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There is a fire in Zion

Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Tune: MILTON

S. BENET

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Dr. Gauntlett Tune Sources: Ancient Church Melody Incipit: 11355 65564 55315 Used With Text: There is a fire in Zion

MILTON

Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Scholinus Incipit: 56567 15172 13253 Used With Text: There is a fire in Zion

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There is a fire in Zion

Hymnal: The Scottish Hymnal #172a (1892) Languages: English Tune Title: MILTON

There is a fire in Zion

Hymnal: The Scottish Hymnal #172b (1892) Languages: English Tune Title: S. BENET

1805 - 1876 Person Name: Dr. Gauntlett Composer of "S. BENET" in The Scottish Hymnal Henry J. Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, July 9, 1805; d. London, England, February 21, 1876) When he was nine years old, Henry John Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, England, 1805; d. Kensington, London, England, 1876) became organist at his father's church in Olney, Buckinghamshire. At his father's insistence he studied law, practicing it until 1844, after which he chose to devote the rest of his life to music. He was an organist in various churches in the London area and became an important figure in the history of British pipe organs. A designer of organs for William Hill's company, Gauntlett extended the organ pedal range and in 1851 took out a patent on electric action for organs. Felix Mendelssohn chose him to play the organ part at the first performance of Elijah in Birmingham, England, in 1846. Gauntlett is said to have composed some ten thousand hymn tunes, most of which have been forgotten. Also a supporter of the use of plainchant in the church, Gauntlett published the Gregorian Hymnal of Matins and Evensong (1844). Bert Polman

Edward W. Eddis

1825 - 1905 Author of "There is a fire in Zion" Eddis, Edward William, a member of the Catholic Apostolic Church, commonly known as the "Irvingites," compiled for the use of their congregations, and published in 1864, Hymns for the Use of the Churches (London, Bosworth & Harrison). It contained 205 hymns, of which nineteen were his original compositions, and two translations. The 2nd edition, in a revised form with 320 hymns and 44 doxologies, was published in 1871 (London, J. Strangeways). To this he contributed forty new hymns and one translation, thus making 62 hymns. All these are signed "E. W. Eddis." Very few are found in any other collection. The exceptions include "O brightness of the Immortal Father's Face " (translation from the Greek); "In us the hope of glory" (The Second Advent desired); and "Thou standest at the altar" (Holy Communion). There are other hymns in this collection signed “E.," "C. E.," and "E. E.," which seem to indicate members of his family, but about which we can gain no definite information. The last, "E. E.," is probably his wife, as her name was "Ellen Eddis." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ============================================================= Eddis, E. Wilton (not William), p. 321, i., b. in 1825. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ============================== Edward William Eddis was born at Islington, London, and became a minister of the Catholic Apostolic church, commonly known as the "Irvingites," for which he compiled Hymns for the Use of the Church, 1854. To this collection he contributed 19 original hymns and two translations, and to a second edition, in 1871, he added 40 more hymns and one new translation. He died in Toronto, Canada. --The Hymnal 1940 Companion.