Benjamin Beddome
Benjamin Beddome (23 January 1717 – 3 September 1795) was an English
Early life
Beddome was born in
Career
In 1740 he became the pastor of the Baptist church in
Personal
He married Elizabeth Boswell (1732–1784), daughter of a deacon in the church in Bourton, on 11 December 1749. They had three sons, John, Benjamin and Foskett.[1]
In 1770, Beddome received an M.A. degree from Providence College, Rhode Island. He died in Bourton aged 78, and was buried in the graveyard of the Baptist church.[1]
Works
Beddome was prolific as hymn writer, composing more than 800 hymns during his lifetime. They were written to be sung after his weekly Sunday sermon each week: relating to its content, they were not originally intended for publication. Beddome allowed 13 of his hymms to be included in the Bristol Baptist Collection of Ash & Evans, and 36 in Rippon's Selection. In 1818, a posthumous collection of 830 of his hymns was published as Hymns Adapted to Public Worship or Family Devotion. A number of Beddome's hymns are also included in the Sacred Harp. Robert Hall wrote:
The man of taste will be gratified with the beauty and original turns of thought which many of them exhibit, while the experimental Christian will often perceive the most secret movements of his soul strikingly delineated, and sentiments portrayed which will find their echo in every heart.
In 1752, Beddome wrote A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism, by Way of Question and Answer, which was reprinted in 1776. Three volumes of his sermons were printed posthumously.[1]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1921. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b "Memoir of the Rev. Benjamin Beddome, A.M." The Baptist Magazine: 509–512. October 1843.
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