Born: February 6, 1817, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land.

Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 11, 1888, Ren­frew-on-the-Clyde, Scot­land.

Small at­tend­ed the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ed­in­burgh, stu­died di­vin­i­ty und­er Dr. Chalmers, and in 1834 joined the Free Church of Scot­land. In 1847 he be­came min­is­ter of the Free Church at Ber­vie, near Mont­rose. His works in­clude:

• The Highlands and Other Po­ems, 1843; 3rd edi­tion, 1852
• Songs of the Vine­yard in Days of Gloom and Sad­ness, 1846
• Hymns for Youth­ful Voic­es, 1859
• Psalms and Sac­red Songs, 1866

Sources

Hymns

1. I’ve Found a Friend