Robert Hall Baynes

Baynes was born on 10 March 1831 at Wellington, Somerset, the son of Rev. Joseph Baynes and Ann Day Ash.[http://www.hymnary.org/person/Baynes_RH Birth], hymnary.org, retrieved 23 December 2014 Baynes married Clara Tate in Kensington, London, with whom he had four children.

He was educated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford and graduated in 1856 with a Bachelor of Arts, and in 1859 with his Master of Arts.[http://www.hymnary.org/person/Baynes_RH Education], hymnary.org, retrieved 23 December 2014 He took Holy Orders (deacon 1855, priest 1856), and was successively curate of Christ Church, Blackfriars, London (1855–58), perpetual curate of St Paul, Whitechapel (1858–62) and Holy Trinity, Maidstone (1862–66), and vicar of St Michael and All Angels, Coventry (1866–79).[http://www.hymnology.co.uk/r/robert-hall-baynes Holy Orders], Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology, retrieved 23 December 2014 In 1870 he became Bishop designate of Madagascar; but he resigned in 1871 before taking up the post. In 1873 he was appointed as Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral, and in 1880 Vicar of Holy Trinity, Folkestone.[http://www.hymnary.org/person/Baynes_RH Bishop and Canon of Worcester], hymnary.org, retrieved 23 December 2014

During his later life, Baynes became an alcoholic, and was convicted and imprisoned several times for fraud and theft.{{Cite news|title=Birmingham Daily Post – Saturday 01 December 1888}} In October 1892 he was convicted of indecent assault upon on a girl of 10 in Twickenham.{{Cite news|title=Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper – Sunday 23 October 1892}}

He died at Oxford in March 1895 by accidentally catching his clothes alight while standing in front of the open fire in his lodgings.{{Cite news|title=Oxford Journal – Saturday 30 March 1895}}

Robert Hall Baynes is more widely known as the compiler of some most successful books of sacred poetry than as an original hymn-writer, although some of his hymns are of considerable merit, and are in extensive use. Of these the best known are "Jesu, to Thy table led," and "Holy Spirit, Lord of glory." He was editor of Lyra Anglicana (1862), English Lyrics (1865), The Canterbury Hymnal (1864) and the Supplementary Hymnal (1869), The Illustrated Book of Sacred Poems (1867) and author of the Autumn Memories and other Verses (1869). His hymns appeared in The Canterbury Hymnal, the Autumn Memories, and in the Churchman’s Shilling Magazine, of which he was sometime editor. His Home Songs for Quiet Hours were published in 1878, and the Hymns for Home Mission Services in the Church of England in 1879. To his eucharistic manual, At the Communion Time, a series of hymns for Holy Communion were added.Julian, J., A Dictionary of Hymnology, 1907

Hymnbooks

• [https://books.google.com/books?id=80pVAAAAcAAJ Hymns for the Public Worship of the Church], compiled by Robert Hall Baynes (1859)
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=SVEWAAAAYAAJ Lyra Anglicana; hymns and sacred songs] edited by Robert Hall Baynes, (London, printed for Houlston & Wright, 1862)
• [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cr60018666;view=1up;seq=7 The Canterbury hymnal: a book of common praise adapted to the services in the Book of Common prayer], selected and arranged by Robert Hall Baynes, (London: Houlston & Wright, 1863)
• [https://archive.org/details/englishlyricsac00bayngoog English Lyrics: A Collection of English Poetry to the Present Day], edited by Robert Hall Baynes (1865)
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=xLVVAAAAcAAJ The Supplemental Hymn Book], designed to Supplement Hymns Ancient and Modern, Robert Hall Baynes (1866)
• [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433076026891;view=1up;seq=5 The illustrated book of sacred poems] Robert Hall Baynes (editor); illustrated by J.D. Watson, (London; New York: Cassell & Co, Petter, and Galpin, 1867)
• [https://archive.org/details/lyraanglicanahy02bayngoog Lyra Anglicana; hymns and sacred songs], Robert Hall Baynes, (London, Houlston & Wright, 1868)
• The Supplemental Hymnal, 1869, edited by Robert Hall Baynes (London: Houlston & Wright)[http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/a/y/baynes_rh.htm Supplemental Hymnal], hymntime.com, retrieved 23 December 2014
• [https://archive.org/details/lyraanglicanahy01bayngoog Lyra Anglicana; hymns and sacred songs], Robert Hall Baynes, (London, Houlston, 1870)
• [https://archive.org/details/homesongsforqui01unkngoog Home Songs for Quiet Hours], edited by Robert Hall Baynes, (1874)
• [https://archive.org/details/homesongsforqui00unkngoog Home Songs for Quiet Hours] edited by Robert Hall Baynes (1878)
• [https://archive.org/stream/lyraanglicanahy00bayngoog#page/n30/mode/2up Lyra Anglicana: Hymns and Sacred Songs], 1879 edition, Robert Hall Baynes (London, Houlston, 1879)
• Hymns for Home Mission Services in the Church of England, Robert Hall Baynes (1879)[http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/a/y/baynes_rh.htm Hymns for Home Mission Services], hymntime.com, retrieved 23 December 2014
• Lyra Anglicana: hymns and sacred songs / collected and arranged by Robert H. Baynes, Robert Hall Baynes, (London: Houlston and Sons, 1884)[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Baynes%2C%20Robert%20Hall%2C%201831-1895 Lyra Anglicana 1884], onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu, retrieved 23 December 2014
• [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t7tm83w28;view=1up;seq=27 Easter-song: a poem by the Rt. Rev. Robert Hall Baynes; illustrated by J. H. Gratacap], Robert Hall Baynes, (New York: Anson D.F. Randolph & Co, circa 1886)

Other books

• [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002085401280;view=1up;seq=3 The faith that overcometh: a sermon preached in the parish church of Wivenhoe, Essex, on Sunday, June 22, 1856], Robert Hall Baynes, (London, T. Hatchard, 1856)
• [https://archive.org/details/autumt00bayn Autumn memories and other verses by the Vicar of S. Michael and All Angels, Coventry] Robert Hall Baynes, with illustrations by John Leighton and E.F.C. Clarke (London: Houlston & Wright, 1869)
• [https://archive.org/details/manualforholyco00bayngoog Manual for Holy Communion], Robert Hall Baynes, (1869)
• [https://archive.org/details/manualfamilypra00bayngoog The Manual of Family Prayer for Christian Households], Robert Hall Baynes, (1869)
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=lzgEAAAAQAAJ The Churchman's shilling magazine and family treasury], Robert Hall Baynes (1871)
• At the Communion Time[http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/a/y/baynes_rh.htm At the Communion], hymntime.com, retrieved 23 December 2014

Hymns

• [http://www.hymnary.org/text/as_springs_sweet_breath_after_long_wintr As spring's sweet breath after long wintry snows]
• Bend every knee at Jesus' name[http://www.hymnary.org/person/Baynes_RH Bend every knee], hymnary.org, retrieved 23 December 2014
• [http://www.hymnary.org/text/calm_lay_the_city_in_its_double_sleep Calm lay the city in its double sleep]
• [http://www.hymnary.org/text/god_almighty_in_thy_temple God Almighty in Thy temple]
• Great Shepherd of Thy ransomed flock[http://www.hymnary.org/person/Baynes_RH Great Shepherd], hymnary.org, retrieved 23 December 2014
• [http://ehymnbook.org/CMMS/hymnSong.php?id=pd28398 He is not dead but only lieth sleeping]
• [http://www.hymnary.org/text/holy_spirit_lord_of_glory Holy Spirit, Lord of glory]
• Jesu, Thou true and living Bread[http://www.hymnary.org/person/Baynes_RH Jesu, Thou true and living Bread], hymnary.org, retrieved 23 December 2014
• [http://www.hymnary.org/text/jesus_to_thy_table_led Jesus, to Thy table led]
• [http://www.hymnary.org/text/lord_jesu_on_our_forehead Lord Jesu, on our forehead]
• [http://www.hymnary.org/text/neath_the_stars_that_shone_so_bright Neath the stars that shone so bright]
• [http://www.hymnary.org/text/no_room_within_the_dwelling No room within the dwelling]
• [http://www.hymnary.org/text/o_jesus_christ_the_holy_one O Jesus Christ, the holy One]
• O Man of Sorrows, Who didst die to save[http://www.hymnary.org/person/Baynes_RH Who didst die to save], hymnary.org, retrieved 23 December 2014
• The day is done; beside the sultry shore[http://www.hymnary.org/person/Baynes_RH The day is done], hymnary.org, retrieved 23 December 2014

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