Walter Chalmers Smith
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Walter Chalmers Smith (December 5, 1824 - September 19, 1908), was a hymnist, poet and minister of the Free Church of Scotland and is chiefly remembered his hymn Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise.
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[edit] Life
He was born in Aberdeen and attended Marischal College at the University of Aberdeen and New College, Edinburgh.[1] He received the degrees of D.D. and LL.D. He was mentioned in Lord Adam Gifford's will.
[edit] Service
He was ordained pastor of the Chadwell Street Scottish Church, Pentonville, Islington, London, on Christmas Day, 1850. He later served at:
- Roxburgh Free Church, Deinburgh
- Orwell Free Church, Milnathort, Kinrossshire(1853-1858)
- Free Tron Church, Glasgow
- Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh
- Free High Church, Edinburgh (1874-1884)
The Free Church of Scotland elected him its moderator during its Jubilee year in 1893. He was a distinguished preacher and a man of catholic sympathies.
[edit] Published Works
He attained considerable reputation as a poet. Among his works are The Bishop's Walk (1861), Olrig Grange (1872), Hilda among the Broken Gods (1878), Raban (1880), Kildrostan (1884), and A Heretic (1890). Some of these were written under the names of "Orwell" and Hermann Kunst.
[edit] Hymns
[edit] References
- ^ Walter Chalmers Smith. Cyberhymnal. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
- ^ Earth was waiting, spent and restless. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
- ^ Immortal, invisble, God only wise. Cyberhymnal. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
[edit] Further reading
Bailey, Albert Edward (1950). The Gospel in Hymns. New York: Charles Scribner's sons, 455-456.
Julian, John (June, 1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. London: John Murray, 1064.
Gifford Lecture Series. Retrieved on 2007-01-30.
This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.
