William Hammond

1719-1783

Born: January 6, 1719, Battle, Sussex, England.

Died: August 19, 1783, London, England.

Buried: Moravian cemetery, Sloane Street, Chelsea, England.

Hammond was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge. In 1743 he joined the Calvinistic Methodists, and in 1745, the Moravian Brethren. He left an autobiography in Greek, which, as of 1900, remained unpublished. His original  hymns, together with his translations from the Latin, were published in his Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs (London: W. Strahan).

Hymns:

1. Awake, and Sing the Song
2. Brightness of the Father’s Face
3. How Great the Christian’s Portion In
4. If Jesus Is Yours
5. In Thine Own Appointed Way
6. Jesus, Who Died the World to Save
7. Lord, if on Earth the Thought of Thee
8. Lord, We Come Before Thee Now
9. Now with Joint Consent We Sing
10. O Lord, How Little Do We Know
11. Would You Win a Soul to God?