John Tyler Ryland, Bristol, to Mrs. John Rippon, London, 8 February 1823, signed by J. T. Ryland, “To M.rs D.r Rippon, with J & E R’s love.  Feb. 8. 1823.” 

3 Hymns by Dr Ryland.

I.               Ah! I shall soon be dying,

Time swiftly flies away . . . 

(note at end of poem reads, “Chiefly made in London streets 1798”)          [Sedgewick dates it 1800 in his 1862 ed. of Ryland's Hymns, pp. 14-15]

II.             When the Savior dwelt below,

Pity in his bosom reign’d; ...

(note at end reads “At Bath Feb. 19. 1806) [Sedgewick dates it only “1806”, pp. 28-29]

III.           Souls, precious souls, immortal souls,

Are Satan’s wish’d-for prey; ...

            (dated at the end, 1806). 

Text: MS. II.c.5.(30.), Congregational Library, London. John Tyler Ryland was John Ryland, Jr.'s eldest son by his first wife.