1766–1843

Introduction

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Christened: De­cem­ber 28, 1766, Bi­de­ford, De­von­shire, Eng­land.

Died: No­vem­ber 15, 1843.

Biography

At age 14, Kent was ap­pren­ticed to his fa­ther, a ship­wright in the Ply­mouth Dock­yard.

He be­gan writ­ing verse as a youth, and pub­lished Orig­in­al Gos­pel Hymns in 1803. It went through nu­mer­ous edi­tions, with num­ber 10 pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in 1861 and in­clud­ing a bio­gra­phy by his son.

Kent stopped writ­ing when he went blind by age 60.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Before the Al­migh­ty Be­gan
  2. Betrothed in Love, Ere Time Be­gan
  3. Christ Ex­alt­ed Is Our Song
  4. Come Saints, and Sing in Sweet Ac­cord
  5. Hark, How the Blood-Bought Host Above
  6. How Sweet the Notes of Yon­der Choir
  7. In Types and Sha­dows We Are Told
  8. Indulgent God! How Kind
  9. Let Zi­on in Her Songs Re­cord
  10. Love Was the Great Self-Mov­ing Cause
  11. On Zion’s Glo­ri­ous Sum­mit
  12. Precious Is the Name of Je­sus
  13. Salvation by Grace, How Charm­ing the Song
  14. Saved from the Dam­ning Power of Sin
  15. Sons of God, in Tri­bu­la­tion
  16. Sons of Peace, Re­deemed by Blood
  17. Sovereign Grace o’er Sin Abound­ing
  18. ’Tis the Church Tri­um­phant Sing­ing
  19. ’Twas Not to Make Je­ho­vah’s Love
  20. ’Twas with an Ev­er­last­ing Love
  21. What Cheer­ing Words Are These!
  22. With Da­vid’s Lord, and Ours

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