Ellerton grad­u­at­ed from Trin­i­ty Coll­ege, Cam­bridge, and en­tered the min­is­try in 1850. He served as Vi­car at St. Ni­cho­las’, Bright­on, and Crewe Green, Che­shire. He was a rec­og­nized au­thor­i­ty on hymns, con­trib­ut­ed to Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, and wrote or trans­lat­ed over 80 hymns. His works in­clude:

• Hymns for Schools and Bi­ble Class­es, 1859
• Church Hymns, 1871 (co-ed­it­or)
• The Child­ren’s Hymn Book
• Hymns, Orig­in­al and Trans­lat­ed, 1888

• Julian, p. 326-28, 1561
• McCutchan, p. 53
• Robinson, pp. 22-23
• Ryden, p. 326-28, 409-412
• Stulken, p. 335

1. Again the Morn of Glad­ness
2. Another Day Be­gun!
3. Before the Day Draws near Its End­ing
4. Behold Us, Lord, a Lit­tle Space
5. Bride of Christ, Whose Glor­i­ous War­fare
6. Come Forth, O Chris­tian Bro­thers
7. Day Thou Gav­est, Lord, Is End­ed, The
8. Father, Name of Love and Fear
9. From East to West, from Shore to Shore
10. God, Cre­at­or and Pre­serv­er
11. God of the Liv­ing, in Whose Eyes
12. God, the Om­ni­po­tent!
13. Hail to the Lord Who Comes
14. House of Our God
15. In the Name Which Earth and Hea­ven
16. Joy! Be­cause the Circ­ling Year
17. King Mes­si­ah, Long Ex­pect­ed
18. King of Saints, to Whom the Num­ber
19. Lift the Strain of High Thanks­giv­ing
20. Lord Be with Us, The
21. Mary at the Mas­ter’s Feet
22. Now the La­borer’s Task Is o’er
23. O Fa­ther, All Cre­at­ing
24. O Fa­ther, Bless the Child­ren
25. O Je­ru­sa­lem the Bliss­ful
26. O Lord of Life and Death
27. O Shin­ing Ci­ty of Our God
28. O Son of God, Our Cap­tain of Sal­va­tion
29. O Strength and Stay
30. O Thou in Whom Thy Saints Re­pose
31. O Thou Who Giv­est Food to All
32. O Thou Whose Beau­ty Fills the Earth
33. Oh How Fair the Morn­ing Broke
34. Our Day of Praise Is Done
35. Praise Our God for All the Won­ders
36. Praise Our God, Whose Open Hand
37. Praise to Our God, Whose Boun­te­ous Hand
38. Praise to the Hea­ven­ly Wis­dom
39. Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name!
40. Shine Thou up­on Us, Lord
41. Sing Al­le­lu­ia Forth in Du­te­ous Praise
42. This Day the Lord’s Dis­ci­ples Met
43. This Is the Day of Light
44. Thou in Whose Name the Two or Three
45. Thou Who Sent­est Thine Apos­tles
46. Thou Who Wear­ied by the Well
47. Throned up­on the Aw­ful Tree
48. We Sing the Glor­i­ous Con­quest
49. Welcome, Hap­py Morn­ing!
50. When the Day of Toil Is Done