148 OUR HYMNS :
was made by my dear friend, the Rev. James Fanch, of Rumsey, and the other part by me. The original hymn consists of twenty-eight verses, and is given in full in the " Baptist Memo rial" for 1849. Turner wrote by far the larger portion of the twenty-eight verses, and they appeared in his "Poems," 1794. The hymn as it given in the " New Congregational " appears with the addition of one verse in the " Gospel Magazine," June, 1776, with the signature " F," and it is believed that Fanch wrote the first part of the piece.
Rev. James Fanch was the author of a " Paraphrase on a select number of the Psalms of David, done from the Latin of Buchanan, to which are added some occasional pieces," 1764. "Free Thoughts on Practical Religion," &c., 1763, and of "Ten Sermons on Practical Subjects," 1768.
ELIZABETH SCOTT. LIVED ABOUT 1764.
IN Dr. Dodd s " Christian Magazine " for 1764, there are a few hymns by this authoress, who is believed to have been the daughter of a dissenting minister.
" All hail, incaraate God! " No. 412.
This is hymn 386 in " Dobell s Collection," 1806, where it has the name " Scott." The second verse beginning
" To Thee the hoary head,"
has this note " Composed on seeing an Aged Saint and a Youth taken into Church communion together." It is to be regretted that we have no more particulars of Miss Scott. Her hymns are very good.
JOHN NEEDHAM.
JOHN NEEDHAM was a Baptist minister. He was for some years pastor of the Baptist church at Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Thence
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