Born: Jan­u­a­ry 30, 1813, Wode­house Place, Fal­mouth, Corn­wall (a minority number of records give a birth date of January 20).

Died: Ap­ril 24, 1875, Ply­mouth, De­von­shire, Eng­land.

Son of a Quak­er, Tre­gelles was ed­u­cat­ed at the Fal­mouth Gram­mar School. From 1833 to 1844, he worked in the Neath Ab­bey Iron Works. In 1836, he be­came a pri­vate tutor in Fal­mouth. His deep in­ter­est in Bib­li­cal stu­dies de­vel­oped in­to a de­sire to pro­duce the most per­fect version of the Greek Test­a­ment it was pos­si­ble to pub­lish. The first spe­ci­mens of his work were pub­lished in 1838, and the first in­stall­ments for pub­lic use ap­peared in 1844; the pro­ject was ham­pered by at­tacks of pa­ral­y­sis in 1861 and 1870, and Tregelles was eventually compelled to accept help. The work ap­peared as a whole in 1879.

Tre­gelles’ hymn writ­ing ap­par­ent­ly be­gan be­fore 1837, and ex­tended to 1861 or lat­er. His ear­li­est hymns were pub­lished in the Ply­mouth Breth­ren’s Hymns for the Poor of the Flock, 1838.

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Hymns

1. Father, We Thy Children Bless Thee
2. Ho­ly Savior, We Adore Thee
3. Lord Jesus, We Believing
4. O God of Grace, Our Father,
5. O Look Not on the Cross of Christ
6. Gloomy Night Will Soon Be Past, The
7. Thou God of Grace, Our Father
8. Thou, Lord of All, on Earth Hast Dwelt
9. Thou, O God, Thy Love Commendest
10. Thy Broken Body, Gracious Lord
11. Thy Name Alone, O Lord, We Own
12. ’Tis Sweet, O God, Thy Praise to Sing
13. ’Tis Sweet to Think of Those at Rest
14. ’Twas the Ho­ly Ghost Who Taught Us