Jemima Thompson was born on Aug. 19, 1813 at Colebrook Terrace in the Islington borough of London, on the same day that her father was born, and baptized on Nov. 9 of the same year at Clerkenwell St. James in Islington. She married a British Congregational minister, the Rev. Samuel Luke (1809-1868) of Clifton, on May 10, 1843 in Taunton, Somerset, and went on to become widely known as a writer of hymns, religious studies, children's books, biographies and various other works. However, she is best known for her hymn "I Think When I read that Sweet Story of Old," which was extremely popular in Victorian England. She died on Feb. 2, 1906 in the Isle of Wight, and is buried with her husband and father at Locksbrook Cemetery in Bath. A cenotaph for Jemima and her husband also sits in the vestibule at the Hope Chapel in Hotwells (near Clifton), Bristol.
Jemima Thompson was born on Aug. 19, 1813 at Colebrook Terrace in the Islington borough of London, on the same day that her father was born, and baptized on Nov. 9 of the same year at Clerkenwell St. James in Islington. She married a British Congregational minister, the Rev. Samuel Luke (1809-1868) of Clifton, on May 10, 1843 in Taunton, Somerset, and went on to become widely known as a writer of hymns, religious studies, children's books, biographies and various other works. However, she is best known for her hymn "I Think When I read that Sweet Story of Old," which was extremely popular in Victorian England. She died on Feb. 2, 1906 in the Isle of Wight, and is buried with her husband and father at Locksbrook Cemetery in Bath. A cenotaph for Jemima and her husband also sits in the vestibule at the Hope Chapel in Hotwells (near Clifton), Bristol.
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Also of JEMIMA Widow of the above SAMUELL and Daughter of THOMAS THOMPSON who Died Feb. 2nd 1906, Aged 92.
"With Christ which is far better." Phil I . 23
Authoress of the well known and much loved hymn, "I Think, When I Read that Sweet Story of Old When Jesus was Here Among Men."
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