Introduction

Biography

Son of a Bap­tist min­is­ter, in 1813 Gros­er be­came pas­tor of a small Bap­tist church at Princ­es Ris­bo­rough, Buck­ing­ham­shire.

In 1819, he moved to Bat­tle, Sus­sex; in 1820 to Maid­stone, Kent; and in 1839 to Lon­don, where he lived the rest of his life.

For some years, af­ter 1839, he ed­it­ed The Bap­tist Ma­ga­zine, and for the last five years of his life was sec­re­ta­ry of the Bap­tist Iri­sh So­ci­ety.

Works

• The Bap­tist New Se­lect­ion, by Dr. Murch & oth­ers, 1828
• A Se­lect­ion of Hymns Adapt­ed to Pub­lic Wor­ship, and De­signed Chief­ly for the Use of Bap­tist Church­es in Ja­mai­ca (Lon­don: Haddon, 1852) (com­piled at the re­quest of the Bap­tist Mis­sion­ary So­ci­ety)