1757, Col­ches­ter, Es­sex, Eng­land.

Ap­ril 14, 1822.

Draper worked in­i­tial­ly as a lin­en drap­er. Aft­er train­ing for the Un­i­tar­i­an min­is­try, he served at the Lea­ther Lane Cha­­pel, Hol­born (1789) and Sid­bu­ry Vale, Sid­mouth (1798). He wrote 161 hymns, few of which are in mod­ern hymn­als. His works in­clude:

• Picture of Sid­mouth
• Tour Through Var­i­ous Parts of Eng­land
• Sermons, 1798
• Substance of the Ho­ly Script­ure Meth­od­ized, 1801

• Julian, p. 198

1. Blest Is the Man That Fears the Lord
2. Father of All, Where Shall We Find?
3. Great God, as Sea­sons Dis­ap­pear
4. Hosanna! Let Us Join to Sing
5. With Deep­est Rev­er­ence at Thy Throne