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Hymns / Music :: James Drummond Burns

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Born: February 18, 1823, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Died: November 27, 1864, Mentone, France.

Buried: Highgate Cemetery, London, England. John Calkin, Christina Rossetti, Jeanette Threlfall and William Monk lie nearby.

Burns earned his M.A. at the University of Edinburgh. In 1845, he became a Free Church minister in Dunblane, Scotland, but resigned in 1848 due to bad health. He then took charge of the Presbyterian Church at Funchal, Madeira. In 1855, he became minister of Hampstead Presbyterian Church in London. His hymns appeared in:

  • The Vision of Prophecy: and other Poems (Edinburgh, Scotland: Edmonston and Douglas, 1854, 1855)
  • The Evening Hymns (London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1857)
  • Memoir and Remains of the late Rev. James D. Burns, M.A., of Hampstead (London: J. Nisbet & Co., 1869)

Burns also wrote the article Hymn in the 8th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Hymns:

  1. At Thy Feet, Our God and Father
  2. Hushed Was the Evening Hymn
  3. Still with Thee, O My God
  4. This Night, O Lord, We Bless Thee
  5. Thou, Lord, Art Love, and Everywhere
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