1772–1852

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Born: Ap­ril 3, 1772, Ford­hays, Stoke-on-Trent, Staf­ford­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 11, 1852, Staf­ford­shire, Eng­land.

Buried: En­gle­sea Brook Cha­pel, En­gle­sea Brook, Chesh­ire, Eng­land.

Biography

Hugh was the son of Jo­seph and Ell­en Bourne.

He joined the Me­tho­dist mov­ement in 1799, and in 1800 went to live near the Mow Cop Col­lie­ry (near Burs­lem), where he had se­cured an en­gage­ment.

With two or three oth­er si­mi­lar­ly mind­ed men, he car­ried on a ser­ies of pray­er meet­ings, end­ing in a great Am­eri­can style camp meet­ing on Mow Cop Mount­ain, Sun­day, May 31, 1807.

Other camp meet­ings fol­lowed, but were con­demned by the Wes­ley­an Con­fer­ence lat­er that year.

However, Bourne con­tin­ued his ev­an­gel­is­tic work in con­nec­tion with the Wes­ley­an So­ci­ety un­til June 27, 1808, when he was ex­com­mu­ni­cat­ed, with­out no­tice or tri­al, by the Quar­ter­ly Meet­ing held at Burs­lem that day.

Subsequent acts of cool­ness and in­dif­fer­ence on the part of the Wes­ley­an au­tho­ri­ties, to­ge­ther with con­tin­ued suc­cess in his ev­an­gel­is­tic work, led him gra­du­al­ly to or­gan­ize the Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Con­nex­ion.

The de­ci­sive break oc­curred in 1810, and from then un­til his death, he gave him­self to the work of ex­tend­ing and build­ing up the So­ci­ety of which he was the prin­ci­pal found­er.

He was the first ed­it­or of its ma­ga­zine, and the first to com­pile a hym­nal for its use.

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Lyrics

  1. Almighty Fa­ther, God of Love
  2. Almighty God, of Love Di­vine
  3. Arise, O Zi­on, Rise and Shine
  4. Assist Us, O Al­migh­ty Lord
  5. Behold Us Dy­ing Sin­ners, Lord
  6. Blest Are the Hum­ble Souls
  7. By Liv­ing Faith We Now Be­hold
  8. Camp-Meet­ings with Suc­cess Are Crowned
    • Camp-Meet­ings God Has Rich­ly Owned
    • This Meet­ing with Thy Pre­sence Crown
  9. Come, Let Us Lift Our Heart and Voice
  10. Come, O Thou Wea­ry Pil­grim’s Friend
  11. Come, Sav­ior, and Bless Us
  12. Come, with Your Sore Dis­eas­es
  13. Commissioned by the Great I AM
  14. Creation Calls Aloud for Praise
  15. Crown Is Just Be­fore Mine Eyes, The
  16. Encouraged by Thy Gra­cious Word
  17. Enoch, the Se­venth, Walked with God
  18. Eternal Fa­ther, God of Grace
  19. Great Is the Lord on Zi­on’s Hill
  20. Great Je­ho­vah, So­ver­eign Lord
  21. Great Source of Un­cre­at­ed Light
  22. Happy the Man That Finds the Grace
  23. Hark! The Go­spel News Is Sound­ing
  24. Heaven Is a Place of End­less Rest
  25. How Short Is Life! How Sure Is Death!
  26. Jesus, Meet Thy Saints To­day
  27. Jesus, My Lord, Was Cru­ci­fied
  28. Jesus, Thou Bleed­ing Lamb
  29. Jesus, Thou Source of Light and Love
  30. Jesus, Thou So­ver­eign Lord
  31. Jesus, Thy Bless­ing Now Af­ford
  32. Jesus, Thy­self on Me Be­stow
  33. Jesus, Who Spilt His Pre­cious Blood
  34. Jesus, Wipe Away My Tears
  35. Last Great Day Is Draw­ing Nigh, The
  36. Led by the God of Truth and Grace
  37. Let Thou­sands, Lord, Be Sent Abroad
  38. Light of the Gen­tile Race
  39. My Breth­ren of the Lord
    • Ye Fol­low­ers of the Lord
  40. My Soul Is Now Unit­ed
    • By Faith I Am Unit­ed
  41. No One Is Like Je­shu­run’s God
  42. Now Let Our Eyes, by Faith, Sur­vey
  43. Now, Lord, I on Thy Truth De­pend
    • O Lord, I on Thy Truth De­pend
  44. Now, Lord, Thy Bless­ing We Im­plore
  45. Now, Lord, Thy Chos­en Her­alds Bless
  46. O, Hea­ven­ly Zi­on, Rise
    • Arise, O Zi­on, Rise
  47. O Right­eous Fa­ther, Lord of All
  48. Pharisee Un­wise­ly Stood, A
  49. See, in the Mount­ain of the Lord
  50. See, Where the Bleed­ing Sav­ior Stands
  51. Tho’ in a World of Sick­ness
    • While in This World of Sick­ness
  52. To Thee, Great Source of Light
  53. To Thee, O God of Pow­er Di­vine
  54. Thou God, Who Reign’st En­throned on High
  55. Thou, Lord, Art Good, and Good Thou Dost
  56. Time Swift­ly Flies, and Calls Away
  57. Unto our Nev­er Ceas­ing Cries
  58. We Have a Great High Priest
  59. We Are Now Jour­ney­ing to the Place
  60. We Read in Thy Most Ho­ly Word
  61. Welcome, O Sav­ior to My Heart
  62. When God Came Down on Si­nai
  63. While Wait­ing at the Throne of Grace
  64. Why Do I Wan­der from My God?
  65. Ye Sleep­ing Souls, Arise

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