The New International Encyclopædia/Scott, Thomas (1705-75)

SCOTT, Thomas (1705-75). An English hymn writer, son of an Independent minister of Hitchin, in Hertfordshire. He began preaching when a young man and afterwards held various appointments in Norfolk and Suffolk. Best known of his hymns are "Happy the Meek" and "Hasten, Sinner, to be Wise." Consult his Lyric Poems, Devotional and Moral (1773). He also turned into English verse The Table of Cebes (1754) and The Book of Job (1771). His sister, Elizabeth Scott (1708?-76), likewise wrote many hymns, several of which are still used. To her belongs "All hail. Incarnate God."