De­cem­ber 10, 1862, Hull, York­shire, Eng­land.

Au­gust 30, 1926, Skir­laugh, York­shire, Eng­land.

Col­in Sterne (an an­a­gram of the let­ters from his name).

Originally plan­ning to be an en­gin­eer, Ni­chol switched his stu­dies to mu­sic, grad­u­at­ing from Ox­ford Un­i­ver­si­ty (BM 1888). Most of his hymn tunes were writ­ten for Sun­day School an­ni­ver­sar­ies.

• Hustad, pp. 294-5
• Julian, p. 1677
• Laufer, p. 165
• Reynolds, pp. 373-4

1. Clad in Ar­mor Bright
2. Forward for the Right
3. Kingdom of Hea­ven, The
4. Love of the Fa­ther, The
5. Soldiers of the Mas­ter
6. We’ve a Sto­ry to Tell to the Na­tions
7. Who Are the Sol­diers?

1. Brentwood
2. Lowell