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William Monk

Birth: March 16, 1823 London, England
Death: March 1, 1889, London, England

William Henry Monk was born in London in 1823. He was a singing teacher at King's College from 1874 to 1876, and then got a job teaching at Bedford College. At the same time he was music director for nearly 40 years at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, London.

Monk arranged or wrote many hymns tunes. He was the first musical editor for Hymns Ancient and Modern. Thomas Hardy wrote of his editing:

Stripped of some of your vesture
By Monk or another. Now you wore no frill,
At first you startled me. But I know you still,
Though I missed the minim's waver
And the dotted quaver.

Page numbers in Trinity Hymnal (1990) and The Worshiping Church (1990)

Title	Trinity	Worshiping
Abide with Me, Fast Falls the Eventide	402	365
All Glory, Laud and Honor	235	204
As With Gladness Men of Old	226	181
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies		562
For the Beauty of the Earth	116	353
God in Mercy Grant Us Blessing		344
Look, Ye Saints, the Sight is Glorious	299
The Strife is O'er	275	433
Thou Art Coming, O My Savior	326