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Author: Christopher Batty
Batty, Christopher, born at Newby Cote, near Settle, Yorkshire, 1715, died April 19, 1797. He was a member of the "Inghamites," a religious denomination located principally in the northern parts of the counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire. He assisted James Allen (q. v.) in the production of the Kendal Hymn Book, 1757, to which he contributed 31 hymns. Very few of these are in common use at the present time. His "Captain of Thine enlisted host" (Missions ), from the Kendal Hymn Book. 1757, is found in Kemble's Collection, 1853, No. 475, and in Spurgeon's 0ur Own Hymn Book, No. 968. He completed his brother's poem, Messiah's Kingdom, which was printed in 1792.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Author: John Marckant
Marckant, John, fl. 1562; one of contributors to the Sternhold & Hopkins metrical psalter of 1562; inducted vicar of Clacton-Magna 1559; Vicar of Shopland, Essex 1563-8.
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Display Title: Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and knowFirst Line: Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and knowAuthor: M. TaylorDate: 1872
Display Title: Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and knowFirst Line: Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and knowAuthor: Christopher Batty; M. TaylorDate: 1908