Sep­tem­ber 13, 1715, Lon­don, Eng­land.

May 3, 1795.

Mora­vi­an Bur­i­al Ground (Shar­on’s Gar­den), Chel­sea, Eng­land.

Son of a cler­gy­man and cou­sin to scien­tist Isaac New­ton, Hut­ton worked as book­sell­er for some years. In 1739, he vi­sit­ed the Mo­ra­vi­an set­tle­ment at Herrn­hut, where he met Count Zin­zen­dorf. He re­tired from com­merce in 1745, was or­dained a Mo­ra­vi­an di­a­co­nus in 1749, and con­trib­ut­ed sev­er­al hymns to the 1754 Mo­ra­vi­an Hymn Book.

• Julian, pp. 546-7
• Robinson, p. 6

1. Besprinkle with Thy Blood My Heart
2. Brethren, What Do You De­sire?
3. Come, Faith­ful Shep­herd, Bind Me
4. How Shall a Young Man Cleanse His Way?
5. My Open­ing Eyes with Rap­ture See
6. Teach Me Yet More of Thy Blest Ways