Joy Horn helps us to remember our Christian heritage
JANUARY
24. John Mason Neale, who is chiefly remembered for his hymns, was born in 1818 in Bloomsbury, London. A linguist, familiar with some 20 languages, and a poet, of High Anglican convictions, he revived many old carols and translated others from Greek and Latin. O come, o come, Emmanuel and Christ is made the sure foundation are two of the best known – and, of course, Good King Wenceslas.
FEBRUARY
14. The Bible scholar E. J. Young died in 1968, aged 61. He was Old Testament Professor at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at a time when Bible-believing academics were rare, and he published influential works on the books of Isaiah and Daniel, and on the authority of the Old Testament. His book Thy Word is Truth: Some thoughts on the biblical doctrine of inspiration is still available from the Banner of Truth.
