Gerard Moultrie

Gerald Moultrie (16 September 1829 in Rugby Rectory, Warwickshire – 25 April 1885 in Southleigh, England) was a Victorian public schoolmaster and Anglican hymnographer.

He was educated at Rugby School and Exeter College, Oxford.

Taking Holy Orders, he held a number of positions.

Moultrie's published works include: Moultrie composed hymns[6] of traditional Christian piety based on devotion to Mary the mother of Jesus, the Angelic Hosts and the Communion of Saints at the Eschaton in the vein of High Church reverence for the transcendent prevalent in the celebration of liturgy in his time.

A sampling includes The lyrics for which he is most renowned are his translation from the Greek of the Offertory chant of the Cherubic Hymn taken from the 4th century AD Byzantine Divine Liturgy of St. James, popularly known by the first line of the first verse "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams to the tune Picardy.