Hymn author's name spelling?

Tue, 11/21/2023 - 09:09 — dnuttall

What is the correct spelling of the author's surname for "Brethren, We Have Met To Worship"?
This page says "Askins": https://hymnary.org/text/brethren_we_have_met_to_worship#Author
but some printed versions (but not all) in numerous hymnals say "Atkins". Several of the earliest publications (text only) refer to "the late G. Askins".

Perhaps Askins is correct?

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Mon, 11/27/2023 - 10:21 — dianneshapiro

Hymn author's name spelling

The hymn "Brethren, we have met to worship" is attributed to two different people - George Askins who died in 1816 and George Atkins who lived from 1793 to 1827. The Cyber Hymnal credits George Atkins and cites <cite>Sing It Again</cite> by John Irving Erickson (Chicago: Covenant Press, 1985) for the source of this information. <cite>The Makers of the Sacred Harp</cite> by David Warren Steel and Richard H. Hulan (Urbana: University of Illinoise Press, 2010) credit George Askins. Authorship is discussed on the Discipleship Ministries (United Methodist Church website: https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/articles/history-of-hymns-brethren-we-have-met-to-worship We trust the research of Steel and Hulan; but some hymnals side with Erickson and The Cyber Hymnal.

Thu, 12/14/2023 - 18:05 — Haruo