John cennick biography

English Methodist and Moravian evangelist and hymnwriter

John Cennick (12 December – 4 July ) was an English Methodist and Moravianevangelist and hymnwriter. He was born in Reading, Berkshire, England to an Anglican family and raised in the Church of England.^[1]

According to Moravian Bishop E.

R. Hasse, Cennick's family was from Bohemia, and left as a result of persecutions following the Battle of White Mountain. In England, his family became Quakers when his grandfather became influenced by George Fox.^[2]

Early life

At age nine, he heard his dying aunt proclaim "Last night the Lord stood by me and invited me to drink of the fountain of life freely and I shall stand before the Lord as bold as a lion." The words stayed with him for many years as the focus of his own fear of death and concern for his salvation.

Being from a family of humble means, John was compelled, at the age of 13, to leave school and seek an apprenticeship. He made eig John Cennick - ChoralWiki LUMU