Genealogy Chat

Hi Kath That's brilliant thanks, I like the bit from the web page that someone added on the end, 'I won't be content Until I know which way you went'. Lol... Gail. x

If you google for him a lot of info comes up including: , JOHN, a poet and sermon-writer of no mean eminence, was born in the year 1748, at Soutra, in the parish of Fala, in the county of Mid-Lothian, being the son of George Logan, a small farmer at that place, of the dissenting persuasion. He received the elements of learning at the school of Gosford, in East-Lothian, to which parish his father removed during his childhood. Being the younger of two sons, he was early destined to the clerical profession, according to a custom not yet abrogated in families of the humbler rank in Scotland. At the university of Edinburgh, he formed an acquaintance with the unfortunate Michael Bruce, and also with Dr Robertson, afterwards minister of Dalmeny, and known as author of a Life of Mary queen of Scots. In the society of the former individual, he cultivated poetical reading and composition, being fondest, as might be supposed from the character of his own efforts, of the writings of Spenser, Collins, Akenside, and Gray, the three last of whom bear so honourable a distinction from the cold and epigrammatic manner of their contemporaries. During one of the recesses of the college, while residing in the country, he became known to Patrick lord Elibank, who, with his usual enthusiasm in favour of genius of every kind, warmly patronized him.

hi gail thanks so much for that ive been searching forever for the meaning. its the only grave i have in my family that has a poem written on it, its so lovely to hear the full version im really glad i asked about it now. so was john logan scottish? i know that william whos in the grave was church of england, simply that the plot hes buried in is for church of england folk. thanks

Have a look at this webpage Gail:- http://www.alsirat(.)com/epitaphs/passing.html Aparently the lines come from a European Monastery. Kath. x

It is lovely isn't it. There is a verse on a headstone in my home village for a young girl which reads; As you are now so once was I As I am now so you will be So be prepared to folllow me.... Bit Scary! I used to cut through the church and walk past it on my way to visit an aunt and felt obliged to read it every time...I have often wondered if it was a poem or something someone made up. Gail x

Gail, that's lovely and so nice to find where the inscription comes from. Kath. x

http://www.thebookofdays(.)com/months/dec/28.htm JOHN LOGAN. The name of John Logan, though almost entirely forgotten in South Britain, is not likely to pass into oblivion in Scotland, as long as the church of that country continues to use in her services those beautiful Scripture paraphrases and hymns, undoubtedly the finest and most poetical of any versified collection of chants for divine worship employed by any denomination of Christians in the United Kingdom. Some of the finest of these, including the singularly solemn and affecting hymn, The hour of my departure's come,' are from the pen of Logan. Gail x THE hour of my departure's come, I hear the voice that calls me home; At last, O Lord, let trouble cease, Now let thy servant die in peace! Not in mine innocence I trust; I bow before thee in the dust, And through my Saviour's blood alone I look for mercy at thy throne. I leave the world without a tear, Save for the friends I held so dear; To heal their sorrows, Lord, descend, And to the friendless prove a friend! I come, I come at thy command, I yield my spirit to thy hand! Stretch forth thy everlasting arms, And shield me in the last alarms. The hour of my departure's come, I hear the voice that calls me home: Now, O my God, let trouble cease, Now let thy servant die in peace!

No, it turns up much earlier on gravestones from Norfolk to Cornwall, so must be older.

I googled it and looks like it might be in Methodist Hymnal - 1889 Edition 900 - 1026 Jo

Dont know, but if you google for it you find it used all over the country on memorial inscriptions and in the late 18th century. If you want to spend a bit of time googling you may eventually come up with the author.

hi after many months trying to find one of my gggreatgrandfathers grave i found it it was a very nice headstone with the following poem written on it.... I Leave the world without a tear Save For the Friends I hold so dear To heal their sorrow LORD descend And to the friendless prove a friend does anyone know who wrote or where it came from please? the date of the death is 1861. thankyou.