Born: Au­gust 5, 1760, Rich­mond, Sur­rey, Eng­land.

Died: Ap­ril 12, 1831.

Buried: St Ma­ry’s, Pad­ding­ton, Eng­land.

Woodd en­tered Trin­i­ty Coll­ege, Ox­ford, at age 17, and took Ho­ly Or­ders in 1783. He be­came lec­tur­er of St. Pe­ter’s Corn­hill (1784); morn­ing preach­er at Ben­tinck Cha­pel, Mar­y­le­bone (1785); and Rec­tor of Dray­ton Beau­champ, Buck­ing­ham­shire (1808). His works in­clude:

• The Psalms of Da­vid…Adapt­ed to the Serv­ic­es of the Church of Eng­land, 1794 (2nd edi­tion, 1800)
• The Psalms of Da­vid and Other Por­tions of the Sac­red Script­ures Ar­ranged Ac­cord­ing to the Or­der of the Church of Eng­land, for Ev­e­ry Sun­day in the Year (Lon­don: Watts and Bridge­wa­ter, cir­ca 1810-1820)

Sources

Hymns

1. Blest Be Jehovah, Mighty Lord
2. Hail, Thou Source of Every Bless­ing
3. Ho­ly Ghost In­spire Our Prais­es
4. In Thee, O Lord, I Trust, My Hope Is in Thy Name
5. Lord of Glory and Sal­va­tion