Charles Payne (clergyman)

Charles Henry Payne (1830–1899),[1] a clergyman, revised the hymn-book of the Methodist denomination in the late 19th century.

[3] Payne studied at the Biblical Institute in Concord, New Hampshire and joined the Providence Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1857.

[4][5] Payne was an organizer, member, and principal contributor of the committee to revise the hymn-book of his denomination in 1876, a delegate to the General Methodist Conferences of 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892 and 1896, and a delegate to the Ecumenical conference in London in 1881.

He traveled extensively in Egypt, Europe, Greece, the Holy Land, and Syria.

[7] Payne is the author of, among other works: He died at Clifton Springs, New York on May 5, 1899.