# Samuel Stennett > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_Stennett > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_Stennett.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Stennett > Source revision: 1327906312 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English minister and hymnwriter (1727–1795)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} thumb|right|150px|Samuel Stennett '''Samuel Stennett''' (1 June 1727 – 24 August 1795) was an English [Seventh Day Baptist](/source/Seventh_Day_Baptist) minister and hymnwriter.{{Cite book |last=Sanford |first=Don A. |title=A Choosing People: The History of Seventh Day Baptists |publisher=Broadman Press |year=1992 |isbn=0-8054-6055-1 |location=Nashville, TN |pages=127–286}} ==Pastor and hymnwriter== He was born in Exeter, to a family of clergymen. His great-grandfather Edward was a dissenting pastor{{cite web |url= https://www.bibletruthpublishers.com/the-little-flock-hymn-book-its-history-and-hymn-writers/a-roach/lbd23757 |title= The Little Flock Hymn Book: Its History and Hymn Writers |author= |date= |website= Bible Truth Publishers |publisher= |access-date= November 20, 2025 |quote=}} and his grandfather [Joseph Stennett](/source/Joseph_Stennett) was a pastor and hymnwriter.{{cite book |last=Crosby |first=Thomas |title=The History of the English Baptists, from the Reformation to the Beginning of the Reign of King George I, 4 vols |publisher=Church History Research and Archives |year=1978 |isbn=978-1140743910 |location=Lafayetter, TN |pages=322}}{{cite web |url= https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Stennett%2C%20Joseph%2C%201663-1713 |title= Joseph Stennett |last= |first= |date= |website= University of Pennsylvania Online Books |publisher= |access-date= November 20, 2025 |quote=}} His father Joseph was also a preacher.{{cite web |url= https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/stennettfamily |title= Stennett Family |author= |date= |website= Duke University Libraries (Collection Guides) |publisher= |access-date= November 20, 2025 |quote=}} At the age of 10 his family moved to London, where his father served as the minister of the Baptist church in Little Wild Street.{{cite web |url= https://www.hymnologyarchive.com/samuel-stennett |title= Samuel Stennett: 1 June 1727 - 24 August 1795 |last= Hatfield |first= Edwin |date= |website= Hymnology Archive |publisher= |access-date= November 20, 2025 |quote=}} Samuel succeeded his father as minister in 1758, a position which he held until his death. Samuel Stennett received a Doctorate of Divinity from [King's College, Aberdeen](/source/King's_College%2C_Aberdeen) in 1763. Although friend and supporter to the reigning monarch, [George III](/source/George_III), Stennett refused political opportunities to devote himself to ministry. He attained prominence amongst the [Dissenting ministry](/source/English_Dissenters) and used his influence with political figures on behalf of Dissenters prevented from fully participating in society, especially as teachers, under the [Clarendon Code](/source/Clarendon_Code).{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3160600|title=Some Essays on Toleration in Late Eighteenth Century England|author=Mullett, Charles F.|year=1938|journal=Church History|volume=7|issue=1|pages=24–44|accessdate=23 July 2020|doi=10.2307/3160600|jstor=3160600|s2cid=159822734 |url-access=subscription}} Stennett authored some 39 hymns, five of which appeared in [Rippon's Selection](/source/John_Rippon), which was published in 1787. His grandfather, Joseph Stennett, had also been a prominent Dissenting hymn writer.{{cite web |url= https://www.wayoflife.org/reports/hymns-jewels-from-samuel-stennett.html |title= Hymns - Jewels From Samuel Stennett |last= Cloud |first= David |date= 15 January 2025 |website= Way of Life Literature |publisher= |access-date= November 20, 2025 |quote=}} Samuel continued this tradition, although with less passionate language than had marked his grandfather's Puritan-influenced notions of Christian experience. {{Baptist}} More than any other of Samuel Stennett's hymns, "On Jordan's Stormy Banks", which was published in [Rippon's Selection](/source/John_Rippon) under the title "Promised Land," found enormous popularity especially amongst 19th-century American [Methodists](/source/Methodists). It was sung in [camp meeting](/source/camp_meeting)s and brush arbors, and also found its way into the 1835 [Southern Harmony](/source/Southern_Harmony) and is part of the American [shape note](/source/shape_note) tradition. Several of Stennett's hymns are preserved in the [Sacred Harp](/source/Sacred_Harp). ==Hymns by Stennett== * [http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/h/c/hcitplac.htm How Charming Is the Place] * [http://historichymnals.com/song.php?s=1384 Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned] *[http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/o/j/o/r/ojordsbi.htm On Jordan's Stormy Banks I stand] (also known as "I am Bound for the Promised Land") *[http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/p/r/o/prostrad.htm Prostrate, Dear Jesus, At Thy Feet] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/s/t/e/n/stennett_s.htm Biography] at the Cyber Hymnal * [http://www.hymnary.org/person/Stennett_S Julian's Dictionary of Hymnology: "Samuel Stennett" at Hymnary] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stennett, Samuel}} Category:1727 births Category:1795 deaths Category:Clergy from London Category:British Christian hymnwriters Category:English hymnwriters Category:18th-century English Baptist ministers Category:Seventh Day Baptists Category:Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Category:Burials at Bunhill Fields {{UK-Christian-clergy-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Samuel Stennett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Stennett) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Stennett?action=history)). 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