1749–1810

Introduction

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Born: Ap­ril 1749. The lo­ca­tion is var­ious­ly re­port­ed as High Wy­combe, Buck­ing­ham­shire, or Guild­ford, Sur­rey, Eng­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 30, 1810, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Buried: Orig­in­ally at White­field’s Ta­ber­na­cle, but the me­mor­ial and the grave were lat­er moved. Find­agrave re­ports he is cur­rent­ly in Ching­ford Mount Ce­me­te­ry, Lon­don.

Biography

Burnham was for ma­ny years pas­tor of a Bap­tist church in Lon­don, first in Lit­tle Cha­pel Street, then in Graf­ton Street, So­ho. He is said to have been an ex­cell­ent preach­er.

Works

Burnham wrote some 452 hymns in his life­time, and pub­lished:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Free Grace, Me­lo­di­ous Sound
  2. God in Three Ap­pears All Glo­ri­ous
  3. Goodness of Our Glo­ri­ous God, The
  4. Great Je­ho­vah’s Love En­dur­eth
  5. How Tru­ly Glo­ri­ous Is the Love
  6. Jesus Draws the Chos­en Race
  7. Jesus, Thou Art the Sin­ner’s Friend
  8. Love Will I Ev­er Sing
  9. Now I Know the Great Re­deem­er
  10. O Glo­ri­ous God of Grace
  11. People of the Lord Were Chos­en, The
  12. Who Can e’er Fa­thom God’s Rich Love