August 12, 1791, Lon­don, Eng­land.

August 6, 1856, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Son of a Bap­tist min­is­ter, Gros­er be­came in 1813 pas­tor of a small Bap­tist church at Princ­es Ris­bo­rough, Buck­ing­ham­shire. In 1819, he moved to Battle, Sussex; in in 1820 to Maid­stone; and in 1839 to Lon­don, where he lived the rest of his life. For some years, af­ter 1839, he ed­it­ed The Bap­tist Ma­ga­zine, and for the last five years of his life was Se­cre­ta­ry of the Bap­tist Ir­ish So­ci­e­ty. His works in­clude:

• The Baptist New Se­lect­ion, by Dr. Murch & others, 1828
• A Selection of Hymns Adapt­ed to Pub­lic Wor­ship, and De­signed Chief­ly for the Use of Bap­tist Church­es in Ja­ma­ica (Lon­don: Had­don & Com­pa­ny, 1852) (com­piled at the re­quest of the Bap­tist Mis­sion­a­ry So­ci­e­ty)

• Burrage, pp. 150-1
• Julian, p. 472

1. Praise the Re­deem­er, Al­mighty to Save
2. Whither Can a Sin­ner Flee?