Jan­u­a­ry 3, 1780, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Sep­tem­ber 30, 1861.

St. Ma­ry’s, Har­row, Eng­land.

Cunningham at­tend­ed St. John’s Coll­ege, Cam­bridge, where he grad­u­at­ed in hon­ors and sub­se­quent­ly be­came a Fel­low. In 1802, he be­came Cur­ate of Rip­ley, Sur­rey. In 1803, he moved to Ock­ham, and lat­er to Clap­ham, where he was Cur­ate to John Venn. In 1811 he be­came Vic­ar of Har­row, where he served half a cen­tu­ry. His works in­clude:

• World With­out Souls, 1805
• The Velvet Cush­ion, 4th edition 1814
• De Rancé, a Po­em, 1815
• Morn­ing Thoughts on the Gos­pel of St. Mat­thew, 1824
• Morn­ing Thoughts on the Gos­pel of St. Mark, 1827

• Julian, p. 273

1. As the Sweet Flow­er That Scents the Morn
2. Dear Is the Hal­lowed Morn to Me
3. From Cal­va­ry a Cry Was Heard
4. God of Is­ra­el Ne­ver Sleeps, The
5. How Cheer­ing the Thought That the Spir­its in Bliss