Barton, Bernard, widely known as the
"Quaker Poet," was born in London January
31, 1784, and was educated at a Quaker
school at Ipswich. In 1810 he was employed
at a local bank at Woodbridge, Suffolk,
where he remained forty years. He
was the author of eight or ten small volumes
of verse between 1812 and 1845.
From these books some twenty pieces have
come into common use as hymns. He died
at Woodbridge in 1849. His daughter published
his Poems and Letters, 1849, after
his death. His writings show a familiarity
with the Scriptures and a love for good
390
men. "Light" is the keynote to each of his
three hymns found in this volume:
| Lamp of our feet, whereby we trace |
205 |
| Walk in the light, so shalt thou |
361 |
| We journey through a vale of tears |
447 |
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