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Henry Burton
1840–1930
Raised between England and the United States, this Methodist minister wrote hymns and devotional work shaped by a lifetime of preaching, pastoral service, and travel. His career joined practical ministry with a warm, accessible religious voice that kept his writing close to ordinary readers and worshippers.
1 Audiobook
Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke
by Henry Burton
About the author
Born in Swannington, Leicestershire, in 1840, he later moved with his family to the United States and studied at Beloit College in Wisconsin. Early in adult life he served in the Methodist Episcopal Church in America before returning to Britain, where he continued in Wesleyan ministry.
He is best remembered as a minister and hymn writer. Reference works on hymnody describe a long career of preaching and writing, and note that his life stretched across both sides of the Atlantic, giving his work a broad Methodist background.
He died in 1930 at West Kirby, near Hoylake, Cheshire. While not a widely famous literary figure today, he remains of interest to readers of devotional literature and hymn history for the steady, service-minded character of his work.