Born: March 18, 1831, Man­ches­ter, Eng­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 30, 1905, Sale, Eng­land.

Walmsley moved to Sale in 1870, where he worked as a jew­el­er. A Con­gre­ga­tion­al­ist, he was for 28 years con­nect­ed with the work of the Man­chester S. S. Un­ion, ma­ny of his hymns be­ing writ­ten for the an­nu­al Whit-week Fes­tiv­al. His works in­clude:

• Sac­red Songs for Child­ren of All Ag­es, 1900

Hymns

1. Come, Let Us Sing of a Won­der­ful Love
2. O Praise Our God To­day
3. Praise the Lord, His Works Ex­alt Him
4. Sun De­clines, The