View source for James Lucas

=Life=
*1762–1800 (this is based on the evidence below)
**One source says he lived from 1762 to 1800 (of England)<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=46Hjh6kVApQC&pg=PA208&dq=lucas+hymn+1800+1762&as_brr=1 The Story of the Tunes, 1890 (p. 208–209)]</ref>, and another source verifies that he was born at this date<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=M9YHIaRQTsIC&pg=PA460&dq=james+lucas+hymn&as_brr=1 The Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church, 1911 (p. 460)]</ref>, while later Latter-day Saint sources say he was born in 1726<ref>Stories of Our Mormon Hymns, 1963 (p. 25)</ref><ref>[[Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1985]] (no. 217)</ref> and list no death date.  Some sources cite 1805<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=h2Kg3lC-nU4C&pg=PA399&dq=james+lucas+hymn&as_brr=1#PPA551,M1 The Methodist Hymnal, 1905 (p. 551)]</ref> and 1820<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=W4VLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA354&dq=%22Come,+let+us+anew%22+lucas&as_brr=1#PPA456,M1 Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With Tunes, 1878 (p. 456)]</ref><ref>[http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/l/u/lucas_j.htm Cyberhymnal article on James Lucas]</ref> as dates of importance to him, somehow (they do not say what these dates are for).

=Works=
*[[Watch Night]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=46Hjh6kVApQC&pg=PA208&dq=lucas+hymn+1800+1762&as_brr=1#PPA208,M1 The Story of the Tunes, 1890 (p. 208–209)]</ref>
**This may be the same tune below, as it was used with Come, Let Us Anew, although it could be a different tune and perhaps the reason the tune ''Lucas'' is thought to be composed by him.
*[[Lucas]]
**Modern sources generally say this tune is attributed to him, and not definitely his.  Loads of old hymnals list him as being the composer, however, without additional notes.
*[[Swanwick]]
**It should be noted here that one source says a [[John Lucas]] wrote a tune called [[Swanick]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=6IM6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA566&dq=swanwick+hymn+lucas&as_brr=1#PPA188,M1 Catalogue of Manuscript Music in the British Museum, 1906 (p. 188)]</ref> (not ''Swanwick''), which may or may not be the same tune.

=References=
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