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Caroline Griffiths
Author of "Oh! these flow'rs of summer" in The Sunday School Hymnary
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Godfrey Thring
1823 - 1903 Author of "Looking unto Jesus" in Redemption Songs Godfrey Thring (b. Alford, Somersetshire, England, 1823; d. Shamley Green, Guilford, Surrey, England, 1903) was born in the parsonage of Alford, where his father was rector. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, England, he was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1847. After serving in several other parishes, Thring returned to Alford and Hornblotten in 1858 to succeed his father as rector, a position he retained until his own retirement in 1893. He was also associated with Wells Cathedral (1867-1893). After 1861 Thring wrote many hymns and published several hymnals, including Hymns Congregational (1866), Hymns and Sacred Lyrics (1874), and the respected A Church of England Hymn Book Adapted to the Daily Services of the Church Throughout the Year (1880), which was enlarged as The Church of England Hymn Book (1882).
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Thring, Godfrey, B.A., son of the Rev. J. G. D. Thring, of Alford, Somerset, was born at Alford, March 25, 1823, and educated at Shrewsbury School, and at Balliol College, Oxford, B.A. in 1845. On taking Holy Orders he was curate of Stratfield-Turgis, 1846-50; of Strathfieldsaye, 1850-53; and of other parishes to 1858, when he became rector of Alford-with-Hornblotton, Somerset. R.D. 1867-76. In 1876 he was preferred as prebend of East Harptree in Wells cathedral. Prebendary Thring's poetical works are:— Hymns Congregational and Others, 1866; Hymns and Verses, 1866; and Hymns and Sacred Lyrics, 1874. In 1880 he published A Church of England Hymnbook Adapted to the Daily Services of the Church throughout the Year; and in 1882, a revised and much improved edition of the same as The Church of England Hymn Book, &c.
A great many of Prebendary Thring's hymns are annotated under their respective first lines; the rest in common use include:—
1. Beneath the Church's hallowed shade. Consecration of a Burial Ground. Written in 1870. This is one of four hymns set to music by Dr. Dykes, and first published by Novello & Co., 1873. It was also included (but without music) in the author's Hymns & Sacred Lyrics, 1874, p. 170, and in his Collection, 1882.
2. Blessed Saviour, Thou hast taught us. Quinquagesima. Written in 1866, and first published in the author's Hymns Congregational and Others, 1866. It was republished in his Hymns & Sacred Lyrics, 1874; and his Collection, 1882. It is based upon the Epistle for Quinquagesima.
3. Blot out our sins of old. Lent. Written in 1862, and first published in Hymns Congregational and Others
Godfrey Thring
Charles E. Kettle
1833 - 1895 Person Name: C. E. Kettle Composer of "FORWARD" in Redemption Songs Charles Edward Kettle, 1833-1895
Born: 1833, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
Died: Circa February 1895, Steyning district, Sussex, England.
As of 1881, Kettle lived in Hove, Sussex, where he was an organist.
--www.hymntime.com/tch
Charles E. Kettle
Ambrose N. Blatchford
1842 - 1924 Author of "Forward, children, forward!" in The Sunday School Hymnary Blatchford, Ambrose Nichols, B.A., born at Plymouth, 1842, and educated for the Unitarian Ministry at Manchester New College, London. He also graduated at the London University as B.A. In 1866, he became junior colleague to the late Rev. William James, Minister of Lewin's Mead Meeting, Bristol, and on the death of Mr. James, in 1876, the sole pastor. Mr. Blatchford's hymns were written for the Sunday School anniversary services at Lewin's Mead Meeting, on the dates given below, and were adapted to existing melodies. They were first printed as fly-leaves and include:—
1. A gladsome hymn of praise we sing. Praise. 1876.
2. Awake to the duty, prepare for the strife. Duty. 1878.
3. Lord, without Thy constant blessing. Divine Help. 1875.
4. Night clouds around us silently are stealing. Evening. 1878.
5. O Lord of Life, for all Thy care. Praise. 1875.
6. O'er the wide and restless ocean. Life & Hope. 1878.
7. Once more the shadows fall. Evening. 1880.
8. Softly the silent night. Evening. 1875.
Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 were first published in W. B. Stevenson's School Hymnal, 1880, and Nos. 3, 7. and 8 in the Sunday School Hymn Book of the Sunday School Association, Lond., 1881.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Blatchford, Ambrose Nichols, p. 145, i. Since 1866 Minister of Lewin's Mead, Bristol. His Songs of Praise for School and Church, a collection of 56 hymns, was published in 1897. Additional hymns by him are:—
1. On weary hearts descending. Close of School Anniversary.
2. Silent and soft, the first faint gleam of day. Christmas.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Ambrose N. Blatchford
