. Edward Hodges, doctor in music of Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge; organist ... Bristol, England, 1819-1838; organist and director in Trinity Parish, New York, 1839-1859;. studied. Samuel Wesley, the Prince of Organists, wasthe toast given by my Father at a dinner-party,October 12 1829, in Bristol, on the occasion ofhis meeting Dr. Wesley, whom he does not hesitateto call, The first organist in the world. Aroundwere seated many of the choicest spirits of Bristol,and when my Father rose and proposed the toast, it 54 Edward Hod^res iD was received and drunk with enthusiasm. Hewrites: Mr. Wesl
. Edward Hodges, doctor in music of Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge; organist ... Bristol, England, 1819-1838; organist and director in Trinity Parish, New York, 1839-1859;. studied. Samuel Wesley, the Prince of Organists, wasthe toast given by my Father at a dinner-party,October 12 1829, in Bristol, on the occasion ofhis meeting Dr. Wesley, whom he does not hesitateto call, The first organist in the world. Aroundwere seated many of the choicest spirits of Bristol,and when my Father rose and proposed the toast, it 54 Edward Hod^res iD was received and drunk with enthusiasm. Hewrites: Mr. Wesley was visibly effected. Itgladdened the heart of the old man, who was,my Father knew, at that time in trouble. Cloisters, October 28, i82g. Between eight and nine Wesley came to breakfast andboth before and after that meal, I amused him by show-ing him some of my Musical Conundrums. He flatteredand encouraged me. He begged me to go on with myAnthem for the King; and added that it was, as far asdone, really good; and added, morever that Attwoodnever could have written such a chorus as that beginning, Thou O King, art a King of Kings. He commendedmy style for CHAPTER V. MORE DIARY EXTRACTS. THE year 1834 was a time of domestic long-continued illness of my Motherincapacitated my Father for any heavy or continu-ous mental work, and his energies went out in dili-gent, unselfish actions, visiting and caring for hisaged and sick relatives, and bringing comfort tomany others in their sickness and sorrow,—and inquiet reading and study at home. My dear Mother died on the Feast of St. Michaeland All Angels, 1835, at the age of thirty-five, be-lieving surely that she would meet us again, andknowing Him faithful in Whom she trusted. I quote again from the diary : 5/. yames Church, Dec, 2^, ^8^4. During the morning service I felt at a loss for anappropriate L. M. Tune, and composed one, principallywhilst the Nicene Creed was being read (the idea did notoccur to me to
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