Born: De­cem­ber 19, 1814, Troeh­raig, Ayr­shire, Scot­land.

Died: De­cem­ber 29, 1868, Edin­burgh, Scot­land.

Campbell at­tend­ed the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ed­in­burg while quite young, and be­came a law­yer who de­vot­ed much of his time to the class­ics. In 1848, he be­gan trans­lat­ing La­tin hymns for re­lax­a­tion. In 1852, at age 38, he left the Epis­co­pal Church of Scot­land and be­came a Ro­man Ca­tho­lic. His works in­clude:

• Hymns and An­thems for the Use of Ho­ly Ser­vic­es of the Church with­in the Unit­ed Di­o­cese of St. An­drews, Dunk­eld, and Dun­blane (Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land: R. Len­drum & Co., 1850). This work be­came known as the St. And­rews Hymn­al.

Sources

Lyrics

1. They Come, God’s Mess­eng­ers of Love

Translations

1. At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing
2. Come, Pure Hearts
3. Christ­ians, Come, in Sweet­est Mea­sures
4. Thy Work on Earth, O Christ, Is Done
5. Ye Choirs of New Je­ru­sa­lem
6. Ye Servants of a Mar­tyred God
7. Ye Ser­ants of Our Glor­i­ous King