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3h  · Daily Baptist EncyclopediaPost by Jim Curran Beddome, Rev. Benjamin, was born at Hen- ley, England, Jan. 23, 1717. He was baptized in London in 1739. He was educated at Bristol Col- lege and at the Independent College, Milend, Lon- don. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry at Bourton-on-the-Water, Sept. 23, 1743. THe con- tinued pastor of this church till Sept. 3, 1797, when he rested from his labors and entered the church in glory. (Note tombstone indicates Sept 23, 1795- may be an error in electronic transcription?) Mr. Beddome was accustomed to prepare a hymn to be sung every Lord’s day after his morning ser- These compositions were collected when he died and published in a volume, and since that time they have heen placed in most selections of hymns in the English language. For the last eight years of his life he gave away in charitable con- tributions the entire money he received as salary for his services. “In his preaching he laid Christ at the founda- tion of religion as the support of it; he placed him at the top of it as its glory; and he made him the centre of it, to unite all its parts, and to add beauty and vigor to the whole.” “ His inventive faculty was extraordinary, and threw an endless variety into his public services. Nature, provi- dence, and grace had formed him for eminence in the church of Christ.”’ He was loved and honored by the whole Baptist denomination in England and America in his day. Rhode Island College, now known as Brown University, gave him the honorary degree of A.M. Three volumes of his sermons were published after his death. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart photo from Findagrave CarolN