Born: 1805, South­bo­rough, Kent, Eng­land.

Died: No­vem­ber 28, 1877, Wo­burn, Bed­ford­shire, Eng­land.

A bus­i­ness­man and Meth­od­ist lay preach­er, Gough lived in Lon­don for some years. His works in­clude:

• Lyra Sab­ba­ti­ca (Lon­don: 1865)
• Kentish Lyr­ics (Lon­don: 1867)
• Hymns of Pray­er and Praise (Lon­don: 1875)
• Songs from the Wood­lands, and Other Po­ems (Lon­don: 1872)
• Protestant Hymns and Songs for the Mill­ion (Lon­don: 1878)
• Christmas Car­ols and New Year’s Songs (Lon­don, un­dat­ed)

Sources

Hymns

1. Awake, Awake, O Zion
2. Be Thou Faithful Until Death
3. Blessed Are the Dead Who Die
4. Christ Is Risen from the Dead
5. Come, Children, and join with Ar­dor Di­vine
6. Come to Bethlehem and See
7. For All Thy Saints in Heaven and Earth
8. God the Father, Full of Grace
9. Ho, Every One That Thirsteth
10. How Beauteous on the Mountains
11. In Thy Temple We Adore Thee
12. Jesus, Full of Love Di­vine
13. Lift the Gospel Banner
14. O Jesus, Behold the Lambs of Thy Fold
15. Quicken, Lord, Thy Church and Me
16. Sing We Merrily to God
17. There Is a Land of Rest
18. There Is No Condemna­tion
19. Uplift the Blood-Red Ban­ner