Page:Our Hymns.djvu/383

 THEIR AUTHORS AND ORIGIN. 363

&quot; Annuals &quot; that were so much in fashion some years ago, and she contributed some pieces to her husband s volumes of poems, and there are seven hymns by her (of which the above is one) at the close of a work edited by her son, the Eev. E. R. Condor, M.A., of Leeds, and entitled &quot;Hymns of Praise, Prayer, and Devout Meditation, by Josiah Conder,&quot; 1856. Mrs. Conder, whose maiden name was Eliza Thomas, is the daughter of Mr. Roger Thomas, of Southgate, and granddaughter on the mother s side of Roubiliac, the sculptor. She was united in marriage to the late Mr. Josiah Conder in 1815.

COOPEK.

&quot; Father of heaven ! whose love profound.&quot; No. 447.

THIS is the first hymn in &quot; Cotterill s Selection of Psalms and Hymns,&quot; of which several editions were published between 1810 and 1819, and of which there is a further account under &quot; Thomas Cotterill, M.A.&quot; The name Cooper has been given to this hymn in MS. in some collections, but it is not known on what authority. The hymn is without name in the &quot; New Con gregational.&quot;

CORNELIUS ELVEN.

BORN 1797.

&quot; With broken heart and contrite sigh.&quot; No. 530.

WE are indebted to the author of this excellent hymn for informa tion of its date and occasion. It was written by him in January, 1852, along with other hymns to be used with the Revival Sermons, then being preached to his own congregation.

The Rev. Cornelius Elven is pastor of a Baptist Church at Bury St. Edmund s, Suffolk. He has held that position for forty-five years, and is now in his seventieth year. His devoted labours have been crowned with a very great blessing. During the forty-five years of his pastorate, the Church under his care has increased from forty members to over six hundred. Mr.

�� �