- John Hampden Gurney
John Hampden Gurney
August 15 ,1802 -March 8 ,1862 was anAnglican clergyman and [hymnist] .Life
Born the son of Sir
John Gurney ,Baron of the Exchequer in Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street, London, England, he was educated atTrinity College, Cambridge . He graduated with an MA.He was an active supporter of theSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge and other religious societies. He died inLondon .ervice
*Curate of
Lutterworth (1824-1844) (Listed as Stipendiary Curate, 1827)
*Rector of St. Mary's,Marylebone
*Prebendary ofSt. Paul's Cathedral .Published Writings
"Church Psalmody: Hints for the Improvement of a Collection of Hymns" (1853)A Collection of Hymns for Public Worship (1838), known as his Lutterworth Collection"Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship, Selected for Some of the Churches of Marylebone" (1851) known as his Marlybone collection.
His Hymns include: "We saw Thee not when Thou didst come", Lord, as to thy dear Cross we flee, and "Yes God is good".
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