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1837 JAMES MONTGOMERY. Unpublished Manuscript Variant of His Hymn, "Closet Prayer." Ephemera and we haste to theirA wonderful original manuscript hymn entirely in the hand of, and signed by, important early 19th century hymnist and abolitionist, James Montgomery. James Montgomery [1771 1854] was the son of Moravian missionaries to the West Indies. He inherited an early desire for Christ, a passion for missions, and a vivid, independent mind. This occasionally caused trouble, as in his brief imprisonment for describing in an article a riot in Sheffield that