Montgomery, James

English, 1771–1854. He was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, but lived in England from age six or seven. Through talent and perseverance, this orphan boy established himself as a successful newspaper publisher. Both his parents had been missionaries in the West Indies, and James Montgomery wrote and published many articles against

the African slave trade, which was finally abolished in England in 1807. He became famous for his lecturing and poetry, and during the last twenty-one years of his life he received a government pension of two hundred pounds a year. He is the author of the well-known Christmas hymn text “Angels from the Realms of Glory.”

A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief, 29 (Text)
The Lord Is My Shepherd, 108; 316 (Text)
Prayer Is the Soul’s Sincere Desire, 145 (Text)