March 1, 1710, Black­wa­ter Park (near St. Al­bans), Hertfordshire, Eng­land.

Sep­tem­ber 5, 1798.

Turner re­ceived a class­ic­al ed­u­ca­tion, and for ma­ny years ran a board­ing school at Hem­el Hemp­stead, but in 1741 he be­came pastor of the Bap­tist church in Read­ing. He moved to Ab­ing­don in 1748, and pas­tored the Bap­tist church there un­til his death. He prob­ab­ly re­ceived the hon­o­ra­ry de­gree of MA from the Bap­tist Coll­ege in Pro­vi­dence, Rhode Is­land. His works in­clude:

• Open Com­mun­ion
• Social Re­li­gion
• Short Med­i­ta­tions on Se­lect Por­tions of Script­ure.
• Divine Songs, Hymns and Other Po­ems, 1747
• Poems De­vo­tion­al and Mor­al, 1794

• Burrage, pp. 38-41
• Julian, p. 1188

1. Beyond the Glit­ter­ing Skies
2. Faith Adds New Charms to Earth­ly Bliss
3. Jesus, Full of All Com­passion
4. Lord of Hosts, How Love­ly Fair