Born: November 21, 1759, Sheerness, Kent, England.

Died: January 18, 1806, London, England.

As a young man, Shrubsole worked as a shipwright in the dockyard, then as a clerk. In 1785, he moved to London and entered the Bank of England as a clerk; he subsequently became Secretary to the Committee of the Treasury. For a while he attended St. Anne’s Church in Blackfriars, but for the last 20 years of his life he belonged to the Congregationalists, and attended Hoxton Academy Chapel. He was a director and secretary of the London Missionary Society, and contributed hymns to the Evangelical Magazine, Christian Magazine, Theological Miscellany, Christian Observer, and Youth’s Magazine. His daughter gave a Memoir of him to Dr. Morison’s Fathers and Founders of the London Missionary Society (London: Fisher, Sons & Co., 1844)

Hymns:

1. Arm of the Lord, Awake!
2. Bright as the Sun’s Meridian Blaze
3. In All the Paths of My Feet Pursue
4. When Streaming from the Eastern Skies
5. Ye Saints, Your Grateful Praises Bring
6. Zion Awake, Thy Strength Renew

Music:

1. Miles Lane