Son of John H. Hop­kins, some­time Bi­shop of Ver­mont, Hop­kins grad­u­at­ed from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ver­mont (AB 1839, MA 1845). In New York Ci­ty, he worked as a re­port­er, in­tend­ing to pre­pare for a law ca­reer. In­stead, he en­tered the Gen­er­al The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary, where he grad­u­at­ed in 1850. He then be­came the sem­in­ary’s first mu­sic teach­er (1855-57), and ed­it­or of the Church Jour­nal (1853-68). Hop­kins al­so served as a dea­con (1850) and priest (1872), and as Rec­tor of Trin­i­ty Church, Platts­burgh, New York, and Christ Church in Will­iams­port, Penn­syl­van­ia. His works in­clude:

• Carols, Hymns and Songs, 1863-82
• Canticles Note­d with Ac­com­pa­ny­ing Har­mo­nies, 1866

• Hughes, p. 436
• Julian, p. 1571
• Stulken, p. 299

1. Alleluia! Christ Is Ris­en To­day!
2. Be Light and Glad, in God Re­joice
3. Blow On, Thou Migh­ty Wind
4. Christ Our King to Hea­ven As­cend­eth
5. Christmas Comes Again
6. Come with Us, O Bless­èd Je­sus
7. Early Ere the Dawn of the Morn­ing
8. Evergreen, Ho­lly and Laur­el
9. Forth from Egypt’s House of Bond­age
10. Gather Around the Christ­mas Tree
11. Glory to God the Fa­ther Be
12. God Hath Made the Moon
13. God of Our Fa­thers, Bless This Our Land
14. I Said, I Will Look to My Ways
15. Jesu, Fount of Plea­sure
16. Lord, Now Round Thy Church Be­hold
17. Mercy, Good Lord, Mer­cy I Ask
18. O, Come to the Sav­ior, for Why Will You Die?
19. O Tell Us, Ye That from Your Home
20. O Turn Ye, for Why Will Ye Die?
21. Our Lord Is Ris­en To­day
22. Praise to the Fa­ther, the Glor­i­ous King of Cre­a­tion
23. Roman Sol­dier, Tell Us True
24. Sadly in the Ga­ther­ing Gloom
25. Shepherds of Beth­le­hem, The
26. Slumberers, Wake, the Bride­groom Com­eth
27. Thy Praise Alone, O Lord, Doth Reign
28. We Three Kings
29. When from the East the Wise Men Came
30. Why Sleep Ye, My Breth­ren?
31. Ye Right­eous, in the Lord Re­joice