John Ellerton

The Rev. John Ellerton, 16 December 1826 - 15 June 1893, was a hymn writer and hymnologist.

Life

He was born in Clerk­e­nwell, Middlesex, Eng­land, to George Ellerton, the head of an Evangelical family. He was educated at King William's College on the Isle of Man. While attending Trinity College, Cambridge, {B.A. 1849; M.A. 1854), he came under the influence of Frederick D. Maurice. Died in Tor­quay, De­von, Eng­land.

ervice

Taking orders in 1850, he was Curate of Easebourne, Sussex. In 1852, he was in Brighton, and Lecturer of St. Peter's, Brighton. In 1860, he became chaplain for Lord Crewe and vicar of Crewe Green, about thirty miles southeast of Liverpool. He became chairman of the education committee at the Mechanics Institute for the Railway Company. Reorganizing the Institute, he made it one of the most successful in England. He taught classes in English and Bible History. He also organized one of the first Choral Associations of the Midlands. In 1872 he became Rector of Hinstock. In 1876, he was transferred to Barnes, Surrey, a west suburb of London. The large population broke him down and he had to go abroad for a year. Chaplain at Pegli from 1884-1885. After returning, he took a smaller parish in White Roding in 1886, his last. During his final illness, he was given the honorary title of Canon of St. Albans Cathedral.

Published Works

He was best known as a hymnologist, editor, hymn-writer and translator. He published Hymns for Schools and Bible Classes in Brighton in 1859. Co-editor with Bishop How and others of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) Church Hymns, 1871. His Notes and Illustrations of Church Hymns were published in the folio edition of 1881. Ellerton wrote or translated eighty six or more hymns.
*The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended.
*Saviour, again to thy dear name we raise
*This is the day of light
*Behold us, Lord, a little space
*God the Almighty one! King who ordainest (stanzas 1&2 by Henry F. Chorley, 3-5 by Ellerton)
*Now the laborer's task is o'er.
*Week-day Worship

External links

* [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/e/l/l/ellerton_j.htm Basic biographical information]

References

*cite book
last =Julian
first =John
authorlink =John D. Julian
title =A Dictionary of Hymnology
publisher =John Murray
date =June, 1907
location =London
pages =826-828
*cite book
last =Bailey
first =Albert Edward
title =The Gospel in Hymns
publisher =Charles Scribner's sons
date =1950
location =New York
pages =424-430
*cite web
title =King William's College Register
url =http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/kw1905/p030.htm
accessdate = 2007-01-17