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 THEIR AUTHORS AND RIG IK, 317

SIR ROBERT GRANT, 17851888.

SIR ROBERT GRANT, who belonged to an ancient Scotch family, was the second son of Charles Grant, an esteemed philanthropist. He was born in 1785. He studied at Cambridge, where he graduated in 1806. In the yea? 1807 he became a member of the English bar, and in 1826 entered parliament as member for the Inverness Burghs. He was sworn a privy councillor in 1831, and was appointed Governor of Bombay ia 1834. He died in India, in December, 1838. While in India he published several works.

In the year after his death his elder brother, Lord Glenelg, published in London, in a volume entitled &quot; Sacred Poems,&quot; twelve of his poetical pieces-. In the preface, he explains that they had been written by his brother at different periods of his life, and some had already appeared in periodicals. These hymns show that there was in the heart of their author a rich vein of spiritual life. Three of these pieces are given in full in the &quot; New Congregational Hymn Book.&quot; They are in the less-used metres.

&quot; 0, worship the King,&quot; No. 162,

is No. 11 in the above-named collection.

&quot; Saviour, when in dust to Thee.&quot; No. 357.

This is No. 2 of the same collection. It had appeared in the &quot; Christian Observer,&quot; 1815. If prayers may properly be turned into hymns, this will be accepted as one of the best of that class of hymns.

&quot; When gathering clouds around I view.&quot; No. 369. This affecting Christian hymn had appeared in the &quot; Christian Observer &quot; for February, 1806, and again in the same magazine, February, 1812, with a letter explaining that it is sent in an altered form. The letter is signed &quot; E y. D. E.&quot;

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