Christian Cyclopedia

(1800–87). B. Chester, Cheshire, Eng.; tr. many hymns of M. Luther,* P. Gerhardt,* K. J. P. Spitta,* and other Ger. hymnists. Translations include “To Shepherds as They Watched by Night”; “Now Praise We Christ, the Holy One”; “Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands”; “God the Father, Be Our Stay”; “That Man a Godly Life Might Live”; “Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice”; “May God Bestow on Us His Grace”; “If God Himself Be for Me”; “Come, Thou Bright and Morning Star.”