Long May Thy Servant Feed Thy Sheep

Benjamin Beddome (1718-1795) was an eighteenth-century English Particular Baptist pastor. He was well-known in his day as an eminent minister, exceptional hymnwriter, and effective preacher; accordingly, he received invitations to pastor more prominent churches in Bristol and London. Beddome, however, chose to remain in the more obscure station of Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds of England, where he pastored the same church for fifty-two years. After his death in 1795, his influence contin