Introduction

Biography

Henry was the hus­band of Eli­za Good­man (mar­ried Oc­to­ber 12, 1848), and fa­ther of Hen­ry Ers­kine Al­lon.

He was edu­cat­ed at Ches­hunt Col­lege, Hert­ford­shire.

In 1844 he be­came co-pas­tor with T. Lew­is of the Un­ion Cha­pel, Is­ling­ton, and sole pa­stor up­on Lew­is’ death in 1852.

In 1865, he be­came co-ed­it­or with Dr. Rey­nolds of the Brit­ish Quar­ter­ly Re­view, and sole ed­it­or in 1877.

Works

• Congregational Psalm­ist (Lon­don: 1858)
• New Con­gre­ga­tion­al Hymn Book, 1859 (co-ed­it­or)
• Memoir of the Rev. J. Sher­man, 1863
• Supplemental Hymns, 1868, 1875
• Sermons on The Vi­sion of God, 1876
• The Con­gre­ga­tion­al Psal­mist Hym­nal, 1886
• Children’s Wor­ship (Lon­don: Hod­der & Stough­ton, 1888)