1807–1884

Introduction

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Born: No­vem­ber 1, 1807, Bu­ry St. Ed­munds, Suf­folk, Eng­land.

Died: Au­gust 14, 1884, Mo­tu­eka, New Zea­land.

Buried: Pio­neer Park, Mo­tu­eka, New Zea­land.

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Biography

James was the son of John Deck of Bu­ry St. Ed­munds, and bro­ther of hym­nist Mary Walk­er. He ma­ried twice: to Ali­cia Feild (1829) and Le­wan­na At­kin­son (1855)

He was edu­cat­ed for the ar­my, and be­came an of­fi­cer in the In­di­an ser­vice.

Retiring from the ar­my, and hav­ing joined the Ply­mouth Breth­ren, he un­der­took, in 1843, the charge of a con­gre­ga­tion of that bo­dy at Well­ing­ton, So­mer­set.

In 1852, he went abroad and se­ttled in New Zea­land.

Works

His hymns were pub­lished in:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Abba, Father! We Ap­proach Thee
  2. Again We Meet in Je­sus’ Name
  3. Behold Yon Bright and Count­less Throng
  4. Day of Glo­ry, Bear­ing, The
  5. Father, to Seek Thy Face
  6. Great Cap­tain of Sal­va­tion
  7. How Long, O Lord?
  8. In Hope We Lift Our Wish­ful, Long­ing Eyes
  9. Jesus Christ, Thy Name In­deed Is Sweet
  10. Jesus, Spot­less Lamb of God
  11. Jesus, Thy Name I Love
  12. Jesus, We Rest in Thee
  13. Lamb of God! Our Souls Adore Thee
  14. Lamb of God, Thou Now Art Seat­ed
  15. Little While! Our Lord Shall Come, A
  16. Lord Je­sus, Are We One with Thee?
  17. Lord Je­sus, When I Think of Thee
  18. Lord, We Are Thine, Our God Thou Art
  19. O Bless­ed Je­sus, Lamb of God
  20. O Hap­py Day When First We Felt
  21. O Je­sus Christ, the Sav­ior
  22. O Je­sus, Gra­cious Sav­ior
  23. O Lamb of God, Still Keep Me
  24. O Lord, in No­thing Would I Boast
  25. O Lord, ’Tis Joy to Look Above
  26. O Lord, When We the Path Re­trace
  27. O Lord, Who Now Art Seat­ed
  28. Oft We, Al­as! For­get the Love
  29. Savior, Haste! Our Souls Are Wait­ing
    • Savior! Hast­en Thine Ap­pear­ing
  30. Soon Shall Our Mas­ter Come
  31. There Is a Place of End­less Joy
  32. Thou Hast Stood Here, Lord Je­sus
  33. ’Twas Thy Love, O God, That Knew Us
  34. Veil Is Rent, The
  35. We Bless Our Sav­ior’s Name
  36. We’re Not of the World That Fad­eth Away
  37. When Along Life’s Thorny Road
  38. When First O’er­whelmed with Sin and Shame