Born: De­cem­ber 22, 1791, Uley, Glou­ces­ter­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Ap­ril 22, 1853, Stan­ley Hall (his bro­ther’s home), Glou­ces­ter­shire, Eng­land.

Lloyd taught Sun­day school in Ox­ford and Lon­don. In 1810, he was ap­point­ed as one of the sec­re­tar­ies of the Bri­tish Sun­day School Un­ion. In 1816, he be­came con­nect­ed with the Re­li­gious Tract So­ci­e­ty. He foun­ded the Sun­day-School Teach­er’s Mag­a­zine, and ed­it­ed, for some years, the Child’s Com­pan­ion. His works in­clude:

• Thoughts in Rhyme (Lon­don: 1851)

Sources

Lyrics

1. Come, Poor Sinners, Come to Jesus
2. Give Thy Young Heart to Christ
3. My Times Are In Thy Hand
4. Wait, My Soul, Upon the Lord

Music

1. Meirionydd