Brownlie at­tend­ed the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow and the Free Church Coll­ege. He was li­censed by the Pres­by­te­ry of Glas­gow in 1884, and in 1885 be­came As­sist­ant Min­is­ter of Trin­i­ty Free Church in Port­pat­rick, Wig­ton­shire; he suc­ceed­ed the the sen­ior pas­tor there up­on the latter’s death in 1890. He joined the l­ocal School Board in 1888, and be­came a gov­er­nor of Stran­raer High School in 1897, and Chair­man of the gov­er­nors in 1901. Glas­gow Un­i­ver­si­ty award­ed him an hon­o­ra­ry DD de­gree in 1908 for his work in hymn­ol­o­gy. His works in­clude:

• Hymns and Hymn Writ­ers of the Church Hymn­ary, 1899
• Hymns of Our Pil­grim­age, 1889
• Zionward, Hymns of the Pilg­rim Life, 1890
• Pilgrim Songs, 1892
• Hymns of the Ear­ly Church, Be­ing Trans­la­tions from the Poetry of the Latin Church, 1896
• Hymns of East and West, Being Transl­a­tions from the Poetry of the Latin and Greek Church­es, 1898
• A commentary on the 1898 Church Hymn­ary (hymn­al of the Pres­by­ter­i­an Church of the United Kingdom)
• Hymns of the Greek Church, Trans­la­ted with In­tro­duc­tion and Notes, 1900
• Hymns of the Ho­ly East­ern Church, Trans­lat­ed from the Se­rvice Books, 1902
• Hymns from the Greek Of­fice Books, To­ge­ther with Ce­ntos and Sug­gest­ions, 1904
• Hymns from the East, Be­ing Cen­tos and Sug­ges­tions from the Of­fice Books of the Ho­ly East­ern Church, 1906
• The Hymns and Hymn Writ­ers of the Church Hymn­ary (Lon­don: Hen­ry Frowde, 1911)
• Hymns of the Ear­ly Church (Lon­don: Mor­gan & Scott, 1913)

• Hustad, p. 213
• Frost, p. 549
• Julian, p. 1617
• Stulken, p. 133

1. Behold, the Lord to Zi­on Rides
2. Chariots of the Lord Are Strong, The
3. Christian Sol­diers in the Con­flict!
4. Day Fades in­to Night, The
5. Ever On­ward, Ev­er Up­ward
6. Flowers Have Closed Their Eyes, The
7. Girt with Hea­ven­ly Ar­mor
8. I Wan­dered Sore Dis­tressed
9. Hark! the Voice of An­gels
10. O Bind Me with Thy Bonds, My Lord
11. O God, Thy Glo­ry Gilds the Sun
12. Rest in the Lord
13. Spake My Heart by Sor­row Smit­ten
14. Summer Leaves De­cay, The
15. There Is a Land, a Hap­py Land
16. There Is a Song Which the An­gels Sing
17. Thou Art My Por­tion, Saith My Soul
18. Time Is Draw­ing Near, The

1. Ah, the Trem­bling of That Day
2. Ah! Woe Is Me Be­cause of Sin
3. All Glor­i­ous, See, the Morn­ing Breaks
4. Arise, My Soul, and Gai­ly Sing
5. As An­gel Hosts with Hea­ven­ly Songs
6. Ask, and Thy Pray­er with Ar­row’s Speed
7. At Ear­ly Dawn, with Pi­ous Thought
8. Awake, Arise, and Greet the Dawn­ing Day
9. Awake, My Soul, Be­stir Thee
10. Awake! The Morn Is Here
11. Band of Herds­men Tar­ried Late, A
12. Because I Was Brought Low
13. Because Thy Mer­cy Is So Great
14. Before Thy Cross We Take Our Place
15. Behold the Bride­groom!
16. Behold the Bride­groom Com­eth
17. Behold, the King of Zi­on Rides
18. Best That Hea­ven Could Bring, The
19. Bethlehem Re­joic­es
20. Beyond the Clouds of Hea­ven
21. Blest Re­deeme­r, O What Pain
22. Borne on the Clouds the Christ Arose
23. Borne on the Wings of Light
24. Bridegroom Comes! My Soul, Awake, The
25. Bring to the Christ Your Fears
26. Burdened with a Hea­vy Load
27. By Thine Own Hand the Gift Was Giv­en
28. Christ, for Thee a Wreath Adorn­ing
29. Christ Hath Left the Dis­mal Tomb
30. Christ Is Born, Go Forth to Meet Him
31. Christ on Ol­ive’s Mount in Pray­er, The
32. Christ the Word! Thine In­car­na­tion
33. Close Be­side the Heart That Loves Me
34. Come, Friends, Be­hold Me Here
35. Come, Ho­ly Ghost, in Might
36. Come, Keep this Feast
37. Come, Let Us Drink the Wa­ter New
38. Come, Let Us Sing with Joy­ful Mirth
39. Come, Praise with Glad­ness
40. Come to the Christ in Tears
41. Come with Your Prais­es
42. Come, Ye Peo­ple, Come Adore Him
43. Crown of Gold Sur­pass­ing Rare, A
44. Crown the Lord of Glo­ry
45. Dark Bil­lows Bound Across the Deep
46. Day De­clines to Night, The
47. Day of Re­sur­rect­ion!, The
48. Ere the Morn in Beau­ty Wake
49. Eternal Rul­er, Thou Didst Will
50. Even as Thou Saidst, the Spir­it Came
51. Far from Thy Hea­ven­ly Care
52. Far Let Me Flee from World­ly Sin
53. Firm Through the End­less Years
54. For All the Good Per­formed by Thee
55. Forgive Me, Lord, My Way­ward Will
56. Forgive My Heart Its Vain Re­grets
57. From the Calm of Sleep Awak­ing
58. From the Hills the Light Is Stream­ing
59. Gate of Life Stands Wide, The
60. Gladness Fills the World This Morn
61. Glorious to Our Watch­ing Eyes
62. Glory in the High­est!
63. Glory Shone With­in the Gloom
64. Glory to God! The Christ Hath Left the Tomb
65. Glory to God! The Morn Ap­point­ed Breaks
66. Go, Ye Saints, to Beth­le­hem
67. God of All Grace, Thy Mer­cy Send
68. God Sent Me to the De­sert Wild
69. God, Thou Art Clothed with Light
70. Hail, Ris­ing Morn! For He Hath Ris­en
71. Hail the Morn! Let Prais­es Cheer­ful
72. Hail the Morn, with Gladn­ess Crowned
73. Hail the Re­sur­rect­ion Day
74. Hail to the King
75. Hail to the Morn That Dawns on East­ern Hills
76. Halo Rests up­on Thy Brow, A
77. Hark! Up­on the Morn­ing Breez­es
78. Have Faith in God, the Mas­ter Said
79. Have Pi­ty, Lord, for Thou Art Great
80. He Came Be­cause the Fa­ther Willed
81. He Climbed the Slopes of Ol­iv­et
82. He Who in the Fiery Fur­nace
83. He Who Made the Earth His Home
84. Heavy La­den with Thy Grief
85. Herdsmen Keep­ing Lone­ly Vi­gil
86. Home at Last, Thy Jour­ney End­ed
87. I Brought My Mer­its to the Throne
88. I Can­not Lift Mine Eyes
89. I Have a Thought That Fills My Mind
90. I Have No Tears to Shed
91. I Lift My Hands, and with My Heart
92. I Lift My Heart to Thee
93. I Mused Within My Heart
94. I Sought the Lord at Ear­ly Morn
95. I Wan­dered Sore Dis­tressed
96. I Will Arise and Seek Thy Face
97. I Will Not Yield My Sword
98. If in the Cause of Right I Must
99. In Mine Af­flict­ion, Lord
100. In the Bliss of Old Pre­dict­ed
101. In the Dark of Ear­ly Morn
102. In the Ear­ly Morn­ing
103. In the Fa­ther’s Glo­ry Shin­ing
104. It Is a Come­ly Thing
105. It Is Not Lost What I Have Giv­en
106. Jerusalem, Re­joice!
107. King Is on His Jour­ney, The
108. King Shall Come when Morn­ing Dawns, The
109. Let All Hu­man Flesh Be Si­lent
110. Let All the World Abroad
111. Let Thy Blood in Mer­cy Poured
112. Lift Up the Gates
113. Light, Ere the Dawn in Beau­ty Broke
114. Light Is Dawn­ing ’Mong the Hills
115. Light More Glor­i­ous Than the Sun
116. Light of My Life, O Lord, Thou Art
117. Light Se­rene of Ho­ly Glo­ry
118. Light upon Our Gloom Aris­ing
119. Like Mu­sic at the Stilly Hour
120. Like the Beams That from the Sun
121. Lo, He Is Dead!
122. Lo, in Its Bright­ness the Morn­ing Aris­ing
123. Lo, the Clouds of Night Are Rend­ing
124. Lord, a Band of Foes In­creas­ing
125. Lord, I Am Thine
126. Lord, I Have Strayed Afar
127. Lord, Let Our Ev­en­ing Pray­er As­cend
128. Lord, Let Our Eyes the Things Un­seen Be­hold
129. Lord, Let Us Feel That Thou Art Near
130. Lord, May Thy Ho­ly Spir­it Calm
131. Lord of a Count­less Throng
132. Lord of Life to Earth Came Down, The
133. Lord of Mer­cy, at Thy Gate
134. Lord of the Brave and Strong
135. Lord of the Hills
136. Lord, Rest the Child
137. Lord, Soothe My Anx­ious, Trou­bled Soul
138. Lord, Thou Art Good and Kind
139. Lord, Thou Art Lift­ed Ve­ry High
140. Lord, to Our Hum­ble Pray­ers At­tend
141. Man Who Err­ing Coun­sel Shuns, The
142. Morn Awakes, Be­hold the Glo­ry
143. Morn in Beau­ty Breaks, The
144. Morn of Beau­ty, Joy­ous Morn
145. Morn­ing Breaks, I Place My Hand in Thine, The
146. Morn­ing Dawns; on Gild­ed Height, The
147. Mourn, O My Soul, Thy Prim­al Sin
148. My God, Shall Sin Its Pow­er Main­tain
149. My Harp upon the Wil­lows
150. My Heart Was Sad Be­cause of Sin
151. My Hope Is Firm­ly Set
152. My Sin Was Ve­ry Great
153. Nailed to the Cross the Sav­ior Dies
154. Night, and a Storm, and Hearts with Sore Af­fright
155. No Long­er Now at Eden’s Gate
156. Now at This Ev­en­ing Hour
157. Now Glows the Morn in Beau­ty Rare
158. Now, God of Light, the Morn Ap­pears
159. Now Let Our Souls As­cend
160. Now the King Im­mor­tal
161. Now the Lord from Earth As­cend­ing
162. Now the Sun at Noon of Day
163. Now with My Weep­ing
164. O Bleed­ing Heart, Look Up, Be­hold
165. O Christ, Thou Art My King
166. O Christ, When on the Shame­ful Tree
167. O Come and Let Us Wor­ship Christ
168. O Come Let Us Adore
169. O Dark­est Night That Ev­er Fell!
170. O God, in Mer­cy Hear
171. O God of Life, in Whom We Live
172. O God of Light and Life and Joy
173. O God of Light, When Morn Awakes
174. O God of Love, on Bend­ed Knee
175. O God of Love, Whose Mercy Came
176. O God of Our Sal­va­tion
177. O God, the Ho­ly Ghost
178. O Ho­ly Ghost, Thou Lord of Light
179. O Ho­ly Spir­it, One in Pow­er
180. O, I Have Wan­dered Far
181. O Je­sus Christ, My Soul Con­tains
182. O Je­sus Christ, when Thou Didst Dwell
183. O Je­sus, Lord of Mer­cy Great
184. O Je­sus, Lov­er of Our Race
185. O Je­sus, to Thy Ser­vants Give
186. O Je­sus, Trust of Needy Souls
187. O Je­sus, When My Guilty Fears
188. O Je­sus, When Our Spir­its Mourn
189. O Judge of All, When Sin­ful Men
190. O King En­throned on High
191. O Light of Lights!
192. O Light, Re­splen­dent of the Morn
193. O Light Se­rene of Heav­en­ly Birth
194. O Light That Knew No Dawn
195. O Lord of Boun­ty, Let This Bread
196. O Lord of Life, When Mor­tals Call
197. O Lord of Peace, in Mer­cy Hear
198. O Lord, Thou in the Hour of Need
199. O Love Di­vine, My Spir­it Sighs
200. O Love of God, Sur­pass­ing Far
201. O May My Soul, Un­crushed by Care
202. O May the Spir­it of All Grace
203. O Par­a­dise Above!
204. O Son of God, Af­flict­ed
205. O Thou Who Cloth’st Thyself Com­plete
206. O, Touch My Heart, and Bring to Mind
207. O Woe­ful Hour! When from the Night
208. O Word of Truth! in De­vi­ous Paths
209. O Wound­ed Hands and Feet!
210. Open Wide the Gate of Hea­ven
211. Our Ev­en­ing Pray­ers At­tend
212. Our Hearts to Hea­ven Up­rais­ing
213. Out from the Ris­ing of the Sun
214. Over Track­less Re­gions
215. Promise Which the Sav­ior Made, The
216. Prophet of the Lord, Be­side Us
217. Rest of the Weary Heart
218. Rise, O Glor­i­ous Orb of Day
219. Rosy Dawn, with Locks of Gold
220. Rosy-Fin­gered Dawn Ap­pears, The
221. Saffron Tints Ap­pear, The
222. See, in the Dark­ness, the Dawn Is Awak­ing
223. See Where the Orb of Day
224. Shine Forth, O New Je­ru­sa­lem
225. Sleepers Awake! The Night’s Long Reign Is Past
226. Solemn Feast Was Spent, The
227. Spirit of God, in Love Des­cend
228. Stream of Mer­cy Springs, A
229. Strew Palms, Strew Palms upon the Way
230. Sun Has Reached His West­ern Goal, The
231. Surely Comes the Dread­ful Day
232. Surpassing Great the Gift of God
233. Teach Me Thy Gra­cious Will
234. Thee, as the Ev­en­ing Light De­clines
235. Then the Earth in Ter­ror Shook
236. These Are the Jewe­ls All Glor­i­ous That Shine
237. They Brought Him to the Hill of Death
238. They Cried, Let Him Be Cru­ci­fied!
239. Think on Me, Lord, for Thou Art Kind
240. This Be Our Pray­er, O Sav­ior of Our Souls
241. This Is the Chos­en Day of God
242. This Is the Time of Song
243. Thou Art My Hope, O Christ, My Lord
244. Thou Art My Strength, O God, My Lord
245. Thou Christ Alone Art Great
246. Thou Dost Not Pass a Lone­some Way
247. Thou, Lord, Hast Pow­er to Heal
248. Thou One-Be­got­ten Son
249. Thou Sav­ior of Our Sin­ful Race
250. Thou Spir­it of Al­mighty God
251. Thy Birth upon Our World Hath Giv­en
252. Thy Glor­i­ous Ris­ing on the First of Days
253. Time Is Draw­ing Nigh, The
254. Time Shall Sure­ly Come, The
255. Today a Won­der We Be­hold
256. Today the Groans of Ha­des Rise
257. To Depths of Earth Thou Didst Desc­end
258. To Thee My Soul En­rap­tured Sings
259. To Thee, O Christ, Our God
260. To Thy Blest Cross, O Christ, We Come
261. To Thy Cross and Re­sur­rect­ion
262. Triple Beam of Glo­ry
263. Up Rose the Morn Behind the Hills
264. Up, Up, My Soul, on Wings of Praise
265. Up, Up, My Soul! With Gladn­ess Rise
266. Vain the Bliss from Earth That Springs
267. Wake, My Soul! In Care­less Slumber
268. Wake to the Songs That Lips Un­sul­lied Sing
269. Watch with Me, the Mas­ter Said
270. Watchers, Let your Lights Be Burn­ing
271. Watchman from the Height Be­hold­ing
272. Wave, Wave your Ban­ners High
273. Waving in the Au­tumn Breeze
274. We Have Heard the Won­drous Sto­ry
275. We Wor­ship, Lord, Be­fore Thee Now
276. Wealth of High Es­tate, The
277. What Joy of Life Abid­eth
278. What Sav­ior Comes from Edom
279. What Shall We Bring to Thee?
280. When Adam Heard the voice of Sin
281. When at Thy Feet, Op­pressed
282. When Came the Call to Me
283. When Christ the Lord Shall Come
284. When Dark­ness Falls, and Night Is Here
285. When Glory Crowned the Mount­ain Top
286. When Ha­des Held the Lord of Life
287. When in the Clouds of Hea­ven
288. When in the Clouds the Lord Ap­pears
289. When Jesus to the Jor­dan Came
290. When Je­sus to the Judg­ment Hall
291. When La­za­rus Rose at Christ’s Com­mand
292. When Night Her Sa­ble Cur­tain Spreads
293. When, O King Im­mor­tal
294. When o’er the World Au­gus­tus Reigned
295. When on the Cru­el Cross
296. When on the Mount the Lord Ap­peared
297. When the Christ, His Mis­sion End­ed
298. When the Morn­ing from the Skies
299. When the Trump­et’s Sound Shall Wake
300. When Thou, O Christ, upon the Tree
301. When Thou Shalt Come, O Lord
302. When Thou Wert Cru­ci­fied by Men
303. When Wick­ed Hands Had Firm­ly Sealed
304. When with Pow­ers of Hea­ven At­tend­ing
305. Where the Lord Re­veals His Pre­sence
306. Wherefore on the Cross Up­lift­ed
307. Who Toiled for Christ Through Suf­fer­ing Sore
308. Who Would Not Weep My Child
309. Wily Ju­das Watch­es Near, The
310. Within the Gard­en’s Som­ber Shade
311. Word of God, Who by Thy Will
312. Ye Saints E­xult with Cheer­ful Song
313. Zion Is Glad This Glor­i­ous Morn