Henry Mills

Short Name: Henry Mills
Full Name: Mills, Henry, 1786-1867
Birth Year: 1786
Death Year: 1867

Mills, Henry, D.D., son of John Mills, was born at Morriston, New Jersey, March 12, 1786, and educated at the New Jersey College, Princeton, where he graduated in 1802. After being engaged in teaching for some time at Morristown and elsewhere, he was ordained Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Woodbridge, New Jersey, in 1816. On the opening of the Auburn Theological Seminary in 1821, he was appointed Professor of Biblical Criticism and Oriental Languages, from which he retired in 1854. He died at Auburn, June 10, 1867. In 1845 he published Horae Germanicae; A Version of German Hymns. This was enlarged in 1856. The translations are not well done, and very few are now in common use, although 18 and 9 doxologies were given in the Lutheran General Synod's Collection, 1850. Many are noted in the articles on German hymnwriters and hymns throughout this Dictionary. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)


Texts by Henry Mills (37)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A tower of safety is our God, His sword and shield defend usHenry Mills (Translator)English2
As the eagle fondly hoversHenry Mills (Author)3
Aspire, my heart, on high to liveHenry Mills (Author)3
Behold the man, how heavy layHenry Mills (Author)English7
Christ our Lord is risen, Bursting death's dark prisonHenry Mills (Author)3
Commit thy way, confidingHenry Mills (Author)English9
For help, O whither shall I flee?Henry Mills (Author)Latin1
From deep distress to thee I prayHenry Mills (Author)3
Great God, what do I see and hear!Henry Mills (Translator (v. 3))English1
Heavenward, still heavenwardHenry Mills (Translator)English4
How blest the child who choosesHenry Mills (Author)2
I am redeemed, the purchase of that bloodHenry Mills (Translator)English2
I now have found, for hope of heavenHenry Mills (Author)English7
I trust the Lord, upon his wordHenry Mills (Author)English3
Jehovah is my light, his grace revealingHenry Mills (Author)2
Jesu, help conquer, thou PrinceHenry Mills (Author)1
Jesus sinners doth receive, O may all this saying ponderHenry Mills (Author)English11
King, to Jews and Gentiles givenH. Mills (Author)English1
My heart its incense burningHenry Mills (Author)English8
Near the cross was Mary weepingHenry Mills (Translator)English7
Now all, to God give thanksHenry Mills (Author)1
O that I had a thousand voices, A mouth to speak with thousand tongues!Henry Mills (Author)English17
Our God is true! Them He will never forsakeHenry Mills (Author)English4
Soon, in the grave my flesh shall restHenry Mills (Author)6
Steep and thorny is the way Which to endless life is leadingHenry Mills (Author)2
Teach me, O Lord, to prize thy wordHenry Mills (Author)3
The earth, where'er I turn mine eyeHenry Mills (Author)4
The fountain flows, the fountain flowsHenry Mills (Translator)2
The fountain flows, water of life bestowingHenry Mills (Author)4
The trumpet sounds the day is comeHenry Mills (Author)English3
This Man sinners doth receiveHenry Mills (Author)2
To us salvation now is comeHenry Mills (Author)English6
Upon a hill there stands a treeHenry Mills (Translator)English1
We give this body to the dustHenry Mills (Author)3
Whatever God does, is fitly doneHenry Mills (Author)English1
When now the solemn hour is nighHenry Mills (Author)1
Who knows how near my life's expendedHenry Mills (Author)English6
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