And may I hope that when no more

Author: Joseph Swain

Swain, Joseph, was born at Birmingham in 1761, and after being apprenticed to an engraver, removed to London. After a time he became a decided Christian, and being of an emotional poetic temperament, began to give expression to his new thoughts and feelings in hymns. In 1783 he was baptized by the Rev. Dr. Rippon, and in 1791 became minister of a Baptist congregation in East Street, Walworth. After a short but popular and very useful ministry, he died April 16, 1796 Swain published the following:— (1) A Collection of Poems on Several Occasions, London, 1781; (2) Redemption, a Poem in five Books, London, 1789; (3) Experimental Essays on Divine Subjects, London, 1791; (4) Walworth Hymns, by J. Swain, Pastor of the Baptist Church Meeting… Go to person page >

And may I hope that when no more. Joseph Swain. [Trust in God.] Printed in his Walworth Hymns, 1792, in 10 stanzas of 4 lines. In its full form it is not in common use, but selections appear in Denham's Saints’ Melody, 1837, &c, and also in the American Baptist Praise Book. Original text in the 1869 reprint of Swain's Hymns. [William T. Brooke]

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)