liance and trust, and a lofty experimental faith. It im- mediately became pojjular among all denominations of Christians, holding a place in the affections of the Church with Robinson's " Come, thou Fount of every blessing." The fourth verse is usually omitted:
"Musing on my habitiition, Musing on my heavenly home, Fills my heart with holy longiug— Come, Lord Jesus, quickly come. Vanity is all I tee, Lord, I long to be with thee."
See Butterworth, Story of the Hymns, p. 30-34. (J. C. S.)
"Williamson, Isaac Do-wd, D.D., a Universal- ist clergyman, was born at Pomfret, Vt., April 4, 1807. He had no better early educational advantages than a district school, and learned the clothier's trade ; but force of character and thirst for knowledge made amends for lack of external aid, and in 1827 we find him preaching in Springfield. Subsequently he labored as supply in Langdon, N. H. ; as pastor, in 1828, at Jeffrey ; in 1829 at Albany, N. Y., where he lived seven years, and pub- lished his first hook, An Argument for Christianity ; re- moved to Poughkeepsie in 1837; to Baltimore in 1839; to New Y'ork city in 1841 ; to Mobile, Ala., three years later; to Memphis, Tenn., two years later; to Lowell, Mass., in 1850; to Louisville, Ky., in 1851; to Cincin- nati, O., in 1853 ; and in 1856 to Philadelphia, where he spent three years. He died in Cincinnati, Nov. 26, 1876. Dr. Williamson was largely engaged during his ministerial career as editor and publisher of the Gospel Anchor, in Troy, N. Y., in 1830; the Religious Inquirer, in Hartford, Conn. ; the Herald and Era, in Louisville, Ky., in 1852; and for ten years was connect- ed with the aS7(//- in the West as joint proprietor and editor. Besides the above-named Argument for Chris- tianity, he published An Exjwsition and Defence of Universalism (1840, 18mo) : — An Examination of the Doctrine of Endless Punishment (1847, 18mo) : — Sermons for the Times and People (1849, \8mo):— The Phi- losophy of Unirersalism, or Reasons for our Faith (1866, I'irao): — besides other valuable works. He was essentially a pioneer, emphatically a self-made man, a man of strong convictions and robust intellect, and a prominent member of the Odd-fellows' Society. He was logical, sincere, lucid, ingenious, and magnetic. See Universalist Register, 1878, p. 82.
"Willibald, St., an<l first bishop of Eichstadt, was a steadfast supporter of Boniface in the work of Chris- tianizing the Germans. He was born about A.D. 700, in England, of noble Saxon parents; and in his third year, during a severe sickness, was dedicated to the ser- vice of the Church. In his fifth year abbot Egbald, of Waltheim, undertook his education. In 720 he under- took a pilgrimage to fjome, in company with his father and brother (Wunnebald). From Rome he went, accom- panied by two friends, on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, which extended over seven years, and exposed him to many dangers and adventurous experiences. On his return he spent ten years in monastic retirement at Monte Cassino (729-739). He then accompanied a Spanish priest to Rome, and there, as it would seem, made the acquaintance of Boniface, whose kinsman he was. In 740 he came to Germany, and entered on his apostolic work at Eichstadt. In the same year he was consecrated to the priesthood, and in the following year (Oct. 21 or 22) to the bishopric. In 742 he was present, as bishop of Eichstadt, at a council held by Carloman, duke of the Eastern F'ranks.
But little is known as respects the details of Willi- bald's activity, Descriptions of his career speak in gen- eral terms of the eradication of heathenism, the subdu- ing of the soil, the maintenance of worship at stated times, the regular preaching of the Gospel, and the mul- tiplication of convents, under the rule of St. Benedict, in his diocese. His brother Wunnebald and his sister Walpurgis came to his assistance, as did other mission- aries, and he was thus able to multiply his labors and
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extend their area. In 7G5 he attended a synod at At- tigiiy. held by lV|)in. lie attained to a great age, and outlived most of the pupils and companions of Boniface. Reports of the llth century tix the date of his death on July 7, 781 ; but a donation to Fulda, from his hand, is dated 78G ; and it might accordingly be more nearly correct to suppose that he died in 78(5 or 787.
The principal source for Willibald's life is the Vila Wil/ibiilili, also entitled ilodaporicum, written by a nun of Ileidenheim, Avho terms herself his kinswoman, and states that she obtained many of the facts she records from his own lips. This Vita was copied in Canisius, Lcct. A ntiq. Ill, i, 105 ; Bollandus, A eta SS. July, ii, 301 ; Mabillon, .1 eta ^SS. /)'<-«. iii. 2, 117; and in Falckenstein, Cod. Diplom. Xordt/ar. p. 44.5. A second Life is copied in Canisius, tit sup. p. 117; Bollandus, p. 512; and Ma- billon, p. 383 ; which, however, is merely an abridgment of the first. A third LiJ'f, which, for no special reason, is usually ascribed to bishop Reginald (died 989), is given by Canisius alone. Abbot Adelbert, of Heiden- lieim, furnished a brief biography of Willibald, in con- nection with a historical sketch of his monastery, in the 12th century; and another was drawn up by bish- op Philip of Eichstiidt in the 14th century, both of which were published in Gretser, DeDivis Tutelaribus (Ingolst. Uil7). See Rettberg, Kirchengesck. Deutschl. ii, 348 sq. ; Wright, ij'io^'. Bi-it. Literaria (Anglo-Saxon Period), p 335 ; Herzog, Real-Evci/klop. s. v