Born: 1712, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: May 24, 1768, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Buried: Bun­hill Fields Cem­e­te­ry, Lon­don Eng­land. John Bun­yan, John Rip­pon & Isaac Watts lie near­by.

Hart resisted Christ­i­an­i­ty while young, writ­ing the pamp­hlet The Un­rea­son­a­ble­ness of Re­li­gion, Be­ing Re­marks and An­im­ad­ver­sions on the Rev. John Wes­ley’s Ser­mon on Ro­mans 8:32. How­ev­er, Hart came to Christ in 1757, be­com­ing an e­norm­ous­ly pop­u­lar preach­er and hymn writ­er. Tens of thou­sands at­tend­ed his fun­er­al. Hart’s works in­clude:

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Behold What Aw­ful Pomp
  2. Christ Is the Eter­nal Rock
  3. Christ­ians, Dis­miss Your Fear
  4. Christ­ians in Your Several Sta­tions
  5. Come, Ho­ly Spir­it, Come
  6. Come, Ye Sin­ners, Poor and Needy
  7. Descend from Hea­ven, Celestial Dove
  8. Dismiss Us with Thy Bless­ing, Lord
  9. Fountain of Christ Assist Me to Sing, The
  10. Gird Thy Loins Up, Christ­ian Sol­dier
  11. Glory to God on High
  12. Great High Priest, We View Thee Stoop­ing
  13. Ho­ly Ghost, In­spire Our Praise
  14. How Won­drous Are the Works of God
  15. If Ev­er It Could Come to Pass
  16. Jesus Is Our God and Sav­ior
  17. Jesus Once for Sin­ners Slain
  18. Jesus, While He Dwelt Be­low
  19. Lamb of God, We Fall Be­fore Thee
  20. Let Us All with Grateful Prais­es
  21. Lord, Help Us on Thy Word to Feed
  22. Lord, Look on All Assembled Here
  23. Lord, We Lie Be­fore Thy Feet
  24. Mercy is Wel­come News Indeed
  25. Moon and Stars Shall Lose Their Light, The
  26. Much We Talk of Je­sus’ Blood
  27. No Prophet, nor Dreamer of Dreams
  28. Now from the Garden to the Cross
  29. O for a Glance of Hea­ven­ly Day
  30. Once More We Come Be­fore Our God
  31. Pray­er Is Ap­point­ed to Con­vey
  32. Sinner That Truly Believes, The
  33. Sons of God by Bless’d Adoption
  34. Suffering Sav­ior, Lamb of God
  35. That Doleful Night Be­fore His Death