THE STORY OF THE HYMNS AND THEIR WRITERS 165
Hymn 205. Break, day of God, O break. HENRY BURTON, D.D.
Written at Blundellsands, Liverpool, on Christmas Eve, 1900. The first verse was composed on the railway bridge, the rest on his return home.
Dr. Burton was born in 1840 at Svvannington, Leicestershire, in the house where his grandmother, Mrs. James Burton, founded the first Wesleyan Juvenile Missionary Association in 1818. His parents removed to America in his boyhood, and he graduated at Belloit College, which gave him the degree of D.D. in 1900 in recognition of his contributions to theological literature especially his St. Luke in the Expositor s Bible, and Gleanings in the Gospels. After his ministerial training he supplied for the brother of Miss Frances E. Willard, and for six months had charge of a Methodist Episcopal Church in Monroe, Wisconsin. In 1865 he entered the Wesleyan Methodist ministry in England. He married a sister of the Rev. Mark Guy Pearse.
He has published a volume of poems, Wayside Songs, many of which have been set to music. Pass it on has been set to music by at least ten different composers.
Hymn 206. Hail to the Lord s Anointed.
JAMES MONTGOMERY (94).
Ver. 3 is omitted
By such shall He be feared,
While sun and moon endure, Beloved, adored, revered,
For He shall judge the poor, Through changing generations,
With justice, mercy, truth, While stars maintain their stations,
And moons renew their youth.
The first half of ver. 6 and of ver. 7 are joined, and two half- verses omitted
6 6. For He shall have dominion O er river, sea, and shore : Far as the eagle s pinion, Or dove s light^wing, can soar.
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