1801–1882

Introduction

Born: March 12, 1801, Or­ton, West­mor­land, Eng­land.

Died: Cir­ca Feb­ru­ary 1882, near Ul­ver­ston, Lan­ca­shire.

Biography

James was the bro­ther of hymn writ­er Tho­mas Holme.

He en­rolled at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cam­bridge at age 20, gra­du­at­ing in hon­ors from Gon­ville and Cai­us Col­lege in 1825.

He was or­dained the same year, and went on to serve as in­cum­bent of Low Har­ro­gate, York­shire (1838); vicar of Kirk-Lea­tham, York­shire (1839); at Bol­ton, near Brad­ford; and with Da­vid Tho­mas Kerr Drum­mond in the min­is­try of St. Tho­mas’ Eng­lish Epis­co­pal Cha­pel in Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land (as of 1867).

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All Praise Be to God!
  2. All Things Are Ours
  3. Autumn Leaves, How Rich They Are, The
  4. Behold th’In­car­nate God Des­cend,
  5. Blessed Is the Man by Grace Di­vine Re­newed
  6. Bone House, The
  7. Born in Life’s Hum­blest, Need­iest State
  8. Day of Se­ven, First and Dear­est
  9. Dear Word of my Sav­ior
  10. Death Lifts His Aw­ful Voice on High
  11. Eternal Lord, by Grace Con­trol
  12. Far from His Home the Poor Sail­or Was Dy­ing
  13. Fare Thee Well, Be­loved Com­pan­ion
  14. Father of the Fa­ther­less
  15. Friends of the Poor
  16. Great God of Mer­cy and of Love
  17. God, My Fa­ther, Hear Me Pray
  18. God of Love, Whose Bright­est Glo­ry
  19. Goodness! What Is There Lord, in Man?
  20. Great God of Mer­cy and of Love
  21. Great Shep­herd of thy Flock Be­low
  22. Hark the Sound of Thun­der Around
  23. Hark to Those Ac­cents Sad as Death
  24. Hear Thou My Call, O Right­eous God
  25. Heath of the De­sert, I Saw It in Bloom, The
  26. His Rest Shall Be Glo­ri­ous
  27. How Clear the Christian’s Path Is Shown
  28. How Deep Was Ad­am’s Down­ward Fall?
  29. How Gloo­my and Fear­ful the Bil­lows Are Roll­ing
  30. How Great the Al­migh­ty
  31. How Oft the Cru­el Tempt­er’s Art
  32. How Soon Will the Light
  33. I Feel the Fie­ry Dart of Sin
  34. I Love the Sav­ior of My Soul
  35. I Was a Sheep, For­lorn and Lost
  36. In That Feast by Christ Ap­point­ed
  37. In the Vale of Sor­row Tread­ing
  38. Jerusalem, Je­ru­sa­lem
  39. Jesus, I Trust in Thee
  40. Lamb of God! Thy Won­drous Grace
  41. Let Joy in Our High Priest Ab­ove
  42. Long Suf­fer­ing Lord, What Won­drous Grace
  43. Lord God of Hosts, Who Dost Ful­fill
  44. Lord, I Would Be for Ev­er Meek
  45. Lord Je­sus, God of Grace and Love
  46. Lord, May This In­fant Brought to Thee
  47. Lord of Glo­ry from His Throne, The
  48. Love Is the So­ver­eign Crown­ing Grace,
  49. Mercy, What Balm Is in That Term
  50. Most Pre­cious Grace of Cha­ri­ty
  51. Moth, The
  52. My Soul, on Je­sus Ev­er Wait­ing
  53. O Fear Not, Chris­tian Ma­rin­er!
  54. O Lord of Hosts, My God and King
  55. O Lord, Thy Brok­en Law Pro­claims
  56. O ’Twas a Love­ly Sight for Heav’n
  57. O Why Do Re­bel Sin­ners Dare?
  58. Oh for the Migh­ty Hand of Faith
  59. On Each Re­turn of Ho­ly Rest
  60. On the Ves­sel Proud­ly Rides
  61. On the Wreck of the Su­san­nah
  62. One Se­pul­cher, One Lit­tle Spot
  63. Peace Sung the Her­ald Host of God
  64. Praise Ye the Lord En­throned Ab­ove
  65. Refuge, Re­fuge, That Dear Word
  66. Snowdrop, The
  67. Spirit of Ho­li­ness Sub­due
  68. Sweet Gen­tle­ness, Most Win­ning Grace,
  69. Take Thy Pas­tor’s Pray­er and Bless­ing
  70. There Is a Peace­ful Rest for Me
  71. Thou Art a Re­fuge, Lord, to Me,
  72. Thou, O’er All the Earth Who Reign­est
  73. Thou On­ly Couldst, Great Three in One
  74. Thy Word, Thy Sav­ing Pre­cepts Shine
  75. Time Is Short, The
  76. ’Tis Good, Be­yond All Oth­er Good
  77. To Guard My Err­ing Mind
  78. Voice of the Lord O’er the Ocean Breaks, The
  79. Watchman Stands Up­on His Tow­er, The
  80. We Dwell in a Wil­der­ness Howling and Drea­ry
  81. Weeps the Chris­tian While His View
  82. When Called by Thee, O Fa­ther
  83. When I Be­hold the Shin­ing Bow
  84. When Je­sus, Ho­ly Je­sus Saw
  85. When Na­ture, Ris­ing in­to Birth
  86. When Zi­on Saw Her Tem­ple Rise
  87. Where Ba­bel’s Stream Flows Down
  88. While Dwell­ing in This Wint­ry Vale
  89. With Our Hearts Thy Bound­less Glo­ry
  90. Year Is Fled—Mo­ment­ous Truth, The

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