This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...as the foregoing, but deserving of a more prominent place than they occupy, and likely to get it, are--Far from my heaven'y home, and Sweet is the solemn voice. But the hymn by which Francis Lyte will continue to be known is his immortal hymn: --Abide with me: fast falls the eventide. We class it with our evening hymns; we could not do better; but Lyte sang of the evening of life, not of the evening of the day: --Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes, Shine through the gloom, and point mo to the skies; Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee: In life and death, 0 Lord, abide with me. So far as we can ascertain it was his last hymnv He was very ill: worn out with work and anxiety. Before leaving home for a sunnier clime, he had a parting communion service with his people. The strain was too great. He got through the service with difficulty; and after it was over entered his room, and throwing himself upon his couch, he soothed his mind and heart by composing Abide with me. The eventide was falling fast. He died at Nice, November 20, 1847. William Hiley Bathurst was born at Clevedale, near Bristol, 1796. Educated for the Church he took orders, and was appointed to the rectory of Barwick-in-Elmet, near Leeds. He was a classical scholar of considerable attainment, and wrote a number of hymns, several of which have found their way into permanent hymnals. 0 for a faith that will not shrink is a hymn that is likely to grow in favour. Mr. Bathurst died November 25, 1877. Presbyterian Ministers. Presbyterian ministers are not much in evidence in this century as hymn-writers; but we must bear in mind that hymns were not used by Presbyterians in the eighteenth century, and that prejudice against them was strong. They will have more to say for themsel...