David Thomas Morgan Explained

David Thomas Morgan (17 September 1809 – 14 November 1886)^[1] was a British timber merchant, known as a translator of hymns.^[2]

Life

Morgan was born in East Ham, and attended a school in Woodford run by Dr. Oake.^[2] He traded in timber under his own name, then going into partnership with his cousin, Thomas Samuel Gellibrand, the partners trading as Morgan, Gellibrand & Co.^[3] He was also a director of the Surrey Commercial Dock Company.^{[4] [5]}

In 1861 Morgan moved from Leytonstone a short distance to the Clock House, Wood Street, Walthamstow, in the area called Whipps Cross. There he built up a good library. A generation later the building was used by the Salvation Army.^{[6] [7] [8]} He withdrew from the partnership with Gellibrand and David John Morgan, his son, in 1867.^[9]

Family

Morgan married in 1839 Mary Ridge, youngest daughter of the late Captain James Brook Ridge, of the East India Company Army.^{[10] [11]} Their children included:

• Henry Thornhill Morgan, eldest son, cleric.
• David John Morgan, partner in Morgan, Gellibrand & Co. and Member of Parliament.^[12]
• Charles James Morgan (1855/6–1929), at Radley School to 1872, wood broker as partner of Foy, Morgan & Co.^{[13] [14]}

Mary Morgan died at Oakhurst, South Weald in 1900.^[15]

Translations from Latin

Morgan published in 1871 Hymns of the Latin Church, which was printed privately. ^[16] It was followed by Hymns and Poems of the Latin Church, Translated (1880), a collection with about twice as many translations.^[1]

His translations included:

• Ad perennis vitae fontem, as "For Life's Eternal Spring".^[17]
• Chorea mutualis sive lessus de sortis et mortis in humanas res imperio by Jacob Balde^[18]
• Clarum decus jejunii by Gregory the Great, as "Depths of love with power divine".^[19]
• Collaudemus Magdalenae as "Sing we now with praiseful voices".^[20]
• Cum me tenent fallacia by Wilhelm Alard.^[21]
• Dies irae, dies illa as "The day of wrath, that dreadful day".^[22]
• Gloriosus Salvatoris, as "The glories of the Saviour's Name".^[23]
• Jam Christi sol justitiae, as "Jesu, Sun of our salvation".^[24]
• Labente jam solis rota by Charles Coffin, as "Now with rapid wheel inclining"^[25]
• Lugete, pacis Angeli by Charles Coffin, as "Angels of peace, bewail"^[26]
• Nato nobis Salvatore by Adam of St Victor, as "Come, let us celebrate the morn"^[27]
• Nil laudibus nostris eges by Charles Coffin, as "Father in heaven! Thy glory".^[28]
• O esca viatorum, as "Behold the traveller fed".^[29]
• O fons amoris, Spiritus by Charles Coffin, as "All-Gracious Spirit, fount of love".^[30]
• From the Sequences of Adam of St Victor, 15 pieces.^[31]
• O fortis, o clemens Deus by Charles Coffin, as "Unto Thee, O Father, merciful and mighty".^[32]
• O Luce qui mortalibus by Charles Coffin, as "God, who in the unapproached light".^[33]
• O quam juvat fratres, Deus by Charles Coffin, as "O God, O loving God, by whom Thy Church".^[34]
• O quanta qualia sunt illa Sabbata by Peter Abelard, as "O what must be the sabbaths".^[35]
• Primo dierum omnium by Gregory the Great, as "Welcome! thou chiefest of all days".^[36]
• Qui procedis ab utroque by Adam of St Victor, as "O Comforter, All-blessed one".^[37]
• From Quicumque Christum quaeritis by Prudentius, as "Sweet Martyr flowers, fresh from your early dawn".^[38]
• Recordare Sanctae Crucis by Bonaventure, as "In the holy Cross delight".^[39]
• Rerum Creator omnium by Charles Coffin, as "Maker of all, vouchsafe to bless".^[40]
• Rex Christe, factor omnium by Gregory the Great, as "O Thou by Whom the worlds were made".^[41]
• Salve Mundi salutare, supposed to be by Bernard of Clairvaux, as "Saviour of the world, to Thee, Blessed One I bow the knee".^[42]
• Splendor paternae gloriae by Ambrose, as "O Thou, the Splendour of the Father's glory" (1871) and "O Thou the Brightness of the Father's glory" (1880).^[43]
• Stabat mater dolorosa, as "By His Cross the Mother stood, Hanging on its fatal wood".^[44]
• Statuta decreto Dei by Charles Coffin, as "Sing we now redeeming love".^[45]
• Stola regni laureatus by Adam of St Victor, as "To the apostolic cohort" (1871) and "Glorious cohort apostolic".^[46]
• Summi pusillus grex Patris by Guillaume de la Brunetière, as "Little flock, be not afraid".^[47]
• Supernae matris gaudia by Adam of St Victor, as "Those endless joys the Church on earth pourtrays".^[48]
• Supreme Motor cordium by Charles Coffin, as "O Sovereign Mover of the heart".^[49]
• Templi sacratas pande, Sion, fores by Jean-Baptiste de Santeüil, as "Set wide the temple gate".^[50]
• Tu Christe nostrum gaudium as "O Christ, our joy, gone up on high".^[51]
• Ultricibus nos undique by Charles Coffin, as "Great Searcher of our hearts, whilst Thy, &c."^[52]
• Urbs beata Hierusalem dicta pacis visio, as "Hail Jerusalem the blessed, peaceful city, vision dear".^[53]
• Ut jucundas cervus undas, aestuans desiderat, as "The thirsty hart pants with desire".^[54]
• Urbs Syon inclyta, as "Hail Zion, city of our God".^[55]
• Veni creator spiritus, as "Creator Spirit, come in love".^[56]
• Veni redemptor gentium, translated as "O Come, Redeemer of Mankind" (1880).^{[57] [58]}
• Veni sancte spiritus, as "Come, Holy Spirit, nigh, And from the Heaven on high".^[59]
• Verbum caro factum est, Ex virgine Maria, as "Not made, nor yet created, came".^[60]
• Vox clarescat, mens purgetur, as "With hearts renewed, and cleansed from guilt of sin".^[61]
• Vox sonora nostri chori, as "Come let our choir, with full accord".^[62]

Robert Maude Moorsom's Historical Companion to Hymns Ancient & Modern mentioned four of Morgan's translations included in that collection.^[63]

Notes and References

1. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1580. 1907. John Murray.
2. News: Death of Mr. David Thomas Morgan . Essex Times . 19 November 1886. 5.
3. Book: Timber and Wood-working Machinery . 1897 . Middlesex Publishing Company . 206 . en.
4. Book: The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies: For the Year .... 1867 . 1867 . 397 . en.
5. Book: The Joint stock companies' directory . 1867 . 1221 . en.
6. Book: Bosworth . George Frederick . The Manor of Walthamstow Toni Or High Hall . 1915 . Walthamstow Antiquarian Society . 34 . en.
7. Web site: Walthamstow: Roman Catholicism, Nonconformity and Judaism, British History Online . www.british-history.ac.uk.
8. Book: Doubleday . Herbert Arthur . The Victoria History of the County of Essex . 1973 . Constable . 978-1-904356-49-3 . 303. VI . en.
9. News: Partnerships Dissolved . The Globe . 5 January 1867. 1.
10. News: Married . Dorset County Chronicle . 25 April 1839. 3.
11. Book: Parbury's oriental herald and colonial intelligencer . 1839 . 563 . en.
12. Book: Stenton . Michael . Who's who of British Members of Parliament: A Biographical Dictionary of the House of Commons Based on Annual Volumes of Dod's Parliamentary Companion and Other Sources . 1976 . Harvester Press . 978-0-391-00613-3 . 254 . en.
13. Book: St Peter's College, Radley . Register, 1847-1923 . 1923 . Radleian Society at the University Press . 82 . en.
14. News: Fashionable & Personal . Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser . 11 October 1929. 10.
15. News: Death of Mr. D. J. Morgan's Mother . Chelmsford Chronicle . 9 February 1900. 7.
16. Book: Morgan . David Thomas . Hymns of the Latin Church. Translated by D. T. Morgan. With the originals appended . 1871 . Privately printed . en.
17. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 13. 1907. John Murray.
18. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 108. 1907. John Murray.
19. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 236. 1907. John Murray.
20. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 243. 1907. John Murray.
21. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 34. 1907. John Murray.
22. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 34. 1907. John Murray.
23. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 427. 1907. John Murray.
24. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 576. 1907. John Murray.
25. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 636. 1907. John Murray.
26. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 702. 1907. John Murray.
27. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 785. 1907. John Murray.
28. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 807. 1907. John Murray.
29. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 828. 1907. John Murray.
30. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 829. 1907. John Murray.
31. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 300. 1907. John Murray.
32. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 830. 1907. John Murray.
33. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 842. 1907. John Murray.
34. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 846. 1907. John Murray.
35. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 846. 1907. John Murray.
36. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 913. 1907. John Murray.
37. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 947. 1907. John Murray.
38. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 947. 1907. John Murray.
39. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 953. 1907. John Murray.
40. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 956. 1907. John Murray.
41. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 958. 1907. John Murray.
42. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 991. 1907. John Murray.
43. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1080. 1907. John Murray.
44. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1083. 1907. John Murray.
45. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1088. 1907. John Murray.
46. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1095. 1907. John Murray.
47. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1103. 1907. John Murray.
48. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1103. 1907. John Murray.
49. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1103. 1907. John Murray.
50. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1139. 1907. John Murray.
51. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1187. 1907. John Murray.
52. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1190. 1907. John Murray.
53. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1200. 1907. John Murray.
54. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1202. 1907. John Murray.
55. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 1. 534. 1907. John Murray.
56. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1211. 1907. John Murray.
57. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1212. 1907. John Murray.
58. Book: Crump . William D. . The Christmas Encyclopedia. 4th . 22 December 2022 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-4759-3 . 457 . en.
59. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1215. 1907. John Murray.
60. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1217. 1907. John Murray.
61. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1229. 1907. John Murray.
62. Book: John Julian. A Dictionary of Hymnology. 2. 1229. 1907. John Murray.
63. Book: Moorsom . Robert Maude . A historical companion to hymns ancient and modern: containing the Greek and Latin; the German, Italian, French, Danish and Welsh hymns; the first lines of the English hymns; the names of all authors and translators; notes and dates. . 1903 . London : C. J. Clay . 320 .