John H. Stockton

Short Name: John H. Stockton
Full Name: Stockton, John H., 1813-1877
Birth Year: 1813
Death Year: 1877

Stockton, John Hart, a Methodist minister, was born in 1813, and died in 1877. He was a member of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the successive pastoral charges that he filled as a member of that Conference are found in the Conference Journal. He was not only a preacher, but a musician and composer of tunes, as well as hymn writer. He published two gospel song books: Salvation Melodies, 1874, and Precious Songs, 1875.

Hymn Writers of the Church by Charles Nutter, 1911

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Stockton, John Hart, b. April 19, 1813, and d. March 25, 1877, was the author of "Come, every soul by sin oppressed" (Invitation), in I.D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878, and of "The Cross, the Cross, the blood¬stained Cross" (Good Friday) in the same collection.

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

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Stockton, John Hart. (New Hope, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1813--March 25, 1877). Born of Presbyterian parents, he was converted at a Methodist camp meeting in 1838, being received into full membership in the New Jersey Conference in 1857. Because of ill health he twice took the "supernumerary relations." He withdrew from actual pastoral work in 1874 and engaged in compiling and publishing gospel hymn books, issuing Salvation Melodies that year and Precious Songs in 1875, writing both words and music for a number of the songs. He died suddenly after attending a Sunday morning service at Arch Street Church, Philadelphia. Our Hymnody, McCutchan, has, perhaps, the fullest account of him readily available.

--Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives


Texts by John H. Stockton (29)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A ship in wind and storm was tossedJ. H. Stockton (Author)English1
"Baptize us with Thy Spirit, Lord"John H. Stockton (Author)English2
被罪壓害,人人請來 (Bèi zuì yā hài, rén rén qǐng lái)John H. Stockton (Author)Chinese2
Children obey the gospelJohn H. Stockton (Author)1
Come, every soul by sin oppressed, There's mercy in the LordJohn H. Stockton (Author)English1179
Come home, dear sinner, while the lightJ. H. Stockton (Author)English2
Come home dear soul whom Jesus died to saveJ. H. Stockton (Author)2
Come, wanderer, come, retrace thy stepsRev. J.H. Stockton (Author)English1
Das Kreuz, das Kreuz, das blut'ge KreuzJohn H. Stockton (Author)German3
Dhambi ikikulemeaJohn H. Stockton (Author)Swahili1
Escucha, amigo, al SeñorJohn H. Stockton (Author)Spanish4
Escucha pobre pecadorJohn H. Stockton, 1813-1877 (Author)Spanish7
I was a wretch, I remember who I wasJohn Hart Stockton (Author)English3
Ich seh', wie dort am KreuzesstammJohn H. Stockton (Author)German1
I'm a pilgrim and a stranger passing overJohn H. Stockton (Author)English24
Jesus, my Lord, to Thee I cryJ. H. S. (Author)English47
Just beyond the river Jordan, Lie the sunny fields of blissJ. H. Stockton (Author)English2
Kom, du, som føler syndens vegtJ. H. Stockton (Author)Norwegian2
Kom syndbetynget Sj'l i TroJ. H. Stockton (Author)3
Komm her, du sündenmüdes HerzJ. H. Stockton (Author)German13
Kommt, Seelen voller SündenlastJohn H. Stockton (Author)German4
La grata nueva escucha hoyJohn H. Stockton (Author)Spanish2
Ohkeameveseva Ehane Ma'heo'o!John H. Stockton (Based on)Cheyenne2
Take my yoke upon youJohn H. Stockton (Author)3
Tender Shepherd, help meJohn H. Stockton (Author)7
The cross, the cross, the bloodstained crossJ. A. Stocktow (Author)English67
The great Physician now is hereStockton (Author)English1
There is a fountain deep and wide, Where flows the crimson floodJohn H. Stockton (Author)English8
വൻ പാ-പത്താൽ വല-യുന്നോരെ (Van pā-pattāl vala-yunnēāre)John H. Stockton (Author)Malayalam2

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