Jonathan Franklin

Jonathan Franklin (1760-1833) was an English Baptist preacher and hymn writer. He was the pastor of a Baptist church in Croydon until the year 1808, when he was appointed the pastor of Redcross Street Chapel, London.

Jonathan Franklin Hymns

  • Jonathan Franklin

    The Life And Death Of Jonathan Franklin

    Jonathan Franklin, Baptist. Mr. Franklin was formerly pastor of the Baptist Church at Croydon. He afterwards removed and took the charge of a people that separated from the church at Little Alie Street, under the care of Mr. William Shenston. They first worshipped in a small wooden building in Chapel Street, Mile End Road;  from thence they removed to Redcross Street, in 1808, where Mr. Franklin laboured nearly twenty-six years; finishing his course in May 1833. His grave in Bunhill is E. and W. 67,—N. and S. 23; but, there is no stone erected to his memory.

  • Jared Smith's Hymn Studies,  Jonathan Franklin Hymns

    In Mounts Of Danger And Of Straits

    Theme: Providential Care Of God See Jared Smith’s video teaching on the hymn, a devotional exposition according to the Framework of Sovereign Grace. Text: Genesis 22:1-14 Genesis 22:1-14: “And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the…

  • • Strangers and Pilgrims,  Jonathan Franklin Hymns

    In Mounts Of Dangers And Of Straights

    Genesis 22:1-14: "And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes,…