Francis Bottome

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Francis Bottome (born May 26, 1823 in Belper, County Derbyshire , England , † June 29, 1894 in Gunnislake, Cornwall , England) was an English hymn poet and Methodist pastor .

life and work

Francis Bottome emigrated to the USA in 1850 and was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church ( Episcopal Methodist Church ) that same year . In 1872, Dickinson College, founded in 1783 in Carlisle , Pennsylvania , awarded him an honorary doctorate in theology . Francis Bottome returned to England after 1890.

His numerous hymns published Francis Bottome in the anthologies "Centenary Singer" (1869) and "Round Lake" (1872). He also helped R. P. Smith put together the song collection "Gospel Songs", also published in 1872.

Well-known songs Bottomes include "Come, Holy Ghost, All Sacred Fire", "The Comforter Has Come", "Full Salvation, Full Salvation", "Let Us Sing of His Love Once Again", "Precious Jesus, O to Love Thee." "," Search Me, O God "," I Believe Jesus Saves ".

The song "O Bliss of the Purified", composed in 1869, was translated into German by Ernst Heinrich Gebhardt (1832–1899) with the title "What luck is to be redeemed" and published in Gebhardt's song collection "Frohe Message" in 1875 in Basel. The melody was composed by William Batchelder Bradbury (1816–1868). It is the most famous song by Francis Bottome in the German-speaking world . In Germany it was u. a. also in the song book "Pfingst-Jubel", Niedenstein 1987, under the song number 215 and in the hymn book of the Evangelical Methodist Church from 1969, number 656, published.

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Wikisource: What luck is it to be redeemed - Text in German  - Sources and full texts
personal data
SURNAME Bottome, Francis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bottome, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Methodist hymn poet
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Belper, Derbyshire
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1894
Place of death Gunnislake, Cornwall