1826–1920

Introduction

Born: No­vem­ber 21, 1826, Man­ches­ter, Eng­land.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 18, 1920, Wok­ing, Sur­rey, Eng­land.

Cremated: His ash­es were in­terred on the grounds of the par­ish church at Hor­sell, Wok­ing.

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Biography

Isaac was the son of Rev. Je­re­mi­ah Smith.

He was edu­cat­ed at Rug­by and Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Ox­ford, where he held both the Hert­ford (1846) and Ire­land (1847) schol­ar­ships (BA, se­cond cl. Lit. Hum. 1849).

Taking Ho­ly Or­ders, he was as­signed to the rec­to­ry at Ted­stone De­la­mere, Hert­ford­shire, 1854, and the vi­car­age of Great Mal­vern, 1872.

From 1852–55 he held a fel­low­ship at Brase­nose Col­lege, Ox­ford.

He was Bamp­ton Lec­tur­er in 1873, his sub­ject be­ing The Char­ac­ter­is­tics of Chris­tian Mo­ral­i­ty.

In 1870 he be­came pre­ben­da­ry of Pra­tum Mi­nus in He­re­ford Ca­thed­ral, in 1882 rur­al dean of Po­wick, and ex­am­in­ing chap­lain to the Bi­shop of St. Da­vid’s, and in 1887 hon­or­ary can­on of Wor­ces­ter.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Adown the Ri­ver, Year by Year
  2. By Je­sus’ Grave on Ei­ther Hand
  3. Come Away, Where Are No Sha­dows in a Glass
  4. Comes at Times a Still­ness as of Ev­en
  5. Day-Beam Dies Be­hind Yon Cloud, The
  6. Tide of Years Is Roll­ing On, The