June 18, 1800, Ches­ter, Che­shire, Eng­land.

March 11, 1887, Pul­ford Hall, Cod­ding­ton, Eng­land.

Massie was an Ang­li­can rec­tor in Ec­cles­ton, Eng­land. He is best known for his trans­la­tions of Ger­man hymns by Mar­tin Lu­ther, Paul Ger­hardt, & others. His works in­clude:

• Martin Lu­ther’s Spir­it­u­al Songs, 1854
• Lyra Do­mes­ti­ca, 1860

• Julian, pp. 55, 717, 1287, 1657, 1682
• Stulken, p. 232

1. By the Ho­ly Hills Sur­round­ed
2. Christ Je­sus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands
3. Come, Thou Bright and Morn­ing Star
4. Dear Christ­ians, One and All, Re­joice
5. Evening and Morn­ing
6. From High­est Hea­ven, on Joy­ous Wing
7. God the Fa­ther, Be Our Stay
8. Happy the Man Who Fear­eth God
9. If God Him­self Be for Me
10. May God Be­stow on Us His Grace
11. Mouth of Fools Doth God Con­fess, The
12. Now Praise We the Christ, the Ho­ly One
13. O Blessed Sun, Whose Splen­dor
    • I Know No Life Di­vid­ed
14. Savior of the Hea­then, Known
15. So Rest—My Rest!
16. That Man a God­ly Life Might Live
17. To Jor­dan Came Our Lord, the Christ
18. To Shep­herds as They Watched by Night
19. Why, Her­od, Un­re­lent­ing Foe