John Ellerton

1826-1893

Born: December 16, 1826, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England. Died: June 15, 1893, Torquay, Devon, England. Buried: Torquay, Devon, England.

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 for Schools and Bible Classes, 1859
• Church Hymns, 1871 (co-editor)
• The Children’s Hymn Book
• Hymns, Original and Translated, 1888

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