Richard Jukes

1804–1867

Introduction

Biography

After com­ing to Christ in 1825, Jukes was a lay speak­er, then served as a Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist min­is­ter for 32 years, re­tir­ing in 1859.

Works

Many of his texts ap­peared in 1862, in The Book That Will Cheer You: or, Hymns for the Liv­ing and the Dy­ing.

His bio­gra­phy, The Po­et of Mil­ton, by James Pritch­ard, ap­peared in 1868.