ye, 0 turn ye, for why will ye die. Expostulation.
2. Why sleep we, my brethren. Expostulation.
[Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Texts by Josiah Hopkins (5) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Come, Thou bright and Morning Star | J. R. Hopkins, 1786-1862 (Translator) | English | 1 |
| Delay not, delay not: O sinner draw near; The waters of life are now flowing for thee! | Josiah Hopkins (Author) | English | 3 |
| Let thoughtless thousands choose the road | Josiah Hopkins (Author) | English | 1 |
| O turn ye, O turn ye, for why will ye die (Hopkins) | Josiah Hopkins (Author) | English | 234 |
| Why sleep we, my brethren? come, let us arise | Hopkins (Author) | English | 13 |
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