Thomas Olivers

Born:  1725, Tregynon (near Newtown), Montgomeryshire, Wales.

Died: March 1799, London, England.

Buried:  City Road Chapel burying ground, London, England.

    Both of Olivers’ parents died when he was young, so he did not receive thorough religious training as a child. Fortunately, he heard a sermon by G. Whitefield which eventually led him to Christ. After his conversion, he joined the Methodist Society at Bradfordon-Avon. It was through that organization that he first met John Wesley, and joined his evangelistic efforts, most­ly in Cornwall. For some time, Olivers coedited the Arminian Magazine. He also wrote an elegy upon the death of John Wesley.

Hymns

1. O Thou God of My Salvation
2. The God of Abraham Praise