387. The year is swiftly waning
William W. How, 1823-97
A hymn for the autumn season. Like [No. 386], it was written for the author’s Church Hymns, 1871.
For comments on W. W. How see [Hymn 144].
MUSIC. WAS KANN ES SCHÖN’RES GEBEN is from the Gesangbuch mit Noten where it appears anonymously, set to a hymn by Philipp Spitta, “Was kann es schön’res geben.”
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
388. Father of men, in whom are one
Henry Cary Shuttleworth, 1850-1900
A deeply sympathetic Christian hymn, written for the Friendly Societies of the Church of England, but may appropriately be used for many occasions of a more general character. It is especially useful in the life of a college campus.
The author, Henry Cary Shuttleworth, was educated at Oxford for the Anglican ministry. He was a minor canon in St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1876-84, and rector of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, London, from 1883. Concerned for the poor and down-trodden of London, Shuttleworth became a prominent member of the Christian Social movement. For a time he was Professor of Pastoral and Liturgical Theology in King’s College, London. An able musician, he wrote many carols and hymns and published a book, The Place of Music in Public Worship. The present hymn appeared in the St. Nicholas Cole Abbey Hymnal Appendix, 1897, and in the Church Monthly, 1898, with music by the author.