1857–1925

Introduction

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Born: Au­gust 3, 1857, Glas­gow, Scot­land.

Died: No­vem­ber 18, 1925, Crieff, Perth­shire, Scot­land.

Buried: Port­pat­rick Ce­me­te­ry, Port­pat­rick, Wig­ton­shire, Scot­land.

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Biography

John was the hus­band of Ali­son Kerr Ruth­er­ford.

He at­tend­ed the Uni­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow and the Free Church Col­lege (now the Ed­in­burgh Theo­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary).

He was li­censed by the Pres­by­te­ry of Glas­gow in 1884, and in 1885 be­came Ass­ist­ant Min­is­ter of Tri­ni­ty Free Church in Port­pat­rick, Wig­ton­shire. He suc­ceed­ed the sen­ior pas­tor there up­on the lat­ter’s death in 1890.

He joined the lo­cal School Board in 1888, be­came a gov­er­nor of Stran­raer High School in 1897, and Chair­man of the gov­er­nors in 1901. Glas­gow Uni­ver­si­ty award­ed him an hon­or­ary DD de­gree in 1908 for his work in hym­no­lo­gy.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Behold, the Lord to Zi­on Rides
  2. Chariots of the Lord Are Strong, The
  3. Christian Sol­diers in the Con­flict!
  4. Day Fades in­to Night, The
  5. Ever On­ward, Ev­er Up­ward
  6. Flowers Have Closed Their Eyes, The
  7. Girt with Hea­ven­ly Ar­mor
  8. I Wan­dered Sore Dis­tressed
  9. Hark! the Voice of An­gels
  10. O Bind Me with Thy Bonds, My Lord
  11. O God, Thy Glo­ry Gilds the Sun
  12. Rest in the Lord
  13. Spake My Heart by Sor­row Smit­ten
  14. Summer Leaves De­cay, The
  15. There Is a Land, a Hap­py Land
  16. There Is a Song Which the An­gels Sing
  17. Thou Art My Por­tion
  18. Time Is Draw­ing Near, The

Translations

  1. Ah, the Trem­bling of That Day
  2. Ah! Woe Is Me Be­cause of Sin
  3. All Glo­ri­ous, See, the Morn­ing Breaks
  4. Arise, My Soul, and Gai­ly Sing
  5. As An­gel Hosts with Hea­ven­ly Songs
  6. Ask, and Thy Pray­er with Ar­row’s Speed
  7. At Ear­ly Dawn, with Pi­ous Thought
  8. Awake, Arise, and Greet the Dawn­ing Day
  9. Awake, My Soul, Be­stir Thee
  10. Awake! The Morn Is Here
  11. Band of Herds­men Tar­ried Late, A
  12. Because I Was Brought Low
  13. Because Thy Mer­cy Is So Great
  14. Before Thy Cross We Take Our Place
  15. Behold the Bride­groom!
  16. Behold the Bride­groom Com­eth
  17. Behold, the King of Zi­on Rides
  18. Best That Heav’n Could Bring, The
  19. Bethlehem Re­joic­es
  20. Beyond the Clouds of Hea­ven
  21. Blest Re­deem­er, O What Pain
  22. Borne on the Clouds the Christ Arose
  23. Borne on the Wings of Light
  24. Bridegroom Comes! My Soul, Awake, The
  25. Bring to the Christ Your Fears
  26. Burdened with a Hea­vy Load
  27. By Thine Own Hand the Gift Was Giv­en
  28. Christ, for Thee a Wreath Adorn­ing
  29. Christ Hath Left the Dis­mal Tomb
  30. Christ Is Born, Go Forth to Meet Him
  31. Christ on Ol­ive’s Mount in Pray­er, The
  32. Christ the Word! Thine In­car­na­tion
  33. Close Be­side the Heart That Loves Me
  34. Come, Friends, Be­hold Me Here
  35. Come, Ho­ly Ghost, in Might
  36. Come, Keep This Feast
  37. Come, Let Us Drink the Wa­ter New
  38. Come, Let Us Sing with Joy­ful Mirth
  39. Come, Praise with Glad­ness
  40. Come to the Christ in Tears
  41. Come with Your Prais­es
  42. Come, Ye Peo­ple, Come Adore Him
  43. Crown of Gold Sur­pass­ing Rare, A
  44. Crown the Lord of Glo­ry
  45. Dark Bil­lows Bound Across the Deep
  46. Day De­clines to Night, The
  47. Day of Re­sur­rect­ion, The
  48. Ere the Morn in Beau­ty Wake
  49. Eternal Rul­er, Thou Didst Will
  50. Even as Thou Saidst, the Spir­it Came
  51. Far from Thy Hea­ven­ly Care
  52. Far Let Me Flee from World­ly Sin
  53. Firm Through the End­less Years
  54. For All the Good Per­formed by Thee
  55. Forgive Me, Lord, My Way­ward Will
  56. Forgive My Heart Its Vain Re­grets
  57. From the Calm of Sleep Awak­ing
  58. From the Hills the Light Is Stream­ing
  59. Gate of Life Stands Wide, The
  60. Gladness Fills the World This Morn
  61. Glorious to Our Watch­ing Eyes
  62. Glory in the High­est!
  63. Glory Shone With­in the Gloom
  64. Glory to God! The Christ Hath Left the Tomb
  65. Glory to God! The Morn Ap­point­ed Breaks
  66. Go, Ye Saints, to Beth­le­hem
  67. God of All Grace, Thy Mer­cy Send
  68. God Sent Me to the De­sert Wild
  69. God, Thou Art Clothed with Light
  70. Hail, Ris­ing Morn! For He Hath Ris­en
  71. Hail the Morn! Let Prais­es Cheer­ful
  72. Hail the Morn, with Glad­ness Crowned
  73. Hail the Re­sur­rect­ion Day
  74. Hail to the King
  75. Hail to the Morn That Dawns on East­ern Hills
  76. Halo Rests up­on Thy Brow, A
  77. Hark! A Voice Is Loud­ly Ring­ing
  78. Hark! Up­on the Morn­ing Breez­es
  79. Have Faith in God, the Mas­ter Said
  80. Have Pi­ty, Lord, for Thou Art Great
  81. He Came Be­cause the Fa­ther Willed
  82. He Climbed the Slopes of Ol­iv­et
  83. He Who in the Fiery Fur­nace
  84. He Who Made the Earth His Home
  85. Heavy La­den with Thy Grief
  86. Herdsmen Keep­ing Lone­ly Vi­gil
  87. Home at Last, Thy Jour­ney End­ed
  88. I Brought My Mer­its to the Throne
  89. I Can­not Lift Mine Eyes
  90. I Have a Thought That Fills My Mind
  91. I Have No Tears to Shed
  92. I Lift My Hands, and with My Heart
  93. I Lift My Heart to Thee
  94. I Mused With­in My Heart
  95. I Sought the Lord at Ear­ly Morn
  96. I Wan­dered Sore Dis­tressed
  97. I Will Arise and Seek Thy Face
  98. I Will Not Yield My Sword
  99. If in the Cause of Right
  100. In Mine Af­flict­ion, Lord
  101. In the Bliss of Old Pre­dict­ed
  102. In the Dark of Ear­ly Morn
  103. In the Ear­ly Morn­ing
  104. In the Fa­ther’s Glo­ry Shin­ing
  105. It Is a Come­ly Thing
  106. It Is Not Lost What I Have Giv­en
  107. Jerusalem, Re­joice!
  108. King Is on His Jour­ney, The
  109. King Shall Come when Morn­ing Dawns, The
  110. Let All Hu­man Flesh Be Si­lent
  111. Let All the World Abroad
  112. Let Thy Blood in Mer­cy Poured
  113. Lift Up the Gates
  114. Light, Ere the Dawn in Beau­ty Broke
  115. Light Is Dawn­ing ’Mong the Hills
  116. Light More Glo­ri­ous Than the Sun
  117. Light of My Life, O Lord, Thou Art
  118. Light Se­rene of Ho­ly Glo­ry
  119. Light up­on Our Gloom Aris­ing
  120. Like Mu­sic at the Stilly Hour
  121. Like the Beams That from the Sun
  122. Lo, He Is Dead!
  123. Lo, in Its Bright­ness the Morn­ing Aris­ing
  124. Lo, the Clouds of Night Are Rend­ing
  125. Lord, a Band of Foes In­creas­ing
  126. Lord, I Am Thine
  127. Lord, I Have Strayed Afar
  128. Lord, Let Our Ev­en­ing Pray­er As­cend
  129. Lord, Let Our Eyes the Things Un­seen Be­hold
  130. Lord, Let Us Feel That Thou Art Near
  131. Lord, May Thy Ho­ly Spir­it Calm
  132. Lord of a Count­less Throng
  133. Lord of Life to Earth Came Down, The
  134. Lord of Mer­cy, at Thy Gate
  135. Lord of the Brave and Strong
  136. Lord of the Hills
  137. Lord, Rest the Child
  138. Lord, Soothe My Anx­ious, Trou­bled Soul
  139. Lord, Thou Art Good and Kind
  140. Lord, Thou Art Lift­ed Ve­ry High
  141. Lord, to Our Hum­ble Pray­ers At­tend
  142. Man Who Err­ing Coun­sel Shuns, The
  143. Morn Awakes, Be­hold the Glo­ry
  144. Morn in Beau­ty Breaks, The
  145. Morn of Beau­ty, Joy­ous Morn
  146. Morning Breaks, I Place My Hand in Thine, The
  147. Morning Dawns; on Gild­ed Height, The
  148. Mourn, O My Soul, Thy Pri­mal Sin
  149. My God, Shall Sin Its Pow­er Main­tain?
  150. My Harp up­on the Wil­lows
  151. My Heart Was Sad Be­cause of Sin
  152. My Hope Is Firm­ly Set
  153. My Sin Was Ve­ry Great
  154. Nailed to the Cross the Sav­ior Dies
  155. Night, and a Storm, and Hearts with Sore Af­fright
  156. No Long­er Now at Ed­en’s Gate
  157. Now at This Ev­en­ing Hour
  158. Now Glows the Morn in Beau­ty Rare
  159. Now, God of Light, the Morn Ap­pears
  160. Now Let Our Souls As­cend
  161. Now the King Im­mor­tal
  162. Now the Lord from Earth As­cend­ing
  163. Now the Sun at Noon of Day
  164. Now with My Weep­ing
  165. O Bleed­ing Heart, Look Up
  166. O Christ, Thou Art My King
  167. O Christ, When on the Shame­ful Tree
  168. O Come and Let Us Wor­ship Christ
  169. O Come Let Us Adore
  170. O Dark­est Night That Ev­er Fell!
  171. O God, in Mer­cy Hear
  172. O God of Life, in Whom We Live
  173. O God of Light and Life and Joy
  174. O God of Light, When Morn Awakes
  175. O God of Love, on Bend­ed Knee
  176. O God of Love, Whose Mer­cy Came
  177. O God of Our Sal­va­tion
  178. O God, the Ho­ly Ghost
  179. O Holy Ghost, Thou Lord of Light
  180. O Holy Spir­it, One in Pow­er
  181. O, I Have Wan­dered Far
  182. O Je­sus Christ, My Soul Con­tains
  183. O Je­sus Christ, when Thou Didst Dwell
  184. O Je­sus, Lord of Mer­cy Great
  185. O Je­sus, Lov­er of Our Race
  186. O Je­sus, to Thy Ser­vants Give
  187. O Je­sus, Trust of Needy Souls
  188. O Je­sus, When My Guilty Fears
  189. O Je­sus, When Our Spir­its Mourn
  190. O Judge of All, When Sin­ful Men
  191. O King En­throned on High
  192. O Light of Lights!
  193. O Light, Re­splen­dent of the Morn
  194. O Light Se­rene of Hea­ven­ly Birth
  195. O Light That Knew No Dawn
  196. O Lord of Boun­ty, Let This Bread
  197. O Lord of Life, When Mor­tals Call
  198. O Lord of Peace, in Mer­cy Hear
  199. O Lord, Thou in the Hour of Need
  200. O Love Di­vine, My Spir­it Sighs
  201. O Love of God, Sur­pass­ing Far
  202. O May My Soul, Un­crushed by Care
  203. O May the Spir­it of All Grace
  204. O Pa­ra­dise Above!
  205. O Son of God, Af­flict­ed
  206. O Thou Who Cloth’st Thy­self Com­plete
  207. O, Touch My Heart, and Bring to Mind
  208. O Woe­ful Hour! When from the Night
  209. O Word of Truth! in De­vi­ous Paths
  210. O Wound­ed Hands and Feet!
  211. Open Wide the Gate of Hea­ven
  212. Our Ev­en­ing Praye­rs At­tend
  213. Our Hearts to Hea­ven Up­rais­ing
  214. Out from the Ris­ing of the Sun
  215. Over Track­less Re­gions
  216. Promise Which the Sav­ior Made, The
  217. Prophet of the Lord, Be­side Us
  218. Rest of the Wea­ry Heart
  219. Rise, O Glo­ri­ous Orb of Day
  220. Rosy Dawn, with Locks of Gold
  221. Rosy-Fin­gered Dawn Ap­pears, The
  222. Saffron Tints Ap­pear, The
  223. See, in the Dark­ness, the Dawn Is Awak­ing
  224. See Where the Orb of Day
  225. Shine Forth, O New Je­ru­sa­lem
  226. Sleepers Awake! The Night’s Long Reign Is Past
  227. Solemn Feast Was Spent, The
  228. Spirit of God, in Love Des­cend
  229. Stream of Mer­cy Springs, A
  230. Strew Palms, Strew Palms up­on the Way
  231. Sun Has Reached His West­ern Goal, The
  232. Surely Comes the Dread­ful Day
  233. Surpassing Great the Gift of God
  234. Teach Me Thy Gra­cious Will
  235. Thee, as the Ev­en­ing Light De­clines
  236. Then the Earth in Ter­ror Shook
  237. These Are the Jew­els All Glo­ri­ous
  238. They Brought Him to the Hill of Death
  239. They Cried, Let Him Be Cru­ci­fied!
  240. Think on Me, Lord, for Thou Art Kind
  241. This Be Our Pray­er, O Sav­ior of Our Souls
  242. This Is the Chos­en Day of God
  243. This Is the Time of Song
  244. Thou Art My Hope, O Christ, My Lord
  245. Thou Art My Strength, O God, My Lord
  246. Thou Christ Alone Art Great
  247. Thou Dost Not Pass a Lone­some Way
  248. Thou, Lord, Hast Pow­er to Heal
  249. Thou One-Be­got­ten Son
  250. Thou Sav­ior of Our Sin­ful Race
  251. Thou Spir­it of Al­migh­ty God
  252. Thy Birth up­on Our World Hath Giv­en
  253. Thy Glo­ri­ous Ris­ing on the First of Days
  254. Time Is Draw­ing Nigh, The
  255. Time Shall Sure­ly Come, The
  256. To Depths of Earth Thou Didst Des­cend
  257. To Thee My Soul En­rap­tured Sings
  258. To Thee, O Christ, Our God
  259. To Thy Blest Cross, O Christ, We Come
  260. To Thy Cross and Re­sur­rect­ion
  261. Today a Won­der We Be­hold
  262. Today the Groans of Ha­des Rise
  263. Triple Beam of Glo­ry
  264. Up Rose the Morn Be­hind the Hills
  265. Up, Up, My Soul, on Wings of Praise
  266. Up, Up, My Soul! With Glad­ness Rise
  267. Vain the Bliss from Earth That Springs
  268. Wake, My Soul! In Care­less Slum­ber
  269. Wake to the Songs That Lips Un­sul­lied Sing
  270. Watch with Me, the Mas­ter Said
  271. Watchers, Let Your Lights Be Burn­ing
  272. Watchman from the Height Be­hold­ing
  273. Wave, Wave Your Ban­ners High
  274. Waving in the Au­tumn Breeze
  275. We Have Heard the Won­drous Sto­ry
  276. We Wor­ship, Lord, Be­fore Thee Now
  277. Wealth of High Es­tate, The
  278. What Joy of Life Abid­eth
  279. What Sav­ior Comes from Ed­om
  280. What Shall We Bring to Thee?
  281. When Ad­am Heard the Voice of Sin
  282. When at Thy Feet, Op­pressed
  283. When Came the Call to Me
  284. When Christ the Lord Shall Come
  285. When Dark­ness Falls, and Night Is Here
  286. When Glo­ry Crowned the Mount­ain Top
  287. When Ha­des Held the Lord of Life
  288. When in the Clouds of Hea­ven
  289. When in the Clouds the Lord Ap­pears
  290. When Je­sus to the Jor­dan Came
  291. When Je­sus to the Judg­ment Hall
  292. When La­za­rus Rose at Christ’s Com­mand
  293. When Night Her Sa­ble Cur­tain Spreads
  294. When, O King Im­mor­tal
  295. When o’er the World Au­gus­tus Reigned
  296. When on the Cr­uel Cross
  297. When on the Mount the Lord Ap­peared
  298. When the Christ, His Mis­sion End­ed
  299. When the Morn­ing from the Skies
  300. When the Trum­pet’s Sound Shall Wake
  301. When Thou, O Christ, up­on the Tree
  302. When Thou Shalt Come, O Lord
  303. When Thou Wert Cru­ci­fied by Men
  304. When Wick­ed Hands Had Firm­ly Sealed
  305. When with Pow­ers of Hea­ven At­tend­ing
  306. Where the Lord Re­veals His Pre­sence
  307. Wherefore on the Cross Up­lift­ed
  308. Who Toiled for Christ Through Suf­fer­ing Sore
  309. Who Would Not Weep, My Child
  310. Wily Ju­das Watch­es Near, The
  311. Within the Gar­den’s Som­ber Shade
  312. Word of God, Who by Thy Will
  313. Ye Saints Ex­ult with Cheer­ful Song
  314. Zion Is Glad This Glo­ri­ous Morn