The Life And Ministry Of William Hammond
John Gadsby, “Memoirs Of The Principal Hymn-Writers And Compilers Of The 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries”:
William Hammond (B.A.) was one of the early Calvinistic Methodist preachers, he afterwards joined the Moravians, and was buried in the Moravian burying-ground, Chelsea, in 1783. He wrote his autobiography in Greek, but it was never published. He was educated at John’s College, Cambridge. His hymns were printed in 1745, and he wrote a work entitled, “The Marrow of the Church.” There is a preface giving some account of a weak faith, a full assurance of faith, &c.
William Hammond (1719-1783) was a sovereign grace Methodist and Moravian preacher, author and hymn-writer. In 1743, he joined the Methodists; in 1745, he joined the Moravian Brethren. He wrote a book called “The Marrow Of The Church” and published his hymns in the year 1745.
