Charles Seymour Robinson, D.D., LL.D., (March 31, 1829 – February 1, 1899), was a pastor, and an editor and compiler of hymns. Born in

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, Robinson graduated from

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in 1849, then spent a year and a half at

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before entering the

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, where he was afterward an instructor."The Rev. Dr. Charles S. Robinson, ''

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'' (February 2, 1899).

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, ''English Hymns: Their Authors and History'' (1866), p. 472-73. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Troy, April 19, 1855, and was pastor of the Park Street (Presbyterian) church of

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from 1855 to 1860. He was then pastor of the First church of

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from 1860 to 1868, and of the American Chapel of

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from 1868 to 1871. He then became pastor of the Memorial Presbyterian church, New York City, which was erected and freed from debt under his management. Robinson, in 1876–1877 was editor of the ''Illustrated Christian Weekly'', and compiled and published several successful hymn-books. The first was the ''Songs of the Church'' in 1862, revised as the ''Songs for the Sanctuary'' in 1865, which was "very widely adopted". Around the time of his return from Europe to New York City there was a demand for an additional work of a slightly different character which he met by issuing (through the Century Company) the book called ''Spiritual Songs'', 1878. In 1884, Robinson published another hymn-book in the series, titled ''Laudes Domini''. Robinson resigned his final pastorate in 1887, and died in his home, in New York City.

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