Born: Jan­u­ary 23, 1825, New­port, Isle of Wight.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 27, 1909, at his home, For­est Vil­la, St. John’s Road, New­port, Isle of Wight.

Buried: Car­is­brooke Cem­e­te­ry, Isle of Wight.

A bus­i­ness­man by trade, Mid­lane cred­it­ed his Sun­day School teach­er with in­spir­ing him to write po­e­try. He wrote over 300 hymns in his life. His works in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Angels Rejoice o’er Sinners Saved
  2. Apart from Every Worldly Care
  3. Be Not Weary, Toiling Christ­ian
  4. Can Any Say, I Do Believe?
  5. Church of God, Amazing, Precious Thought, The
  6. Come and Welcome to the Savior
  7. Come to the Roy­al Feast
  8. Eighteen Hundred Years Ago
  9. Father, Bless the Heavenly Message
  10. Father, for Thy Promised Blessing
  11. God Be Gracious to a Sinner
  12. God Bless Our Sun­day School
  13. God Speaks from Heaven
  14. Hark! In the Presence of Our God
  15. Hark! the Cry, Behold He Cometh
  16. He Comes! He Comes! The Bridegroom Comes
  17. He Says Because He Will
  18. Himself He Could Not Save
  19. How Solemn Are the Words
  20. How Sweet the Cheering Words
  21. How Vast, How Full, How Free
  22. I Am Told Not to Labor
  23. I Once Was Bound in Satan’s Chains
  24. If Jesus Came to Seek and Save
  25. Jesus Died upon the Tree
  26. Jesus Lived. He Lived for Sinners
  27. Jesus Never Answered “Nay”
  28. Jesus the Blessed Center Is
  29. Jesus, the Risen Savior
  30. Jesus, the Soul That Trusts in Thee
  31. Kept by the Power of God
  32. Lamb Was Slain, the Blood Was Brought, The
  33. Let the Waves of Blessing Roll
  34. Life from the Dead, Eternal Life
  35. Look, Poor Sinner, Look to Calvary
  36. Lord Jesus, Save!
  37. Lord, Our Waiting Spirits Bow
  38. Lord, Prepare the Hearts of Sinners
  39. Lord, When I Think upon the Love
  40. Love Us Freely, Blessed Jesus
  41. Never Perish! Words of Mercy
  42. Naught but the Voice of God Can Speak
  43. No Separa­tion, O My Soul
  44. Not All the Gold of All the World
  45. Now, O Joy, My Sins Are Pardoned
  46. Now We’ll Render to the Savior
  47. O Art Thou an Heir of Glory?
  48. O What a Gift the Father Gave
  49. O What a Glorious Truth Is This
  50. O What a Savior Is Jesus the Lord
  51. Once It Was Mine, the Cup of Wrath
  52. Onward, Upward, Heavenward
  53. Passing Onward, Quickly Passing
  54. Peace with God! How Great a Treasure
  55. Perfect Righteousness of God, The
  56. Perennial Spring of Pure Delight
  57. Revive Thy Work, O Lord
  58. Salva­tion, Lord, Is Thine
  59. Salva­tion! What a Precious Word
  60. Scripture Says Where Sin Abounded
  61. See the Blessed Savior Dying
  62. Shall Jesus’ Love Be Spoken?
  63. Sheltered by the Sprinkled Blood
  64. Showers of Blessing, Gracious Promise
  65. Silver Trumpets Sounding, the
  66. Sinner, Where Is Room for Doubting?
  67. Soft the Voice of Mercy Sounded
  68. Stern Justice Cries for Blood
  69. Sweet the Theme of Jesus’ Love
  70. There Is a Rest for Weary Souls
  71. There Is a Throne of Grace
  72. There’s a Friend for Lit­tle Child­ren
  73. Though Billows Round Me Roll
  74. Thy Word, O Lord
  75. ’Tis Finished, Cried the Dying Lamb
  76. ’Tis Heaven, Where Jesus Is
  77. ’Tis the Voice of Mercy Calls Thee
  78. Together All Things Work for Good
  79. Waiting for Jesus, and Loving While Waiting
  80. We Speak of the Mercy of God
  81. When God Begins His Gracious Work
  82. When the Savior Said, “’Tis Fin­ished”
  83. Whispers of Thy Love Divine, The
  84. Who Can Praise the Blessed God?
  85. Why Those Fears, Poor Trembling Sin­ner?
  86. Without a Cloud Between
  87. Yet Awhile; How Sweet the Thought