1837 JAMES MONTGOMERY. Unpublished Manuscript Variant of His Hymn, "Closet Prayer." Ephemera Pearce would marry William Yates

Pearce would marry William Yates

relative of the first signatory of the present volume

that an army so great with an artillery so immense

Some found its liturgy lifeless

I could wish to God it were true also: But if neither of these be the case

1837 JAMES MONTGOMERY. Unpublished Manuscript Variant of His Hymn, "Closet Prayer." Ephemera Pearce would marry William YatesA wonderful original manuscript hymn entirely in the hand of, and signed by, important early 19th century hymnist and abolitionist, James Montgomery. James Montgomery [1771 1854] was the son of Moravian missionaries to the West Indies. He inherited an early desire for Christ, a passion for missions, and a vivid, independent mind. This occasionally caused trouble, as in his brief imprisonment for describing in an article a riot in Sheffield that