Joseph Stennett
Footnotes - Hymns - John Howard footnotes
Joseph Stennett
Footnotes - Hymns - John Howard footnotes
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200 John Julian, A Dictionary of Hymnology (London: Murry, 1915), p. 1092. Julian also says that a few of Samuel's hymns had appeared earlier in A Collection of Hymns for the use of Christmas of all Denominations (London: 1782) and also #16 of the 1778 suplement to the third edition of the Bristol Bap. <Sel.> of Ash and Evans. I have never seen the latter two books that contain a few of Samuel's hymns. I have little reason to doubt but what he is correct in these facts; however on minutiae, he is often inaccurate in regard to the Stennetts. He says Joseph's book in reply to Russen was in 1702 instead of 1704 (p. 1091), and he puts Samuel's poems in the second of his four volumes rather than in the third of three volumes (p. 1092). cf. C. S. Robinson, L Annotations upon Popular Hymns (New York: Hunt and Eaton, 1893), p. 277. Julian says that there are thirty-eight of Samuel's hymns in Rippon's book; in the 1826 edition of the book from Philadelphia, I am able to find only thirty-six, but I do not care to waste time on this point. back 201 Samuel Stennett. Works , III, 531. back 202 Ibid. , III, 536 back 203 Ibid. , III, 537. back 204 Ibid. , III, 537. back 205 Ibid. , III, 549; cf. pp. 535, 543 and Rippon A Selection of Hyms , number 82. back 206 Samuel Stennett, Works , III, 539-540; this is number 161 in Rippon's collection. It Formerly had two introductory verses, beginning, To Christ, the Lord, let every tongue Its nobelest tribute bring. The Dictionary of National Biography (LIV, 150) says Samual's hymns "are not equal in merit to those of his grandfather." Occasionally Samuel's hymns may not flow as smoothly as his grandfather's hymns, but other than that, I think they are not inferior. In fact, it seems to me that Samuel's hymns would appeal more to the twentieth century, for they are less morbid than those of his grandfather. back 207 For Instance, The Methodist Hymnal (Nashville, Tenn.: The Methodist Pub. House, 1939), 523. back 208 Samuel Stennett, Sermon in Commemoration of the GREAT STORM WIND , using the pagination in his Works : III, 263; cf. p. 265. On this sermon, cf. The Sabbath Recorder , Sept. 1, 1853, p. 45. back 209 Works , III. 265, 275. back 210 Ibid. , III, 270-275. At the restoration of the Stuarts, he mentions upwards of two thousand ministers ... ejected out of the church, and deprived of their livings." (III, 272.) If his great grandfather had been ejected, as some later writers have said, I think Samuel would have mentioned it in this. sermon. The Stennetts almost never use personal illustrations in their sermons, but on very appropriate occasions in his books on baptism, Samual had mentioned his grandfather's book on baptism. back 211 Ibid. , III, 277f. When the sermon was published in London in 1788, Joseph Stennett's poem in memory of King William III is said to have been annexed to it ( British Museum - Catalogue of Printed Books ). back 212 I believe, he was not a member of the church; he did, however, attend the church "as opportunity permitted." (Samuel Stennett, Sermon Occasioned by the decease of John Howard, Esq . [London: 1790 1, pp. 1f. [ Works III, 281].) back 213 Sermon Occasioned by the decease of John Howard, Esq . pp. 34-39 ( Works III, 297-300); Walker, op. cit. , pp. 520f.; cf. Hepworth Dixon, John Howard and the Prison World of Europe (New York: Carter, 1850); J. Field, The Life of John Howard (London: Longman, Brown Green and Longmans, 1850); Henry W. Bellows, John Howard (London: 1872); Houlder, op. cit. , p,.124; Bready, op. cit. , pp. 365, 368. back 214 Dixon, op. cit. , p. 64; In Samuel's Works , III, 459f., there is a letter from Howard to Stennett telling him how much he has enjoyed Stennett's ministry and the notes he has taken from Stennett's preaching. Howard wrote, "... With unabated pleasure I have attended your ministry; no man ever entered more into my religious sentiments, or more happily expressed them. ... back 215 Sermon ... decease of John Howard , pp. 3-16, specifically pp. 3, 11 Works , III, 282-288, specifically 282, 286). back 216 Sermon ... decease of John Howard , pp. 24f. Works , III, 292). back 217 Garrett, op. cit. , 552f. back 218 According to the Catalogue of the Angus Library in England , in 1790, Samuel published a piece entitled, A Look to the Last Century . If so, it should be very valuable in understanding Samuel's emphasis on the "worth of man" and other developments in the last half of the eighteenth century. Unfortunately I know of no copy of that publication in this country. back 219 Sermon ... decease of John Howard , pp. 25, 28 ( Works , III, 292ff.). back 220 Sermon ... decease of John Howard , pp. 39 ( Works , III, 299f.). back |
