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John L. Bell

b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Topics: The Holy Scriptures Author of "She sits like a bird brooding on the waters" in Singing the Faith John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink

Edwin Hodder

1837 - 1904 Topics: God's Word The Holy Scriptures; Holy Scriptures Illumination of Author of "Your Word Is like a Garden, Lord" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Hodder, Edwin, published in 1863 The New Sunday School Hymn Book, and in 1868 a New and Enlarged edition of the same. To this collection he contributed 27 hymns, each of which is headed with his name. Of these nearly one half have passed into other hymnals for children, including Major; the Baptist Sunday School Hymn Book, 1880 ; the Sunday School Union Voice of Praise, 1886, and others. Born in 1838. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ======================= Hodder, Edwin, p. 1571, i., was b. Dec. 13, 1837, at Staines, Middlesex, and went to New Zealand in 1856. After his return he joined the English Civil Service in 1861, retiring in 1897, and finally resided at Henfield, Sussex. He d. March 1, 1904. He was the author of many works, biographical, devotional and other, the earliest being Memories of New Zealand Life, 1862, and the latest The Life of a Century, 1900. His hymns appeared in his New Sunday School Hymn Book, 1863, and 2nd ed. 1863, including:— 1. Father, give us now Thy blessing. Close of School. 2. Lord, we bring our work to Thee. Christian Service. 3. The night was wild, and stormy winds. It is I. 4. The Saviour loves all children. Jesus the Children's Friend. 5. Thy Word is like a garden, Lord. Holy Scripture. Of these Nos. 1, 3, 5, appeared in 1863, Nos. 2, 4 were added in 1868. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

C. L. Parker

Topics: The Holy Scriptures Composer of "HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION" in Redemption Hymnal

Robert Lowry

1826 - 1899 Topics: Admonition; Admonition; Admonition; Admonition; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Church Faith of; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Choir; Choir; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Christ; Cross of Christ; Cross of Christ; Cross of Christ; Cross of Christ; Devotional; Devotional; Devotional; Doxologies; Evening hymns; Faithfulness of the believer; Faithfulness of the believer; Faithfulness Of God; Fellowship of Believers; Fellowship with God; Fellowship with God; Fellowship with God; Funeral; God Holiness; God Holiness; God Love and Mercy; God Love and Mercy; God Majesty and Power; God Majesty and Power; God Trinity; God Trinity; Invitation for Consecration; Invitation for Consecration; Jesus Christ Deity; Jesus Christ Guide; Jesus Christ Guide; Jesus Christ Guide; Jesus Christ Guide; Jesus Christ Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Light of the World; Jesus Christ Light of the World; Jesus Christ Teacher; Jesus Christ Teacher; Jesus Christ Triumphal Entry; Meditation; Meditation; Meditation; National Hymns; National Hymns; National Hymns; National Hymns; National Hymns; National Hymns; National Hymns; Hymns about Prayer; Hymns of Prayer; Hymns of Prayer; Hymns of Prayer; Hymns of Prayer; Hymns of Prayer; Hymns of Prayer; Praise of Christ; Praise of Christ; Praise of Christ; Praise of Christ; Praise of Christ; Praise of Christ; Praise of Christ; Repentance; Repentance; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Thankfulness, Thanksgiving; Thankfulness, Thanksgiving; Thankfulness, Thanksgiving; Thankfulness, Thanksgiving; Thankfulness, Thanksgiving; Thankfulness, Thanksgiving; Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Spiritual; Wedding; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship Composer of "AND SHE ROCK THE BABY" Robert Lowry was born in Philadelphia, March 12, 1826. His fondness for music was exhibited in his earliest years. As a child he amused himself with the various musical instruments that came into his hands. At the age of seventeen he joined the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, and soon became an active worker in the Sunday-school as teacher and chorister. At the age of twenty-two he gave himself to the work of the ministry, and entered upon a course of study at the University of Lewisburg, Pa. At the age of twenty-eight he was graduated with the highest honors of his class. In the same year of his graduation, he entered upon the work of the ministry. He served as pastor at West Chester, Pa., 1851-1858; in New York City, 1859-1861; in Brooklyn, 1861-1869; in Lewisburg, Pa., 1869-1875. While pastor at Lewisburg, he was also professor of belles lettres in the University, and received the honorary degree of D. D. in 1875. He then went to Plainfield, N. J., where he became pastor of Park Avenue Church. In each of these fields his work was crowned with marked success. Dr. Lowry was a man of rare administrative ability, a most excellent preacher, a thorough Bible student, and whether in the pulpit or upon the platform, always a brilliant and interesting speaker. He was of a genial and pleasing disposition, and a high sense of humor was one of his most striking characteristics. Very few men had greater ability in painting pictures from the imagination. He could thrill an audience with his vivid descriptions, inspiring others with the same thoughts that inspired him. His melodies are sung in every civilized land, and many of his hymns have been translated into foreign tongues. While preaching the Gospel, in which he found great joy, was his life-work, music and hymnology were favorite studies, but were always a side issue, a recreation. In the year 1880, he took a rest of four years, visiting Europe. In 1885 he felt that he needed more rest, and resigned his pastorate at Plainfield, and visited in the South and West, also spending some time in Mexico. He returned, much improved in health, and again took up his work in Plainfield. On the death of Wm. B. Bradbury, Messrs. Biglow & Main, successors to Mr. Bradbury in the publishing business, selected Dr. Lowry for editor of their Sunday-school book, Bright Jewels, which was a great success. Subsequently Dr. W. Doane was associated with him in the issue of the Sunday-school song book, Pure Gold, the sales of which exceeded a million copies. Then came Royal Diadem, Welcome Tidings, Brightest and Best, Glad Refrain, Good as Gold, Joyful Lays, Fountain of Song, Bright Array, Temple Anthems, and numerous other volumes. The good quality of their books did much to stimulate the cause of sacred song in this country. When he saw that the obligations of musical editorship were laid upon him, he began the study of music in earnest, and sought the best musical text-books and works on the highest forms of musical composition. He possessed one of the finest musical libraries in the country. It abounded in works on the philosophy and science of musical sounds. He also had some musical works in his possession that were over one hundred and fifty years old. One of his labors of love some years ago was an attempt to reduce music to a mathematical basis. On the established fact that Middle C has two hundred and fifty-six vibrations per second, he prepared a scale and went to work on the rule of three. After infinite calculation and repeated experiments, he carried it far enough to discover that it would not work. A reporter once asked him what was his method of composition — "Do you write the words to fit the music, or the music to fit the words?" His reply was, "I have no method. Sometimes the music comes and the words follow, fitted insensibly to the melody. I watch my moods, and when anything good strikes me, whether words or music, and no matter where I am, at home or on the street, I jot it down. Often the margin of a newspaper or the back of an envelope serves as a notebook. My brain is a sort of spinning machine, I think, for there is music running through it all the time. I do not pick out my music on the keys of an instrument. The tunes of nearly all the hymns I have written have been completed on paper before I tried them on the organ. Frequently the words of the hymn and the music have been written at the same time." The Doctor frequently said that he regarded "Weeping Will Not Save Me" as the best and most evangelistic hymn he ever wrote. The following are some of his most popular and sweetest gospel melodies: "Shall We Gather at the River?," "One More Day's Work for Jesus," "Where is My Wandering Boy To-night?," "I Need Thee Every Hour," "The Mistakes of My Life," "How Can I Keep from Singing?," "All the Way My Saviour Leads Me," "Saviour, Thy Dying Love," "We're Marching to Zion," etc. "Shall We Gather at the River?" is perhaps, without question, the most widely popular of all his songs. Of this Mr. Lowry said: "It is brass band music, has a march movement, and for that reason has become popular, though for myself I do not think much of it." Yet he tells us how, on several occasions, he had been deeply moved by the singing of that hymn, "Going from Harrisburg to Lewisburg once I got into a car filled with half-drunken lumbermen. Suddenly one of them struck up, "Shall We Gather at the River?" and they sang it over and over again, repeating the chorus in a wild, boisterous way. I did not think so much of the music then as I listened to those singers, but I did think that perhaps the spirit of the hymn, the words so flippantly uttered, might somehow survive and be carried forward into the lives of those careless men, and ultimately lift them upward to the realization of the hope expressed in my hymn." "A different appreciation of it was evinced during the Robert Raikes' Centennial. I was in London, and had gone to meeting in the Old Bailey to see some of the most famous Sunday-school workers in the world. They were present from Europe, Asia, and America. I sat in a rear seat alone. After there had been a number of addresses delivered in various languages, I was preparing to leave, when the chairman of the meeting announced that the author of "Shall We Gather at the River?" was present, and I was requested by name to come forward. Men applauded and women waved their handkerchiefs as I went to the platform. It was a tribute to the hymn; but I felt, when it was over, that, after all, I had perhaps done some little good in the world, and I felt more than ever content to die when God called." On Children's Day in Brooklyn, in 1865, this song was sung by over forty thousand voices. While Dr. Lowry said, "I would rather preach a gospel sermon to an appreciative, receptive congregation than write a hymn," yet in spite of his preferences, his hymns have gone on and on, translated into many languages, preaching and comforting thousands upon thousands of souls, furnishing them expression for their deepest feelings of praise and gratitude to God for His goodness to the children of men. What he had thought in his inmost soul has become a part of the emotions of the whole Christian world. We are all his debtors. Rev. Robert Lowry, D. D., died at his residence in Plainfield, K J., November 25, 1899. Dead, yet he lives and his sermons in gospel song are still heard and are doing good. Dr. Lowry was a great and good man, and his life, well spent, is highly worthy of a place among the world's greatest gospel song and hymn writers. -- Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers ------- Lowry, Robert, D.D., son of Crozier Lowry, was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1826, and educated at Lewisburg University. Having received ordination as a Baptist Minister, his first charge was at West Chester, Pennsylvania. From thence he passed to New York City, and then to Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1876 he was appointed Professor of Rhetoric in his University. On resigning his Professorship he undertook the charge of the 2nd Baptist Church, New Jersey. Dr. Lowry has been associated with some of the most popular Sunday School hymn-books published in the States, including Happy Voices, 1865; Chapel Melodies, 1868; Bright Jewels, 1869; Pure Gold, 1871; Royal Diadem, 1873; Tidal Wave, 1874; Fountain of Song1877; Welcome Tidings, 1877, &c. Of Dr. Lowry's hymns those which have attained the widest circulation are:— 1. Jerusalem, for ever bright. Heaven. Appeared in the American Tract Society's Happy Voices, 1865, with music by the author. 2. Low in the grave He lay. Resurrection of Christ. Written in 1874 and published in Brightest and Best, 1875. 3. Marching on, marching on. Sunday School Battle Song. Appeared, with music by the author, in Happy Voices, 1865. 4. My home is in heaven, my rest is not here. In Happy Voices, 1865, with music by the author. 5. My life flows on in endless song. Joy in God. In Bright Jewels, 1869; the Royal Diadem, 1873, and others in America and Great Britain, with music by the author. 6. One more day's work for Jesus. Work for Christ. Published, with music by the author, in Bright Jewels, 1869. 7. Shall we gather at the river? Mutual recognition in the Hereafter. The origin of this hymn is thus set forth in E. W. Long's Illustrated History of Hymns and their Authors, Philadelphia, 1876, p. 64:— ”On a very hot summer day, in 1864, a pastor was seated in his parlour in Brooklyn, N. Y. It was a time when an epidemic was sweeping through the city, and draping many persons and dwellings in mourning. All around friends and acquaintances were passing away to the spirit land in large numbers. The question began to arise in the heart, with unusual emphasis, ‘Shall we meet again? We are parting at the river of death, shall we meet at the river of life?' ‘Seating myself at the organ,’ says he, ‘simply to give vent to the pent up emotions of the heart, the words and music of the hymn began to flow out, as if by inspiration:— ‘Shall we gather at the river, Where bright angel feet have trod?’" In 1865 the hymn and music were given in Happy Voices, No. 220, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines and a chorus. The hymn has since passed into a great number of hymnals in Great Britain and America. 8. Take the wings of the morning; speed quickly thy flight. Exhortation to Repentance. Written for, and published with music by the author in, the Royal Diadem, 1873. 9. Weeping will not save me. Salvation through Faith. Published in the Chapel Melodies, 1868. 10. What can wash away my stain? Precious Blood of Jesus. Given in the Welcome Tidings, 1877, with music by the author. 11. Where is my wandering boy tonight! The absent Child. In the Fountain of Song, 1877, together with music by the author. Most of these hymns are given in Mr. I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, Pts. i., ii. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Jane Borthwick

1813 - 1897 Person Name: Jane L. Borthwick Topics: Admonition; Admonition; Admonition; Admonition; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Adoration; Church Faith of; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Fellowship and Unity; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Church Militant & Trumphant; Choir; Choir; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Believer; Cross of Christ; Cross of Christ; Cross of Christ; Cross of Christ; Cross of Christ; Devotional; Devotional; Devotional; Doxologies; Evening hymns; Faithfulness of the believer; Faithfulness of the believer; Faithfulness Of God; Fellowship of Believers; Fellowship with God; Fellowship with God; Fellowship with God; Funeral; God Holiness; God Holiness; God Love and Mercy; God Love and Mercy; God Majesty and Power; God Majesty and Power; God Trinity; God Trinity; Invitation for Consecration; Invitation for Consecration; Jesus Christ Deity; Jesus Christ Guide; Jesus Christ Guide; Jesus Christ Guide; Jesus Christ Guide; Jesus Christ Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Light of the World; Jesus Christ Light of the World; Jesus Christ Teacher; Jesus Christ Teacher; Jesus Christ Triumphal Entry; Meditation; Meditation; Meditation; National Hymns; National Hymns; National Hymns; National Hymns; National Hymns; National Hymns; National Hymns; Hymns about Prayer; Hymns of Prayer; Hymns of Prayer; Hymns of Prayer; Hymns of Prayer; Hymns of Prayer; Hymns of Prayer; Praise of Christ; Praise of Christ; Praise of Christ; Praise of Christ; Praise of Christ; Praise of Christ; Praise of Christ; Repentance; Repentance; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Scripture Songs; Thankfulness, Thanksgiving; Thankfulness, Thanksgiving; Thankfulness, Thanksgiving; Thankfulness, Thanksgiving; Thankfulness, Thanksgiving; Thankfulness, Thanksgiving; Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Spiritual; Wedding; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship; Worship Translator of "The Final Sentence" Miss Jane Borthwick, the translator of this hymn and many others, is of Scottish family. Her sister (Mrs. Eric Findlater) and herself edited "Hymns from the Land of Luther" (1854). She also wrote "Thoughts for Thoughtful Hours (1859), and has contributed numerous poetical pieces to the "Family Treasury," under the signature "H.L.L." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. ================================= Borthwick, Jane, daughter of James Borthwick, manager of the North British Insurance Office, Edinburgh, was born April 9, 1813, at Edinburgh, where she still resides. Along with her sister Sarah (b. Nov. 26, 1823; wife of the Rev. Eric John Findlater, of Lochearnhead, Perthshire, who died May 2, 1886) she translated from the German Hymns from the Land of Luther, 1st Series, 1854; 2nd, 1855; 3rd, 1858; 4th, 1862. A complete edition was published in 1862, by W. P. Kennedy, Edinburgh, of which a reprint was issued by Nelson & Sons, 1884. These translations, which represent relatively a larger proportion of hymns for the Christian Life, and a smaller for the Christian Year than one finds in Miss Winkworth, have attained a success as translations, and an acceptance in hymnals only second to Miss Winkworth's. Since Kennedy's Hymnologia Christiana, 1863, in England, and the Andover Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858, in America, made several selections therefrom, hardly a hymnal in England or America has appeared without containing some of these translations. Miss Borthwick has kindly enabled us throughout this Dictionary to distinguish between the 61 translations by herself and the 53 by her sister. Among the most popular of Miss Borthwick's may be named "Jesus still lead on," and "How blessed from the bonds of sin;" and of Mrs. Findlater's "God calling yet!" and "Rejoice, all ye believers." Under the signature of H. L. L. Miss Borthwick has also written various prose works, and has contributed many translations and original poems to the Family Treasury, a number of which were collected and published in 1857, as Thoughts for Thoughtful Hours (3rd edition, enlarged, 1867). She also contributed several translations to Dr. Pagenstecher's Collection, 1864, five of which are included in the new edition of the Hymns from the Land of Luther, 1884, pp. 256-264. Of her original hymns the best known are “Come, labour on” and "Rest, weary soul.” In 1875 she published a selection of poems translated from Meta Heusser-Schweizer, under the title of Alpine Lyrics, which were incorporated in the 1884 edition of the Hymns from the Land of Luther. She died in 1897. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================== Borthwick, Jane, p. 163, ii. Other hymns from Miss Borthwick's Thoughtful Hours, 1859, are in common use:— 1. And is the time approaching. Missions. 2. I do not doubt Thy wise and holy will. Faith. 3. Lord, Thou knowest all the weakness. Confidence. 4. Rejoice, my fellow pilgrim. The New Year. 5. Times are changing, days are flying. New Year. Nos. 2-5 as given in Kennedy, 1863, are mostly altered from the originals. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============= Works: Hymns from the Land of Luther

Julia Sterling

Topics: The Holy Scriptures Author of "Oh, Wonderful Word!" in Redemption Hymnal Pseudonym. See also Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

John Hullah

1812 - 1884 Person Name: J. Hullah, 1812-84 Topics: The Holy Scriptures Composer of "BENTLEY" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes Born: June 27, 1812, Worcester, England. Died: February 21, 1884, London, England.

Frank von Christierson

1900 - 1996 Person Name: F. von Christierson Topics: The Holy Scriptures Author of "Break forth, O living light of God" in Churches of Christ Hymn Book Frank von Christierson (1900-1996) was born near Helsinki, Finland. He attended San Jose (California) High School, Stanford University (BA, Psychology, 1923), and San Francisco Theological Seminary (BD 1929). In 1983 he was awarded the citation of distinguished alumnus, and became a Fellow of The Hymn Society. He has served as youth director at First Presbyterian Church, San Luis Obispo, and pastor at Calvary Presbyterian Church, Citrus Heights, California. He has published a hymnal collection entitled Make a Joyful Noise (1987) and is represented in many hymnals. Three of his hymn texts have been included in the new Hope hymnal Worship & Rejoice (2001). http://www.hopepublishing.com/html ========================= After serving for thirty-seven years as a minister of the United Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, North Hollywood and Sacramento, California, Rev. Frank con Christierson has retired to serve as "Interim minister" in the Central Area of the Synod of California. He has been moderator of San Francisco Presbytery and of Los Angeles Presbytery, and has just completed three years as chairman of radio and television for the Sacramento Area Council of Churches. Born in Finland, he was brought to America as a boy of four. He is a graduate of Stanford University and of San Francisco Theological Seminary. He has written five hymns published by the Hymn Society of America. --Fifteen New Bible Hymns, 1966. Used by permission.

Richard R. Chope

1830 - 1928 Person Name: R. R. Chope Topics: The Holy Scriptures Composer of "ST. CYPRIAN" in The Church Service Book Chope, Richard Robert, M.A., born Sept. 21, 1830, educated at Exeter College, Oxford, B.A., 1855, and took Holy Orders as Curate of Stapleton, 1856. During his residence at Stapleton the necessities of the Choir led him to plan his Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1857. In 1858 he took the Curacy of Sherborne, Dorset; in the following year that of Upton Scudamore, where he undertook the training of the Chorus of the Warminster district for the first Choral Festival in Salisbury Cathedral; and in 1861 that of Brompton. The enlarged edition of The Congregational Hymn Book was published 1862, and The Canticles, Psalter, &c, of the Prayer Book, Noted and Pointed, during the same year. In 1865 he was preferred to the parish of St. Augustine's, Queen's Gate, South Kensington, and subsequently published Carols for Use in Church during Christmas and Epiphany, 1875; Carols for Easier and Other Tides, 1887; and other works. Mr. Chope has been one of the leaders in the revival and reform of Church Music as adapted to the Public Services. He was one of the originators of The Choir and Musical Record, and was for some time the proprietor and assistant editor of the Literary Churchman. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)