1800–1874

Introduction

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Born: Jan­ua­ry 26, 1800, Mid­dle­ton Che­ney, North­amp­ton­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Ju­ly 4, 1874, Eas­ing­ton, York­shire, Eng­land.

Buried: York Min­ster, Eng­land.

Biography

Churton at­tend­ed Char­ter­house and Christ Church Col­lege, Ox­ford, where he gra­du­at­ed with hon­ors in 1821. He was for some time one of the Mas­ters at Char­ter­house, then took Ho­ly Or­ders in 1826.

He was the first head­mas­ter of the Hack­ney Church of Eng­land School (1830); rec­tor of Crayke, North York­shire (1835); pre­ben­da­ry in York Ca­thed­ral (1841); and Arch­dea­con of Cleve­land (1846).

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Come, Arise and Let Us Go
  2. Earth, with All Thy Thou­sand Voic­es
  3. For Ev­er, Lord, Thy Faith­ful Word
  4. God of Truth, All Faith­ful Lord
  5. God My Hope, My Strength, My King
  6. God of Grace, O Let Thy Light
  7. God Rules in Realms of Light
  8. How Shall I Ren­der to My God?
  9. I Lift Mine Heart to Thee
  10. If Our God Had Not Be­friend­ed
  11. In Thee, O Lord, I Trust
  12. Lord, Hear Me, Grant My Sor­rows Boon
  13. Lord, Hear My Sup­pli­ant Pray­er
  14. Lord, Hear the Voice of My Com­plaint
  15. Lord, I Have Called on Thee
  16. Lord, My Heart Is with the Low­ly
  17. Lord, My Rock, to Thee I Cry
  18. Lord, to My Sad Voice At­tend­ing
  19. O Hap­py State on Earth to See
  20. O Praise the Lord, for He Is Love
  21. O Stand in Awe, and Fear to Sin
  22. Raise the Psalm: Let Earth Ador­ing
  23. ’Tis the Day All Days Ex­ceed­ing
  24. To Thee Our Guil­ty Deeds
  25. Whene’er to Thee I Make My Pray­er

Translations

  1. Story of the Shep­herd, The