1820–1891

Introduction

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Born: Oc­to­ber 28, 1820, Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: Au­gust 14, 1891, Hud­son, New York.

Buried: Epis­co­pal Dio­cese Ce­me­te­ry, Bur­ling­ton, Ver­mont.

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Biography

John was the son of John H. Hop­kins, Sr., the first Epis­co­pal bi­shop of Ver­mont, and Me­lu­si­na Mull­er.

He 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), priest (1872), and as rec­tor of Tri­ni­ty Church, Platts­burgh, New York, and Christ Church in Wil­liams­port, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Angel Chor­us, The
  2. Awake! Awake! ’Tis East­er Morn
  3. Be Light and Glad, in God Re­joice
  4. Blow On, Thou Migh­ty Wind
  5. Christ Is Aris­en
  6. Christ Our King to Hea­ven As­cend­eth
  7. Christmas Comes Again
  8. Come with Us, O Bless­èd Je­sus
  9. Corn, Wine and Oil
  10. Dayspring of Eter­ni­ty
  11. Early Ere the Dawn of the Morn­ing
  12. Eternity! Eter­ni­ty!
  13. Evergreen, Hol­ly and Laur­el
  14. Forth from Egypt’s House of Bond­age
  15. Gather Around the Christ­mas Tree
  16. Glory to God the Fa­ther Be
  17. God Hath Made the Moon
  18. Hear Our Pray­er, O Bless­ed Lord
  19. High Tow­er and Strong­hold
  20. Hosanna, Ho­san­na, Ho­san­na!
  21. How Bright Ap­pears Our Morn­ing Star
  22. I Said, I Will Look to My Ways
  23. Jerusalem, High Tow­er Thy Glo­ri­ous Walls
  24. Jerusalem, My Home
  25. Jesu, Fount of Plea­sure
  26. Jesus Lives! O Mighty Won­der
  27. Jesus, My Re­deem­er, Lives
  28. Last and First
  29. Lord, Now Round Thy Church Be­hold
  30. Mercy, Good Lord, Mer­cy I Ask
  31. Mighty Men of Old, The
  32. National Hymn
  33. Nature’s Al­le­lu­ia
  34. O Come, Eter­nal Wis­dom
  35. O, Come to the Sav­ior, for Why Will You Die?
  36. O Fa­ther, Fount of De­ity
  37. O God of Love
  38. O Je­su, My Sav­ior
  39. O Tell Us, Ye That from Your Home
  40. O Turn Ye, for Why Will Ye Die?
  41. Our Lord Is Ris­en To­day
  42. Praise of Wo­man, The
  43. Praise to the Fa­ther
  44. Processional for the Re­un­ion of Christ­en­dom
  45. Processional of the Chris­tian Pil­grim­age
  46. Roman Sol­dier, Tell Us True
  47. Sadly in the Ga­ther­ing Gloom
  48. Salvation Comes
  49. Shepherds of Beth­le­hem, The
  50. Slumberers, Wake
  51. Thou Art the King of Glo­ry
  52. Thou Shalt Rise
  53. Though Faith at Times May Wa­ver
  54. Thy Praise Alone, O Lord, Doth Reign
  55. War-Song of the Chris­tian Sol­dier
  56. We Three Kings
  57. When from the East the Wise Men Came
  58. Ye Right­eous, in the Lord Re­joice

Music

  1. Twilight