1841 JEMIMA LUKE. Manuscript of Classic Hymn, "I think when I read the sweet story of old." Evangelical He was Leonard Ravenhill's Pastor

He was Leonard Ravenhill's Pastor in England

headed to the theater

I am sorry we are so placed that I simply must stay with him

A person of strong moral views

1841 JEMIMA LUKE. Manuscript of Classic Hymn, "I think when I read the sweet story of old." Evangelical He was Leonard Ravenhill's PastorAn absolutely superb authorial holograph of one of the most influential devotional hymns of the 19th century, i. e. "I think when I hear the sweet story of old." It's authoress, Jemima Thompson, was the daughter of wealthy investor and Christian philanthropist, Thomas Thompson. He had been an early prominent member of the London Missionary Society, the British and Foreign Bible Society, one of the founders in 1818 of the British and Foreign Sailors