Introduction

Biography

Cennick had thought of be­com­ing a sur­vey­or, but af­ter meet­ing the Wes­leys, he joined them in their work.

In 1740, he be­came a teach­er at Kings­wood, on the re­com­men­da­tion of John Wes­ley.

Later, he joined the Mo­ra­vi­ans, and vis­it­ed their head­quar­ters at Herrn­hut, but he spent much of his time as an itin­er­ant evan­gel­ist in Bri­tain.

A street was named af­ter him in Grace­hill, Ire­land, where the lo­cal Mo­ra­vi­an church has a plaque in his hon­or.

Works

• Sacred Hymns, for the Child­ren of God in the Days of Their Pil­grim­age, 1741
• Sacred Hymns for the Use of Re­li­gious So­cie­ties, 1743
• A Col­lect­ion of Sac­red Hymns, 1749
• Hymns to the Hon­our of Je­sus Christ, Com­posed for Such Lit­tle Child­ren as De­sire to Be Saved, 1754

Additional works ap­peared post­hu­mous­ly in J. Swert­ner’s Mo­ra­vi­an Hymn Book, 1789.