Lynch was an Eng­lish min­is­ter and son of a doc­tor. He pas­tored at High­gate, Mor­ti­mer Street, Graf­ton Street, and Fit­zroy Square, Lon­don, 1849-1856. He was then in­ca­pac­i­tat­ed by ill­ness for three years, but start­ing in 1860 and for the rest of his life, he served on Gow­er Street and in Hamp­stead Road, Lon­don. Lynch’s works in­clude:

• Thoughts on a Day, 1844
• The Riv­u­let: a Con­tri­bu­tion to Sac­red Song (Lon­don: Lon­gman, 1855, 1856, 1868)
• The Morn­ing­ton Lec­ture, 1870

Sources

Hymns

1. All Faded Is the Glowing Light
2. Be Thy Word with Power Fraught
3. Christ in His Word Draws Near
4. Dismiss Me Not Thy Service, Lord
5. Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me
6. How Calmly the Evening Once More Is Descending
7. I Give Myself to Pray­er
8. Lift Up Your Heads, Rejoice
9. Lord Is Rich and Merciful, The
10. Lord, on Thy Returning Day
11. Lord, When in Silent Hours I Muse
12. Love Me, O Lord, Forgivingly
13. Mountains by the Darkness Hidden
14. My Faith, It Is an Oaken Staff
15. Now Have We Met That We May Ask
16. O Break My Heart
17. O Lord, Thou Art Not Fickle
18. O Where Is He That Trod the Sea?
19. Oft When of God We Ask
20. Praying by the River Side
21. Rise, He Calleth Thee, Arise
22. Say Not, My Soul, from Whence
23. There Is Purpose in This Waste
24. Thousand Years Have Come and Gone, A
25. Where Is Thy God, My Soul?