William Ralph Featherstone

William Ralph Featherstone appears in some hymnological references as an alternate spelling or variant of the name William Ralph Featherston, the Canadian hymn writer associated with the hymn text My Jesus I Love Thee. Historical sources generally identify the hymn writer with the spelling Featherston rather than Featherstone. Because of this variation in spelling, some hymnals and indexes have listed the name in both forms. Scholars typically regard the two spellings as referring to the same individual rather than separate contributors. Detailed biographical information connected specifically to the Featherstone spelling is therefore uncertain and usually treated as a variant attribution in hymn references.