1838–1923

Introduction

Born: Ap­ril 12, 1838, Birm­ing­ham, Eng­land.

Biography

Son of a ci­vil en­gin­eer, Jack­son joined a Bap­tist church in 1856, and in 1859 be­came a Bap­tist min­is­ter.

In that ca­pa­ci­ty he served in Li­ver­pool; Bil­les­don and Cas­tle Don­ing­ton, Lei­ces­ters­hire; Rip­ley, Sur­rey; and Louth, Lin­coln­shire. As an oc­ca­sion­al lec­tur­er, he was wide­ly po­pu­lar.

His hymns were com­posed chief­ly for Sun­day School an­ni­ver­sa­ries. Three were in­tro­duced in­to the 1879 Bap­tist Hym­nal, and se­ven in­to the School Hym­nal (Lon­don: E. Marl­bo­rough, 1880).

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Brethren, We Have Found the Lord
  2. Fearless, Calm, and Strong in Love
  3. Golden Land Is Shin­ing, The
  4. Hark for a Voice to the Child­ren Call­ing
  5. How Fair Are the Li­lies
  6. I Have a Work, O Lord
  7. Jesus, Hear Us for the Young
  8. Little Ves­sels on Life’s Wa­ters
  9. Love Each Oth­er, Lit­tle Child­ren
  10. Shall Je­sus Bid the Child­ren Come?
  11. Thousand Bless­ings on the Place, A
  12. Zion Bound

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