Born: November 6, 1834, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: Ap­ril 6, 1911, Shep­per­ton, Mid­dle­sex, Eng­land.

Hopps at­tended the Bap­tist col­lege in Lei­ces­ter, Eng­land. He pas­tored at Hug­gles­cote and Ibs­tock, Lei­ces­ter­shire, then in 1856 was ap­pointe­d as­sist­ant pas­tor at the Church of the Sav­iour in Birm­ing­ham. Af­ter four years there, he served at Un­i­tar­i­an church­es in Sheff­ield, Dunk­i­nfield, Glas­gow, Lei­ces­ter (1876-1892), and Lon­don (1905-1909). He al­so ed­it­ed the month­ly Truth­seek­er (1863-1887), and com­piled:

• Hymns for Public Worship and the Home, 1858
• Hymns of Faith and Progress, circa 1865
• Hymns for Public Worship, 1873
• One Hundred Hymns for Sunday Schools, 1873
• Hymns, Chants and Anthems for Public Worship, 1877
• The Children’s Hymn Book, 1879
• The Young People’s Book of Hymns, 1881
• Hymns for Special Services (six different editions)

Sources

Lyrics

1. Cold and Cheerless, Dark and Drear
2. Father, Lead Me Day by Day
3. Father, Let Thy Kingdom Come
4. God Bless the Little Children
5. We Praise Thee Oft for Hours of Bliss
   • We Praise Thee, Lord, for Hours of Bliss