Born: June 18, 1800, Ches­ter, Che­shire, Eng­land.

Died: March 11, 1887, Pul­ford Hall, Cod­ding­ton, Eng­land.

Massie was an Ang­li­can rec­tor in Ec­cles­ton, Eng­land. He is best known for his trans­la­tions of Ger­man hymns by Mar­tin Lu­ther, Paul Ger­hardt, and others. His works in­clude:

• Martin Luther’s Spir­it­u­al Songs, 1854
• Lyra Do­mes­ti­ca, 1860

Sources

Translations

1. Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands
2. Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice
3. Evening and Morning
4. From Highest Heaven, on Joyous Wing
5. God the Father, Be Our Stay
6. Happy the Man Who Feareth God
7. I Know No Life Divided
8. If God Himself Be for Me
9. May God Bestow on Us His Grace
10. Mouth of Fools Doth God Confess, The
11. Now Praise We the Christ, the Holy One
12. Savior of the Heathen, Known
13. That Man a Godly Life Might Live
14. To Jordan Came Our Lord, the Christ
15. To Shepherds as They Watched by Night
16. Why, Herod, Unrelenting Foe