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 THE STORY OF THE HYMNS AND THEIR WRITERS 463

Charles Wesley wrote

Ver. I : But Thou art a shield for me. Ver. 2 : Bless d Him for the calm repose.

Hymn 906. Every morning mercies new.

GREVILLE PHILLIMORE, M.A. (1821-84).

Rector of Henley-on-Thames, 1867, and Ewelme, 1883. One of the editors of The Parish Hymn-book, 1863, in which this hymn appeared as Every morning they are new.

Hymn 907. Thou who art enthroned above.

GEORGE SANDYS (3i).

Version of Psalm xcii.

II i jinn 908. Morning comes with light all-cheering. JAMES ENGLEBURT VANNER.

Mr. Vanner was born in 1831, and is one of the treasurers of the Children s Home. He belongs to an old Huguenot family, who settled as silk weavers in Spitalfields. His hymn was written with a desire to increase the number of morning hymns for family use, and was published in the Methodist Sunday School Hymn-Book, 1879, with an evening hymn, written also for family use, Praise the Lord, who hath divided.

Hymn 909. Glory to Thee, my God, this night. THOMAS KEN, D.D. (900).

Verses 1-5 are from the Evening Hymn; 6-9 from that for Midnight.

Doddridge says Colonel Gardiner was well acquainted with Ken s Midnight Hymn, which was often on his lips. James Montgomery wrote, There is exemplary plainness of speech, manly vigour of thought, and consecration of heart in these pieces. The well-known doxology is a masterpiece at once of amplification and compression.

The last book that was in the hands of John Keble, of all Anglican divines the likest to Ken in look and tone, was Lord Selborne s Book of Praise, which he sent for that it might help

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