Author Bio Information
Barton, Bernard D.'s bio information
Saturday, January 31, 1784 - Monday, February 19, 1849
Born: January 31, 1784, Carlisle, Cumberland, England.
Died: February 19, 1849, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.
Buried: Turn Lane graveyard, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.
Barton was Britain’s counterpart to American John Greenleaf Whittier. Like Whittier, he was called the “Quaker Poet.” Barton attended a Quaker school in Ipswich. In 1798, he was apprenticed to a Mr. S. Jesup, a shopkeeper at Halstead, Essex, with whom he stayed until 1806. Barton then moved to Woodbridge, Suffolk, and entered into business with his brother as a coal and corn merchant. He married, but his wife died after only a year. Barton then moved to Liverpool for a short while, but returned to Woodbridge in 1810. A bank clerk by profession, he wrote 10 books of poems, many of which became hymns. His works include:
Devotional Verses, 1826
Household Verses, 1849
Hymns
Around Bethesda’s Healing Wave
Fear Not, Zion’s Sons and Daughters
Hath the Invitation Ended?
Lamp of Our Feet
Say Not the Law Divine
See We Not Beyond the Portal?
There Is a Life More Dear
Those Who Live in Love Shall Know
Walk in the Light
We Journey Through a Vale of Tears
Wouldst Thou Share This Benediction?
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/b/a/r/barton_b.html
Died: February 19, 1849, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.
Buried: Turn Lane graveyard, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.
Barton was Britain’s counterpart to American John Greenleaf Whittier. Like Whittier, he was called the “Quaker Poet.” Barton attended a Quaker school in Ipswich. In 1798, he was apprenticed to a Mr. S. Jesup, a shopkeeper at Halstead, Essex, with whom he stayed until 1806. Barton then moved to Woodbridge, Suffolk, and entered into business with his brother as a coal and corn merchant. He married, but his wife died after only a year. Barton then moved to Liverpool for a short while, but returned to Woodbridge in 1810. A bank clerk by profession, he wrote 10 books of poems, many of which became hymns. His works include:
Devotional Verses, 1826
Household Verses, 1849
Hymns
Around Bethesda’s Healing Wave
Fear Not, Zion’s Sons and Daughters
Hath the Invitation Ended?
Lamp of Our Feet
Say Not the Law Divine
See We Not Beyond the Portal?
There Is a Life More Dear
Those Who Live in Love Shall Know
Walk in the Light
We Journey Through a Vale of Tears
Wouldst Thou Share This Benediction?
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/b/a/r/barton_b.html
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- # 3 - Loyal To Thee (TTBB) (uploaded on Feb 16, 2024)
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- # 9 - By And By (TTBB) (uploaded on Jul 16, 2023)
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