1745–1788

Introduction

Died: Sep­tem­ber 28, 1788.

Buried: Bap­tist Bu­ry­ing Ground, Bris­tol, Eng­land.

Biography

Hoskins, a Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter, served ten years at Cas­tle Green Cha­pel in Bris­tol.

Works

In the three years be­fore his death, he wrote 384 hymns, which were pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly by fel­low Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ters Moody and Bot­tom­ley in Hymns on Select Texts of Scrip­ture and Oc­ca­sion­al Sub­jects (Bris­tol, Eng­land: 1789).

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Alas! My Lord, My Life, Is Gone
  2. Behold, Be­hold the Lamb of God
  3. Great Light of Life, Thou Na­ture’s Lord
  4. In Thy Great Name, O Lord, We Come
  5. Let Thought­less Thou­sands Choose
  6. O How the Hearts of Those Re­vive
  7. Prisoners of Sin and Sa­tan, Too
  8. Savior of Sin­ners, Deign to Shine
  9. Time Is Short, Ere All That Live, The
  10. Today the Sav­ior Rose

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