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 352 OUR HYMNS :

Among the works written by Mr. Bartholomew for Men delssohn are : the &quot;Elijah,&quot; &quot; Athalie,&quot; &quot;Praise Jehovah,&quot; &quot; (Edipus Coloneus,&quot; &quot; Antigone,&quot; &c. ; for the last-named, he was presented with the gold medal of merit by the late King of Prussia. Mr. Bartholomew has also written for Mr. Costa the libretti, or words to be sung, of the Oratorios &quot;Eli&quot; and &quot; Naaman.&quot;

&quot; Praise Jehovah ! bow before Him.&quot; No. 148.

This fine psalm is from a sacred cantata, written at the express desire of Mendelssohn, the composer of the music, to supersede the words of the Romish &quot; Lauda Sion.&quot; This psalm was written in 1847.

&quot; Lord, from my bed again I rise.&quot; No. 931. And

&quot;This night I lift my heart to Thee.&quot; No. 910.

These hymns for morning and evening are the beautiful and appropriate words put by Mr. Bartholomew into the mouth of Samuel in the Oratorio of &quot;Eli,&quot; for which Mr Costa has written music as devotional as it is beautiful and simple. They were written in 1854.

HENKY FEANCIS LYTE, M.A.

17931847.

THIS hymn-writer of our own time was born at Kelso, June the 1st, 1793. After receiving some schooling at Protoro, he entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1812. There he was successful on three occasions in competing for the English prize poem ; and as his means were limited, he found the money thus obtained useful in assisting him to pursue his studies.

He had at first intended to follow the medical profession, but altering his purpose, he entered the Church. He was episcopally ordained in 1815, and entered upon a curacy in the neighbour hood of Wexford. In 1817 he removed to Maraziou. Although

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