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March 22, 1745, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Eng.
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Aug. 3, 1826, Handsworth, near Birmingham, Warwickshire (aged 81)
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Joseph Proud

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Joseph Proud (born March 22, 1745, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Eng.—died Aug. 3, 1826, Handsworth, near Birmingham, Warwickshire) was an English Swedenborgian minister and hymn writer who possessed considerable gifts as a preacher.

The son of a General Baptist minister, Proud served Baptist churches at Knipton, Fleet, and Norwich before in 1788 openly adopting the views of Emanuel Swedenborg. As a minister of the (Swedenborgian) New Church, he gathered large congregations in Birmingham, Manchester, and London. His first volume of 300 hymns appeared in 1790 and was several times reprinted. A small book of hymns for children was published in 1810. Many of his compositions continue to be used in Swedenborgian worship.

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