Born: Feb­ru­a­ry 10, 1819, Bristol Road, Birmingham, Eng­land.

Died: March 4, 1906, Lew­is­ham, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Gill’s par­ents be­longed to Eng­lish Pres­by­ter­i­an fam­i­lies which, like ma­ny others, had be­come Un­i­tar­i­an in their doc­trine. He was ed­u­cat­ed at King Ed­ward’s Gram­mar School un­der Dr. Jeune, af­ter­wards Bi­shop of Pe­ter­bo­rough. He left the school in 1838, and would have gone to the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ox­ford, but was pre­vent­ed by his he­red­i­tary Un­i­tar­i­an­ism (long since giv­en up), which for­bade sub­script­ion to the Ar­ti­cles of the Church of Eng­land then ne­ces­sary for ent­rance to the Un­i­ver­si­ty. This con­strained him to lead the life of an iso­lat­ed stu­dent, in which he gave him­self chief­ly to his­tor­ic­al and the­o­log­ic­al sub­jects. He wrote over 200 hymns total.

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Hymns

  1. Ah, Tremblers, Fainting and Forlorn
  2. Ah! Wherefore Fall My Tears So Fast!
  3. Alas the Outer Emptiness
  4. Alas These Pilgrims Faint and Worn
  5. Alone with Thee, with Thee Alone
  6. And Didst Thou, Lord, Our Sorrows Take?
  7. Behold the Everlasting Son
  8. Break, Newborn Year
  9. Bright Presence! May My Soul Have Part
  10. Bright Thy Presence When It Breaketh
  11. Day Divine! When Sudden Streaming
  12. Dear Lord and Mas­ter Mine
  13. Dear Lord, Thou Art Not Sorry
  14. Dear Lord, Thou Bringest Back the Morn
  15. Dear Lord, Thy Light Thou Dost Not Hide
  16. Do We Only Give Thee Heed
  17. Embrace Your Full Salva­tion
  18. Farewell, Delightful Day
  19. Father, Glorious with All Splendor
  20. Father, Thou Hast Not On Me
  21. Full Ma­ny a Smile, Full Ma­ny a Song
  22. Glory of the Spring How Sweet!, The
  23. Happy Fields, the Heavenly Host, The
  24. He Who Suns and Worlds Upholdeth
  25. How Can I, Lord, Abide with Thee?
  26. How, Lord, Shall Vows of Ours Be Sweet?
  27. I Think of Thee, My God, by Night
  28. Is Earth Too Fair, Is Youth Too Bright?
  29. Is Not My Spirit Filled with Thine
  30. Let Bolder Hearts the Strife Require
  31. Lift Thy Song among the Na­tions
  32. Lord, Am I Precious in Thy Sight
  33. Lord, Comes this Bidding Strange to Us?
  34. Lord, Dost Thou Ne’er Thy Servants Bless?
  35. Lord, from Thee, What Grace and Glory
  36. Lord, from These Trembling Souls of Ours
  37. Lord God, by Whom All Change Is Wrought
  38. Lord God of Old, Who Wentest
  39. Lord, if Our Dwelling Place Thou Art
  40. Lord, in This Awful Fight with Sin
  41. Lord, in Thy People Thou Dost Dwell
  42. Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Dwelling Place
  43. Lord, Thou Wouldst Have Us Like to Thee
  44. Lord, Thy Gracious Voice Hath Spoken
  45. Lord, When I All Things Would Possess
  46. Lord, When We Come at Thy Dear Call
  47. May We Not, Father, Meetly Mourn?
  48. Methought My Soul Had Learned to Love
  49. My God, I Do Not Flee from Thee
  50. My God, My Majesty Divine
  51. Not, Lord, Thy Ancient Works Alone
  52. Not Only When Ascends the Song
  53. Not Yet I Love My Lord
  54. Not Yet, Ye People of his Grace
  55. O Dreadful Glory That Doth Make
  56. O Height That Doth All Height Excel
  57. O Ho­ly Ghost, Who Down Dost Come
  58. O Mean May Seem This House of Clay
  59. O Mystery of Love Divine
  60. O Not Alone in Saddest Plight
  61. O Not to Fill the Mouth of Fame
  62. O Not upon Our Waiting Eyes
  63. O Saints of Old, Not Yours Alone
  64. O Smitten Soul That Cares and Conflicts Wring
  65. O Spirit, Sweet and Pure
  66. O Time, Ne’er Resteth Thy Swift Wing
  67. O Wherefore Hath My Spirit Leave?
  68. O’er Fullness of Grace, Blest Britain Rejoice
  69. Our God, Our God, Thou Shinest Here
  70. Savior, Needs the World No Longer?
  71. Savior, Who from Death Didst Take
  72. Sweet Spirit, Would Thy Breath Divine
  73. Thy Happy Ones a Strain Begin
  74. Too Dearly, Lord, Hast Thou Redeemed
  75. Unto Thy Rest Return
  76. Walk with the Lord Along the Road
  77. We Come unto Our Fathers’ God
  78. We Triumph in the Glorious Grace
  79. We Would Not Dare Their Bliss to Mourn
  80. What Sweetness on thine Earth Doth Dwell
  81. When Shall I, Lord, a Journey Take
  82. Whence This Flaming Joy That Maketh?
  83. Wherefore Faint and Fearful Ever
  84. With Sin I Would Not Make Abode
  85. Would the Spirit More Completely?
  86. Ye Children of the Father
  87. Ye of the Father Loved
  88. Ye People of the Lord, Draw Near
  89. Ye Souls for Whom the Savior Died
  90. Ye Souls, the Father’s Very Own

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