Born: Ap­ril 14, 1782, Black­heath Hill, Kent, Eng­land.

Died: Jan­u­a­ry 8, 1854, Peck­ham, Eng­land.

At age 16, Collyer be­gan stu­dy­ing for the min­is­try at Ho­mer­ton Coll­ege. Four years lat­er, he be­gan his min­is­try at Peck­ham, and in 1801, was or­dained pas­tor of a small church of 10 com­mun­i­cants. From 1814-1826, he was al­so pas­tor of a church meet­ing in Salter’s Hall. On June 17, 1817, a new cha­pel was opened for him at Peck­ham, where he served the rest of his life. His works in­clude:

• A seven-volume series on divine revela­tion
• Hymns Partly Col­lect­ed and Part­ly Orig­in­al, De­signed as a Sup­ple­ment to Dr. Watts’ Psalms and Hymns, 1812
• Services Suited to the Sol­emn­i­za­tion of Ma­tri­mo­ny, Bap­tism, &c, 1837
• Hymns for Is­ra­el, a Trib­ute of Love for God’s An­cient Pe­o­ple, 1848

Sources

Hymns

1. Another Fleeting Day Is Gone
2. Assembled at Thy Great Command
3. Great God, What Do I See and Hear?
4. Haste, Traveler, Haste!
5. Morn­ing Breaks upon the Tomb
6. O Jesu, in This Solemn Hour
7. O Thou, The Helpless Orphan’s Hope
8. Return, O Wanderer, Return