Ellerton grad­u­at­ed from Trin­i­ty Coll­ege and en­tered the min­is­try in 1850. He served as Vi­car at St. Ni­cho­las’, Bright­on, and Crewe Green, Che­shire. He was a rec­og­nized au­thor­i­ty on hymns, con­trib­ut­ed to Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, and wrote or trans­lat­ed over 80 hymns. His works in­clude:

• Hymns for Schools and Bi­ble Classes, 1859
• Church Hymns, 1871 (co-ed­it­or)
• The Children’s Hymn Book
• Hymns, Original and Translated, 1888

Sources

Hymns & Transla­tions

1. Again the Morn of Gladness
2. Another Day Begun!
3. Before the Day Draws near Its Ending
4. Behold Us, Lord, a Little Space
5. Bride of Christ, Whose Glorious Warfare
6. Come Forth, O Christ­ian Brothers
7. Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended, The
8. Father, Name of Love and Fear
9. From East to West, from Shore to Shore
10. God, Creator and Preserver
11. God of the Living, in Whose Eyes
12. God, the Omnipotent!
13. Hail to the Lord Who Comes
14. House of Our God
15. In the Name Which Earth and Heaven
16. Joy! Because the Circling Year
17. King Messiah, Long Expected
18. King of Saints, to Whom the Number
19. Lift the Strain of High Thanksgiving
20. Lord Be with Us, The
21. Mary at the Mas­ter’s Feet
22. Now the Laborer’s Task Is O’er
23. O Father, All Creating
24. O Father, Bless the Children
25. O Jerusalem the Blissful
26. O Lord of Life and Death
27. O Shining City of Our God
28. O Son of God, Our Captain of Salva­tion
29. O Strength and Stay
30. O Thou in Whom Thy Saints Repose
31. O Thou Who Givest Food to All
32. O Thou Whose Beauty Fills the Earth
33. Oh How Fair the Morn­ing Broke
34. Our Day of Praise is Done
35. Praise Our God for All the Wonders
36. Praise Our God, Whose Open Hand
37. Praise to Our God, Whose Bounteous Hand
38. Praise to the Heavenly Wisdom
39. Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name!
40. Shine Thou upon Us, Lord
41. Sing Alleluia Forth in Duteous Praise
42. This Day the Lord’s Disciples Met
43. This Is the Day of Light
44. Thou in Whose Name the Two or Three
45. Thou Who Sentest Thine Apostles
46. Thou Who Wearied by the Well
47. Throned Upon the Awful Tree
48. We Sing the Glorious Conquest
49. Welcome, Happy Morn­ing!
50. When the Day of Toil Is Done