Stone was ed­u­cat­ed at the Char­ter­house, and at Pem­broke Coll­ege, Ox­ford (BA 1862, MA 1872). After tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders, he be­came Cur­ate of Wind­sor in 1862, and of St. Paul’s, Hag­gers­ton, 1870. In 1874, he suc­ceed­ed his fa­ther, Wil­liam Stone, at St. Paul’s. His works in­clude:

• Lyra Fidelium (Lon­don: Messrs. Parker and Co., 1866)
• The Knight of Intercession and Other Po­ems, 1872
• Sonnets of the Christ­ian Year (first print­ed in the Lei­sure Hour, then pub­lished by the Religious Tract So­ci­e­ty, 1875)
• Order of the Consecutive Church Service for Children, with Original Hymns, 1883
• Hymns, 1886

Sources

Hymns

1. All the Sacrifice Is Ended
2. Bear the Troubles of Thy Life
3. By Paul at War in Gentile Lands
4. By Shepherds First Was Heard
5. By Thy Love Which Shone for Aye
6. Christ the Wisdom and the Power
7. Church’s One Founda­tion, The
8. Dark Is the Sky That Overhangs My Soul
9. Deeply Dark and Deeply Still
10. Eastward, Ever Eastward
11. Faith, Who Sees Beyond the Portal
12. Far Off Our Brethren’s Voices
13. Give the Word, Eternal King
14. Glory in Heaven to God7
15. God the Father, All in One
16. God the Father’s Only Son
17. God the Spirit, We Adore Thee
18. Homeward We Pass in Peace
19. How Can We Praise Thee, Father?
20. Is There No Hope for Those Who Lie?
21. Jesu, to My Heart Most Precious
22. Lo! They Were, and They Are, and Shall Be
23. Lord Christ, My Mas­ter Dear
24. Lord of Our Soul’s Salva­tion
25. Lord of the Harvest! It Is Right and Meet
26. Mistful Are Our Waiting Eyes
27. Most True, Most High
28. My Savior! I Behold Thy Life
29. Need Hath the Golden City None
30. None Else But Thee, Forevermore
31. O Father, in Whose Great Design
32. O Joy, The Purest, Noblest
33. O Thou, Before Whose Presence
34. O Thou by Whom the Saints Abide
35. O Thou Whose Love Paternal
36. Old Year’s Long Campaign Is O’er, The
37. On Olivet a Little Band
38. Our God of Love, Who Reigns Above
39. Peace: Legacy of Mystic Power
40. Remem­ber Me, Show Forth My Death
41. Round the Sac­red City Gather
42. Son Forsook the Father’s Home, The
43. Sower Went to Sow His Seed, A
44. Their Names Are Names of Kings
45. There Is an Ancient River
46. Thou Who Hast Charged Thine Elder Sons
47. Thou Who Didst Love Us When Our Woes Began
48. Through Midnight Gloom from Macedon
49. Unchanging God, Hear from Eternal Heav’n
50. Weary of Earth and Laden with My Sin
51. While the Shepherds Kept Their Vigil
52. Whole Crea­tion Groans and Cries, The
53. Winter in His Heart of Gloom
54. World Is Sad with Hopes that Die, The
55. Ye Faithful Few of Israel’s Captive Days