1839–1915

Introduction

Born: Ap­ril 28, 1839, Bark­ing, Es­sex, Eng­land.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 5, 1915, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Buried: Toot­ing, Sur­rey, Eng­land.

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Biography

Vernon was the son of Tho­mas Charles­worth of Bark­ing and ne­phew of Jo­seph W. Charles­worth, vicar of Heach­am, Norfolk.

He was edu­cat­ed at Ho­mer­ton Col­lege.

He served as co-pas­tor (with New­man Hall) of Sur­rey Cha­pel (1864–69), head­mas­ter of Charles Spur­geon’s Stock­well Orp­han­age (1869–1915), and a Min­is­ter­ing El­der of Spur­geon’s Me­tro­po­li­tan Ta­ber­na­cle.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. As the East­ern Hills Are Glow­ing
  2. As You Ga­ther Round the Fa­mi­ly Board
  3. Blessed Je­sus, Lord and Mas­ter
  4. Come, Breth­ren, Let Us Sing
  5. Come to Je­sus, He In­vites You
  6. Day of the Lord Is at Hand, The
  7. Heart to Heart by Love Unit­ed
  8. How Blest in Je­sus’ Name to Meet
  9. I’ve No­thing to Bring Thee, Je­sus
  10. Our Lamps Are Gone Out
  11. Shelter in the Time of Storm, A
  12. Sweetest Fel­low­ship We Know
  13. There Is a Land as Yet Un­known
  14. ’Tis a Bless­ed Thing While We Live to Sing
  15. When Far from Thee, and Heirs of Woe
  16. Ye Ser­vants of Je­sus, Go Forth