DICTIONARY OF HYMNOLOGY.
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A. In Bristol Bapt. Coll. by Ash & Evans. 1st ed. 1769; i.e. Joseph Addison.
A. in Collyer's Coll. 1812, this is the initial of Ann Gilbert, née Taylor.
A. C. C. in the Hymnary. "A Cheater Canon;" i.e. Canon William Cooke.
A. K. B. G. in the Divine Hymnal, 1860; i.e. A. K. B. Granville.
A. L. P. a nom de plume of Dr. Littledale's in the People's H.; i.e, "A London Priest."
A. L. W. in various Collections; i.e. Anna L. Waring.
A. M. G., i.e. Anna Maria Glennie. [Smith, née Glennie] in Thrupp's Ps. & Hys., 1853.
A. R. Initials adopted by George Burder in the Gospel Magazine.
A. R. C. in The Service of Praise, by J. H. Wilson; i.e. Anne Ross Cousin, née Cundell.
A. R. T. in the American Dutch Reformed Hys. of the Church, 1869; i.e. the Rev. Alexander Ramsay Thompson, d.d.
A. R. W. in the Amer. Bapt. Praise Book, 1871. i.e. A. R. Wolfe.
A. T. i.e. Adelaide Thrupp, in Thrupp's Ps. & Hymns, 1853.
A. T. R. in Ps. & Hymns, by the Rev. A. T. Russell, 1851, are the initials of the Editor.
A—y. in the Gospel Magazine, is the nom de plume of Job Hupton. It stands for Ashby, the parish in which he lived.
A beautiful land by faith I see. [Heaven.] Given Anon. in the Amer. Shining Star, N. Y. 1862, No. 74 in 4 st. of 4 l. and chorus, and entitled, "The beautiful land." It is in extensive use in America, and is found also in a few English S. S. collections. In S. Booth's S. S. H. Bk., Brooklyn, U.S., 1863, it is credited to "J. Hall."
A car of fire is on the air. W. W. Hull. [Death and Burial.] Contributed to his Coll. of Hys. for Gen. Use, commonly known as A Churchman's Hymns, 1833. No. 2, in 3 st. of 6 l. In 1863 it was reprinted without alteration, in Kennedy, No. 1176.
A charge to keep I have. C. Wesley. [Personal Responsibility.] 1st pub. in his Short Hymns on Select Passages of Holy Scripture, 1762, vol, i., No. 188, in 2 st. of 8 l. and based on Lev. viii. 35. It was omitted from the 2nd ed. of the Short Hymns, &c, 1794, but included in the Wes. H. Bk. 1780, and in the P. Works of J. & C. Wesley, 1868–72, vol, ix., pp. 60, 61. Its use has been most extensive both in G. Brit, and America, and usually it is given in an unaltered form, as in the Wes. H. Bk. No. 318; and the Evang. Hymnal, N. York, No. 320. The line, "From youth to hoary age," in the Amer. Prot. Episcop. Hyl, No. 474, is from the Amer. P. Bk. Coll., 1826.
A children's temple here we build. J. Montgomery. [The Erection of a Sunday School] This hymn was written for the opening of the first Sunday School building in Wincobank, Sheffield. The ms.—which is in the Wincobank Hall Collection of mss.—is dated "December 18, 1840," and signed "J. M." The building was opened on the 13th of April, 1841, tho hymn being printed on a fly-leaf for the occasion. In 1853, Montgomery included it in his Original Hymns, No. 313, in 6 st. of 4 l. and entitled it "The erection of a Sunday School." In the Meth. S. S. H. Bk. 1870, No. 512, st. iv. is omitted, and slight changes are also introduced. Orig. text in Orig. Hys., 1858, p. 333. The hymn by Mrs. Gilbert, née Ann Taylor, "We thank the Lord of heaven and earth," was also written for, and sung on, the same occasion. This hymn has not come into C. U.
A day, a day of glory. J. M. Neale. [Christmas.] A carol written expressly for E. Bedding's Antient Christmas Carols, 1860. It is No. 6 of the "Christmas Carols," in 4 st. of 8 l. In 1867 it was reprinted in the People's H., No. 29.
A debtor to mercy alone. A. M. Toplady. [Assurance of Faith.] Contributed to the Gospel Magazine, May, 1771, in 3 st. of 8 l., and included in Toplady's Ps. & Hys, 1776, No. 313, with the alteration, st. i., l. 4, of "offering" to "offerings." In 1860 the 1771 text was included in Sedgwick's reprint
