Edward H. Bickersteth, 1825-1906, “Peace, perfect peace” (256) John Ellerton, 1826-93, “Savior, again to Thy dear name” (43) “Now the laborer’s task is o’er” (315) “Throned upon the awful tree” (109) and others S. Baring-Gould, 1834-1924, “Now the day is over” (29) “Onward, Christian soldiers” (225) Edwin Hatch, 1835-89, “Breathe on me, breath of God” (135) Frances R. Havergal, 1836-79, “Take my life, and let it be” (215) “Lord, speak to me, that I may speak” (296) “Thou art coming, O my Savior” (126) and others Samuel Stone, 1839-1900, “The Church’s one foundation” (273) George Matheson, 1842-1906, “O love that wilt not let me go” (175) Recent English Hymns Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, “Father in heav’n” (401) Stopford A. Brooke, 1832-1916, “Let the whole creation cry” (49) John Oxenham, 1852-1941, “In Christ there is no East” (320) “Peace in our time, O Lord” (357) Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936, “Remember all God’s children” (436) Richard Roberts, 1874—, “For them whose ways” (166) Laurence Housman, 1865—, “Father Eternal” (354) 10. American Hymns. The English speaking colonists who settled in America during the 17th century continued the psalm singing traditions of their forebears in England. The practice prevailed in their churches for two hundred years. The first book printed by them was the _Bay Psalm Book_, in 1640, at Cambridge, Massachusetts. It contained no original hymns. The singing of psalms, and later of hymns borrowed from England made up nearly the entire repertory of church music until the middle of the 19th century. On the other hand, the German speaking colonists, including the Mennonites, had brought with them the hymn books of the Lutheran tradition and continued the use of the German chorales in their worship. The two streams of hymnody, English psalms and German chorales, went their independent courses for two centuries, scarcely influencing each other. In the meantime there was very little original hymnody produced in America, with the exception of the work of the Wesleys during their brief experiment in Georgia, and the composition of certain hymns and tunes by the German people of Pennsylvania, which have remained, until recently, in manuscript form. Timothy Dwight’s hymn on the church, “I love Thy Kingdom, Lord” (275) is probably the earliest American hymn still in use.