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was made by my dear friend, the Rev. James Fanch, of Rumsey, and the other part by me. The original hymn consists of twenty-eight verses, and is given in full in the &quot; Baptist Memo rial&quot; for 1849. Turner wrote by far the larger portion of the twenty-eight verses, and they appeared in his &quot;Poems,&quot; 1794. The hymn as it given in the &quot; New Congregational &quot; appears with the addition of one verse in the &quot; Gospel Magazine,&quot; June, 1776, with the signature &quot; F,&quot; and it is believed that Fanch wrote the first part of the piece.

Rev. James Fanch was the author of a &quot; Paraphrase on a select number of the Psalms of David, done from the Latin of Buchanan, to which are added some occasional pieces,&quot; 1764. &quot;Free Thoughts on Practical Religion,&quot; &c., 1763, and of &quot;Ten Sermons on Practical Subjects,&quot; 1768.

ELIZABETH SCOTT. LIVED ABOUT 1764.

IN Dr. Dodd s &quot; Christian Magazine &quot; for 1764, there are a few hymns by this authoress, who is believed to have been the daughter of a dissenting minister.

&quot; All hail, incaraate God! &quot; No. 412.

This is hymn 386 in &quot; Dobell s Collection,&quot; 1806, where it has the name &quot; Scott.&quot; The second verse beginning

&quot; To Thee the hoary head,&quot;

has this note &quot; Composed on seeing an Aged Saint and a Youth taken into Church communion together.&quot; It is to be regretted that we have no more particulars of Miss Scott. Her hymns are very good.

JOHN NEEDHAM.

JOHN NEEDHAM was a Baptist minister. He was for some years pastor of the Baptist church at Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Thence

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