Introduction

Biography

The son of poor par­ents, Grigg orig­in­al­ly trained as a me­cha­nic. In 1743, he be­came as­sist­ant min­is­ter to Tho­mas Bures at the Pres­by­te­ri­an Church on Sil­ver Street in Lon­don.

Upon Bures’ death in 1747, Grigg re­tired from the min­is­try and, mar­ry­ing a la­dy of pro­per­ty, took up re­si­dence at St. Albans.

Works

Grigg re­port­ed­ly wrote ov­er 40 hymns.

A cen­tu­ry af­ter Grigg’s death, Da­ni­el Sedg­wick pub­lished his col­lect­ed hymns and po­ems as Hymns on Di­vine Sub­jects (Lon­don: 1861).

His oth­er works in­clude:

• Miscellanies on Mo­ral and Re­li­gious Sub­jects (Lon­don: Eli­za­beth Har­ris­on, 1756)
• The Voice of Dan­ger, the Voice of God (Lon­don: J. Buck­land, 1756)
• Four Hymns on Di­vine Sub­jects Where­in the Pa­tience and Love of Our Di­vine Sav­ior Is Dis­played (Lon­don: 1765)
• A doz­en hymns con­trib­uted to The Chris­tian Ma­ga­zine in 1765 & 1766
• Hymns by the Late Rev. Jo­seph Grigg (Stour­bridge, Eng­land: 1806)