Monsell, son of the arch­dea­con of Lon­don­der­ry, Ire­land, at­tend­ed Trin­i­ty Coll­ege in Dub­lin, and was or­dained in 1834. In 1853, he was as­signed to a post in Eng­land. He was Vic­ar of Eg­ham, Sur­rey, un­til 1870, and Rec­tor at St. Nicho­las’, Guild­ford, un­til 1875, when he was killed by a fall from the roof of the church while it was be­ing re­built. His 11 vol­umes of po­e­try en­com­pass al­most 300 hymns. His works in­clude:

• Hymns and Mis­cel­lan­e­ous Po­ems, 1837
• Parish Mus­ings, or De­vo­tion­al Po­ems, 1850
• His Pre­sence, Not His Mem­o­ry, 1855, 1858
• Spiritual Songs for the Sun­days and Ho­ly Days Through­out the Year, 1857
• Hymns of Love and Praise for the Church’s Year, 1863, 1866
• The Pass­ing Bell; Ode to the Night­in­gale, and Other Po­ems, 1867
• Our New Vi­car, 1867
• Litany Hymns, 1869
• The Win­ton Church Ca­te­chist
• Simon the Cy­re­ni­an, and Other Po­ems, 1873
• The Par­ish Hym­nal af­ter the Or­der of the Book of Com­mon Pray­er, 1873
• Watches by the Cross, 1874
• Nursery Car­ols

• Hustad, p. 289
• Julian, pp. 762-63, 1580
• Stulken, pp. 229-30
• Telford, p. 361

1. Awake, Glad Soul
2. Birds Have Their Qui­et Nests
3. Blessed Hope, That We the Fall­en
4. Blessed Lord, Who, Till the Morn­ing
5. Bounteous Bless­er of the Seed­Time
6. Brightly Hope­ful for the Fu­ture
7. Broken, Con­trite Heart Op­pressed, The
8. Christ In­car­nate in His Poor
9. Christ Is the Foun­da­tion
10. Christ Is Ris­en! Hal­le­lu­jah!
11. Church of God, with Equal Pray­er, The
12. Come and Deck the Grave with Flow­ers
13. Dark and Dim the Day­light Rose
14. Few Bright Lead­ers of Her Host, A
15. Fight the Good Fight with All Thy Might
16. Friend of the Friend­less and the Lone
17. God Is Love, by Him Up­hold­en
18. God of That Glor­i­ous Gift of Grace
19. Good Old Times, How Glor­i­ous, The
20. Happy, Hap­py, Christ­mas, A
21. Heart in Heart, and Hand in Hand
22. Holy Of­fer­ings, Rich and Rare
23. Holy Spir­it, Long Ex­pect­ed
24. Hours and Days and Months and Year
25. I Have No Com­fort but Thy Love
26. I Hun­ger and I Thirst
27. I Knew Thee in the Land of Drought
28. I Think of Thee, My God, by Night
29. In Thee, My God, Will We Re­joice
30. Jesus, Gen­tle Suf­fer­er, Say
31. Jesus, My Lov­ing Lord! I Know
32. Journey Done, the Rest Be­gun, The
33. Laboring and Heavy-Lad­en
34. Last Sun­day of the Work-Day Year
35. Lay the Pre­cious Bo­dy
36. Light of the World, We Hail Thee
37. Lord, De­pen­dent on Thy Prom­ise
38. Lord of the Liv­ing Har­vest
39. Lord, to Whom Ex­cept to Thee?
40. Lord, What Re­cords of Thy Love
41. Loved by God, the Fa­ther
42. Members of Christ, Child­ren of God
43. Mercy, Mer­cy, God the Fa­ther
44. Mighty Fa­ther, Bless­èd Son
45. My God, What Won­drous Love Was Thine
46. My Head Is Low, My Heart Is Sad
47. My Sins Have Tak­en Such a Hold on Me
48. My Sins, My Sins, My Sav­ior
49. O for a Heart More Fer­vent
50. O for the Time When on the World
51. O God, Most Mighty, Lis­ten Now
52. O Ho­ly Sab­bath Day
53. O Love Di­vine and Gold­en
54. O Wor­ship the Lord in the Beau­ty of Ho­li­ness
    • Wor­ship the Lord in the Beau­ty of Ho­li­ness
55. O’er the Dist­ant Moun­tains Break­ing
56. Oft Doth the Chris­tian’s Heart In­quire
57. On Our Way Re­joic­ing
58. One Less­on More the Church Must Learn
59. Other Name Than Our Dear Lord’s
60. Pity on Us, Hea­ven­ly Fa­ther
61. Praise the Lord, Re­joice, Ye Gen­tiles
62. Proudly in His Hall of Judg­ment
63. Rest of the Wea­ry
64. Shadow of a Mighty Rock
65. Simple Trust That Can Con­fide, The
66. Sing, O Hea­ven; O Earth, Re­joice
67. Sinful, Sigh­ing to be Blest
68. Sing to the Lord a Joy­ful Song
69. Sing to the Lord of Har­vest
70. So Teach Me Lord, to Num­ber
71. Soon and for Ev­er
72. Springtide Hour Brings Leaf and Flow­er, The
73. Sweet Is the Gen­tle Voice of Spring
74. Sweet Is Thy Mer­cy, Lord
75. Teach Me to Do the Thing That Pleas­eth Thee
76. This Day the Lord Is Ris­en
77. Thou Art Near, Yes, Lord, I Feel It
78. Though Thou Slay Me, I Will Trust
79. To Christ the Lord! The In­car­nate Word
80. To Thee, O Dear, Dear Sav­ior!
81. We Ask for Life, and Mean There­by
82. Weary and Sad, a Wan­der­er from Thee
83. When Cold Our Hearts
84. When I Had Wan­dered from His Fold
85. Why Rest­less, Why So Wea­ry?
86. World May in Its Wealth De­light, The
87. Wouldst Thou Learn the Depths of Sin?
88. Yes, I Do Feel, My God, That I Am Thine

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