1745-1788

Sep­tem­ber 28, 1788.

Bap­tist Bur­y­ing Ground, Bris­tol, Eng­land.

Hoskins, a Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter, served ten years at Cas­tle Green Cha­pel in Bristol, Eng­land. In the three years before his death, he wrote 384 hymns, which were pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly by fel­low Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ters Moo­dy and Bot­tom­ley in Hymns on Se­lect Texts of Script­ure and Oc­ca­sion­al Sub­jects (Bris­tol, Eng­land: 1789).

  1. Alas! My Lord, My Life, Is Gone
  2. Behold, Be­hold the Lamb of God
  3. Great Light of Life, Thou Na­ture’s Lord
  4. In Thy Great Name, O Lord, We Come
  5. Let Thought­less Thou­sands Choose
  6. O How the Hearts of Those Revive
  7. Prisoners of Sin and Sa­tan, Too
  8. Savior of Sin­ners, Deign to Shine
  9. Time Is Short, Ere All That Live, The
  10. Today the Savi­or Rose