Born: October 5, 1833, New­cas­tle-on-Tyne, Eng­land.

Died: Ju­ly 19, 1890, Brae­mar, Scot­land.

Educated at Glas­gow Un­i­ver­si­ty, Kel­ly stu­died the­ol­o­gy at Bonn (1852-4); New Coll­ege, Ed­in­burgh (1856-67); and the The­o­lo­gic­al Coll­ege of the Eng­lish Pres­by­ter­i­an Church in Lon­don. He served con­gre­ga­tions in Heb­burn-on-Tyne and Streat­ham, and as of 1887 was Tract Ed­it­or of the Re­li­gious Tract So­ci­e­ty. His works in­clude:

• Paul Ger­hardt’s Spir­it­u­al Songs (Lon­don: 1867)
• Hymns from the Present Century from the German, 1885

Sources

Translations

1. Awake, My Heart, with Gladness
2. Come, and Christ the Lord Be Praising
3. Now Let Us Come Before Him
4. Upon the Cross Extended
5. Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me?