1797–1874

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 12, 1797, Prit­tle­well, Es­sex, Eng­land.

Died: March 7, 1874, Ha­li­fax, No­va Sco­tia, Ca­na­da.

Buried: Camp Hill Ce­me­te­ry, Ha­li­fax, No­va Sco­tia, Ca­na­da.

Biography

Bullock was the Ang­li­can rec­tor of St. Paul’s in Tri­ni­ty, New­found­land; rec­tor of St. Luke’s Church, Ha­li­fax, No­va Sco­tia; and—when the church was des­ig­nat­ed a ca­thed­ral by Bi­shop Her­bert Bin­ney in 1864—St. Luke’s first dean.

His des­cen­dants re­late a fa­mi­ly sto­ry that he was once asked by a pa­rish­ion­er why he had not writ­ten a verse of We Love Thy Place, O God about the pul­pit. He re­plied:

What would I write?

We love thy pulpit, Lord,
For there the word of man
Lulls the worshiper to sleep
As only sermons can.

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Help Needed

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