Composer - Lyricist: John Henry Hopkins

From HymnsWithoutWords

Biography

John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1820 - 1891) was the son of John Henry Hopkins the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont and was the eighth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Hopkins grad­u­at­ed from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ver­mont. In New York Ci­ty, he worked as a re­port­er, in­tend­ing to pre­pare for a law ca­reer. In­stead, he en­tered the Gen­er­al The­o­log­ic­al Sem­in­ary, where he grad­u­at­ed in 1850. He then be­came the sem­in­ary’s first mu­sic teach­er (1855-7), and ed­it­or of the Church Jour­nal (1853 - 1868). Hop­kins al­so served as a dea­con (1850) and priest (1872), and as Rec­tor of Trin­i­ty Church, Platts­burg, New York, and Christ Church in Will­iams­port, Penn­syl­van­ia.

His works in­clude:

• Carols, Hymns and Songs, 1863-1882
• Canticles Note­d with Ac­com­pa­ny­ing Har­mo­nies, 1866

External Links

• Cyberhymnal: John Henry Hopkins, Jr.