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William Tidd Matson
1833 - 1899 Person Name: William Tidd Matson (1833- ) Author of "Expectant of my Lord's command" in The Hymnal of Praise Matson, William Tidd, was born at West Hackney, London, Oct. 17, 1833. He was educated first under the Rev. J. M. Gould, and then at St. John's College, Cambridge. Subsequently he studied under Professor Nesbitt, at the Agricultural and Chemical College, Kennington. In 1853 he underwent a great spiritual change. Leaving the Church of England, he first joined the Methodist New Connexion body, and then the Congregationalists. After the usual theological training, he entered the ministry, and held several pastorates, including Havant, Hants; Gosport; Highbury; Portsmouth, and others. His poetical works include:—
(1) A Summer Evening Reverie, and Other Poems, 1857; (2) Poems, 1858; (3) Pleasures of the Sanctuary, 1865; (4) The Inner Life, 1866; (5) Sacred Lyrics, 1870; (6) Three Supplemental Hymns, &c, 1872; (7) The World Redeemed, 1881, &c.
Several of Matson's hymns have been given in Allon's Supplemental Hymns; Horder's Congregational Hymns; The Baptist Hymnal; Dale's English Hymn Book.; Barrett's Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887, and others. The best known are:—
1. Father, of all, Whose wondrous power. Prayer to the Holy Trinity.
2. Glory, glory to God in the highest. Christmas.
3. God is in His temple. Divine Worship.
4. I'm but a little child. A Child's Prayer.
5. In whom shall I find comfort? God, the Source of Comfort.
6. Lord, I was blind, I could not see. Christ, the Life of Men.
7. O blessed Life, the heart at rest. Christ the Life of Men.
8. Teach me, O Lord, Thy holy way. Divine Guidance desired.
Mr Matson's hymns show a considerable mastery of the forms of hymnic expression, but are somewhat lacking in lyric energy. Those written for use with German chorales are excellent efforts, and rank with his best work. Taken as a whole his hymns are far above the average, and deserve wide acknowledgment. [Rev. W. Garrett Horder]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Matson, W. T, p. 719, ii. His "Glory to God in the highest, Shall be our song to-day" (Christmas) is in the Scottish Hymnal, 1884.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Matson, W. T. , p. 719, ii. He died in 1899. The hymn, "Glory to God in the highest, shall be our song to-day," p. 1591, i., is given to Mr. Matson in error. It is found in W. B. Bradbury's Golden Censer, 1864, p. 116, without authorship, and again in P. Phillips's Singing Pilgrim, 1866, p. 79, as by Mrs. E. H. Gates. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
William Tidd Matson
Thomas Turton
1780 - 1864 Composer of "ELY" in Hymns of the Church Turton, Thomas; b. 25 Feb. 1780 Yorkshire, England; d. 7 Jan. 1864 London; clergyman and scholar
Thomas Turton
Joseph Mainzer
1801 - 1851 Composer of "MAINZER" in The Hymnal of Praise Abbe Joseph Mainzer, b. Trier, 1807; d. Mancehster, 1851
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal,
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Born: October 21, 1801, Trier, Germany.
Died: November 10, 1851, Higher Broughton (near Manchester), England.
Mainzer was educated at the Maîtrise of Trier Cathedral. Having studied engineering, he worked in mines at Saarbrücken, but was ordained in 1826 and after a few years became an abbé. He left Germany in 1833 for political reasons, settling in Brussels, then Paris, and Britain in 1839, living first in Edinburgh, then, after 1847, in Manchester. He published the Musical Times and Singing Circular. Novello took over the publication in 1844, renaming it the Musical Times.
Sources:
Pratt, p. 622
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/i/mainzer_j.htm
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http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mainzer,_Joseph_(DNB00)
Joseph Mainzer
