Madan, Martin, was born in 1726, and designed
to become a member of the English
bar; but through the influence of a sermon by
John Wesley
on the text, "Prepare
to meet thy God," he was converted, and
at length became a clergyman in the
Church of England. He died in 1790. Ile
was the editor of a small but famous hymn
book: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns
Extracted from Various Authors, London,
1760. Several editions of this book were
published, and its influence was important
in English hymnody. Madan was a popular
preacher and a composer of several
psalm tunes used in his day. His name appears
in this book only in connection with one of the hymns of
Isaac Watts.
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