After attend­ing Pem­broke Coll­ege and Rid­ley Hall, Cam­bridge, took Ho­ly Orders in 1950, and served as Cur­ate of St. Paul’s, Ro­ches­ter (1950-3); head of the Cam­bridge Un­i­ver­si­ty Miss­ion in Ber­mond­sey (1953-5); hon­or­a­ry chap­lain to the Bi­shop of Ro­ches­ter (1953-60); ed­it­or­i­al sec­re­ta­ry of the Evan­gel­i­cal All­i­ance and ed­it­or of Cru­sade (1953-60); sec­re­ta­ry of the Church Pas­tor-Aid So­ci­e­ty (1959-73); arch­dea­con of Nor­wich (1973-81); and Bi­shop of Thet­ford, Nor­folk (1982-92). His works in­clude:

• A Collection of Hymns, 1961-1981
• Lift Every Heart, 1983
• A Flame of Love, 1987
• Songs of De­liv­er­ance, 1988
• Praying with the Eng­lish Hymn Writ­ers, 1989
• A Voice of Sing­ing, 1993

Sources

Hymns

1. Behold a Broken World, We Pray
2. Christ Be My Leader
3. I Lift My Eyes to the Quiet Hills
4. Not for Tongues of Heaven’s Angels
5. Purple Robe, A
6. Sing a New Song to the Lord
7. Tell Out, My Soul
8. When John Baptized by Jordan’s River