John Ellerton

1826-1893

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Born: December 16, 1826, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England.

Died: June 15, 1893, Torquay, Devon, England.

Buried: Torquay, Devon, England.

 John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Ellerton graduated from Trinity College and entered the ministry in 1850. He served as vicar at St. Nicholas’, Brighton, and Crewe Green, Cheshire. He was a recognized authority on hymns, and contributed to Hymns Ancient and Modern. He wrote or translated over 80 hymns. His works include:

Hymns & Translations:

  1. Again the Morn of Gladness
  2. Before the Day Draws near Its Ending
  3. Behold Us, Lord, a Little Space
  4. Come Forth, O Christian Brothers
  5. Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended, The
  6. Father, Name of Love and Fear
  7. From East to West, from Shore to Shore
  8. God, Creator and Preserver
  9. God, the Omnipotent!
  10. Hail to the Lord Who Comes
  11. In the Name Which Earth and Heaven
  12. Joy! Because the Circling Year
  13. King Messiah, Long Expected
  14. King of Saints, to Whom the Number

  15. Lift the Strain of High Thanksgiving

  16. Lord Be with Us
  17. Mary at the Master’s Feet
  18. Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er
  19. O Father, All Creating
  20. O! How Fair the Morning Broke
  21. O Lord of Life and Death
  22. O Shining City City of Our God
  23. O Son of God, Our Captain of Salvation
  24. O Strength and Stay
  25. O Thou in Whom Thy Saints Repose
  26. O Thou Whose Beauty Fills the Earth
  27. Our Day of Praise is Done
  28. Praise to Our God, Whose Bounteous Hand
  29. Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name!
  30. This Day the Lord’s Disciples Met
  31. This Is the Day of Light
  32. Thou in Whose Name the Two or Three
  33. Thou Who Sentest Thine Apostles
  34. Throned Upon the Awful Tree
  35. We Sing the Glorious Conquest
  36. Welcome, Happy Morning!
  37. When the Day of Toil Is Done
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