STUDY (10) THE CHURCH’S ONE FOUNDATION Th e author, Samuel John Stone , was born in Staffordshire UK in 1839. In 1874, he succeeded his father as vicar of St. Paul's, Haggerston. In 1890 he became rector of All Hallows-on-the-Wall in London. St. Paul's Haggerston was in a poor section of London. S tone would open the church at 6:30 in the morning so that commuters, frequently poor working girls, arriving early could have a brief service and prayer, then have time to rest, to read or to sew. He built numerous churches; his belief was that poor people deserved beautiful churches in which to worship. His thoughtfulness earned him the title of "the poor man's pastor". Source: " The Center for Church Music. " Samuel Wesley , composer of the tune Aurelia, to which the hymn is usually sung. Famous in his lifetime as one of his country's leading organists and choirmasters, he composed almost exclusive...