James Boden
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James Boden [1]
an English Congregational minister, was born in Chester in 1757. At the age of sixteen he professed faith in Christ. He pursued his theological studies at Homerton College, and settled in Sheffield in 1796, where he preached until 1839, when he resigned. His death occurred in 1841. See Belcher, Historical Sketches of Hymns, p. 92, 93. (J. C. S.)