3 April 1593 A.D. CHURCH OF ENGLAND: (Oh no, not another one!) Calvinistic Rev. George Herbert Born—Poet of Anglican Theology
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April 1593 A.D. CHURCH OF ENGLAND: (Oh no, not another one!) Calvinistic Rev. George Herbert
Born—Poet of Anglican Theology
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George Herbert (1593 to 1633)
Church of England
George Herbert was born at Montgomery, Wales. At 15 he entered Trinity
College, Cambridge, and graduated five years later with a B.A., and three years
after that with a M.A. degree. He was ordained in 1629, at age 36, and the
following year became rector at Bernerton, near Salisbury. His ministry in this
small parish was most notable, and he was loved by all, and known as "holy
Mr. Herbert." About forty of his poems became a part of John Wesley's
Charlestown Collection. His biographer and friend, Izaak Walton, wrote of him,
"Thus he lived, and thus he died, like a saint, unspotted from the world,
full of alms-deeds, full of humility and all the examples of a virtuous
life." Very fond of music, he was known as the "poet of Anglican
theology," writing many hymns for lute and viol accompaniment, including
the still-popular, "The King of Love My Shepherd Is."
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