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Hymn 356. Weary of earth, and laden with my sin.

SAMUEL JOHN STONE, M.A. (1839-1901).

Written in 1866 for a parochial mission, and published in his Lyra Fidelium. It is based on the words, The Forgiveness of Sins. Mary s nard was altered to Mary s gift at Sir H. W. Baker s suggestion.

The writer was son of the Rev. W. Stone, whom he succeeded as Vicar of St. Paul s, Haggerston, 1874. He became Rector of All Hallows, London Wall, in 1890. He is buried in the churchyard at St. Paul s, Haggerston.

He wrote Lyra Fidelium, 1866; The Knight of Intercession^ 1872 ; Sonnets of the Christian Year, 1875. His Hymns were published in 1886. One of his hymns, Lord of our soul s salvation, 3 was sung by Queen Victoria s command at the thanksgiving service in St. Paul s Cathedral for the recovery of the King, when Prince of Wales, in 1872.

The author said, Of all my hymns &quot; Weary of earth &quot; is the most dear to me because of the letters I have received from, or about, persons to whose &quot;joy and peace in believing&quot; it has been permitted to be instrumental in the first instance or later.

Hymn 357. Day after day I sought the Lord. JULIUS C. HARE (1796-1855).

Psalm xl. 1-5 ; in his Portions of the Psalms in English Verse, 1839.

Julius Hare was Rector of Hurstmonceaux, 1832, and Arch deacon of Lewes. John Stirling was his curate and Bunsen his neighbour. He and his brother wrote their famous Guesses at Truth, 1827 ; Julius Hare s Mission of the Comforter appeared in 1846. He married a sister of the Rev. F. D. Maurice, and left Maurice the chief part of his library. Dr. Rigg describes him in his Anglican Theology as a prince in intellectual wealth, an oracle for sagacity, a poet in genius, a master in criticism and polemics, a champion of Protestantism, a brave and truthful, but at the same time gentle and loving spirit, a devout and humble Christian.

On his death-bed the last clear words he uttered were an answer to the question how he would be moved. In a voice

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