Born: Jan­u­ary 4, 1865, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Son of H. J. Pope (one time pres­ident of the Wes­ley­an Con­fer­ence), Mar­tin was ed­u­cat­ed at Man­ches­ter Gram­mar School; Vic­tor­ia Un­i­ver­si­ty, Man­ches­ter; and St. John’s Coll­ege, Cam­bridge (BA 1887, MA 1896). He en­tered the Wes­ley­an min­is­try in 1888, and as of 1906 was sta­tioned in Ox­ford. His works in­clude:

• The Hymns of Pru­den­ti­us, Trans­lat­ed by R. Mar­tin Pope and R. F. Davis, 1905

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Translations

1. And Then at Length Let Darkness Flee
   • Lo! Golden Light Rekindles Day
2. Ye Clouds of Darkness, Hosts of Night