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John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876 Composer of "ALMSGIVING" in The Cyber Hymnal As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Bert Polman
John Bacchus Dykes
George Lomas
1834 - 1884 Composer of "SOUTHPORT" in Songs of the Christian Life Born: 1834, Birch Hall, Bolton, Lancashire, England.
Died: 1884, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
A student of William Sterndale Bennett and Charles Steggall, Lomas received his BMus degree from New College, Oxford. He played the organ at Didsbury Parish Church, and at Emmanuel Church, Barlow Moor, Manchester (1858-84).
Music: CHAMOUNI
ST. PAUL'S COLLEGE
SURSUM CORDA
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/o/m/lomas_g.htm
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George Lomas was born in England and was a volunteer organist for twenty-five years before becoming a professional musician. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in music at age forty-five, only five years before his death.
The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993
George Lomas
Alessie B. Faussett
1841 - 1902 Author of "O Lamb Of God! That Tak'st Away" in The Cyber Hymnal Faussett, Alessie, née Bond, daughter of the Rev. William Bond, Rector of Bailee, county of Down; born at Bailee Rectory, Jan. 8, 1841, and married to the Rev. Henry Faussett, Incumbent of Edenderry, county of Tyrone, 1875.
Her poetical works are (1) Thoughts on Holy Words, 1867, printed for private circulation; (2) The Triumph of Faith, 1870; (3) The Cairns of Iona, and other Poems, 1873.
Her hymns in common use include:—
1. Be with us all for evermore. For Divine Protection. Written in 1867, and first printed for private circulation in her Thoughts on Holy Words, 1867.
2. O Lamb of God, that tak'st away. Lent. Written in 1865, and first published in The Triumph of Faith, 1870.
These hymns were given in the Irish Church Hymnal, 1873. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Alessie B. Faussett
