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 THEIR AUTHOBS AND ORIGIN. 3G9

CHARLOTTE ELLIOTT.

&quot; Thou, the contrite sinner s Friend.&quot; No. 399.

&quot; Just as I am without one plea.&quot; No. 547. &quot; My God, my Father, while I stray.&quot; No. 599.

IT is to be regretted that of the last of these (No. 599), an inaccurate or altered text is given in the &quot; New Congregational,&quot; and a verse is omitted. The talented and excellent authoress has informed the writer of this work that Sir Koundell Palmer s text, as given in &quot; The Book of Praise,&quot; is the correct one ; yet the text in the &quot; New Congregational&quot; is the same as that given in her brother s collection. The hymn was written in 1834. No. 547, with its rich evangelical doctrine, its candour and simplicity, its personal confession of sin and expressions of trust, has taken a great hold upon the public mind. It bears date 183G. No. 399, bearing date 1837, appeared in 1843, in the collection of the late Eev. Henry Venn Elliott, an elder brother of Miss Elliott s, and himself a hymn-writer. In that collection it was by mistake attributed to Wesley, and the error followed it into other collections. Miss Elliott is sister to the Rev. E. B. Elliott, author of the &quot; Horae Apocalypticee.&quot; She formerly resided at Torquay, where the neighbourhood benefited by her piety and benefactions, and is now residing, at an ad vanced age and in infirm health, at Brighton. She is the author of several hymns. Her aim in hymn-writing has been usefulness in Christ s service, and God has greatly blessed her labours.

��JOHN HARRIS, D.D. 18021856.

THE subject of this sketch rose from an humble origin to the highest eminence as an author, preacher, and college tutor. He was born on the 8th of March, 1802, in the village of Ug-

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