Born: November 22, 1693, Twy­ford, Lei­ces­ter­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Cir­ca 1759.

Son of Robert Sea­grave, Vi­car of Twy­ford (1687-1720), young Ro­bert was ed­u­cat­ed at Clare Coll­ege, Cam­bridge, where he grad­u­at­ed in 1714. Tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders, he joined the Wes­leys and White­field, and be­tween 1731 and 1746 wrote num­er­ous let­ters and pamph­lets. In 1739, he was ap­point­ed Su­nday Even­ing Lec­tur­er at Lor­i­mers’ Hall, Lo­ndon, where he con­tin­ued preach­ing un­til 1750. He al­so oc­cu­pied White­field’s Ta­ber­na­cle from time to time.

Sources

Hymns

1. Now May the Spirit’s Ho­ly Fire
2. Rise, My Soul, and Stretch Thy Wings