Until recently, I’d never paid much attention to James Montgomery.
Being a church-goer myself, I’ve seen his name listed as the writer of some popular hymns sung in churches over the last couple of centuries.
However, I’ve awakened to the fact that this English newspaper publisher was quite a guy.
Born in 1771, Montgomery was orphaned while a schoolboy and had a difficult childhood, then failed school and was eventually assigned to an apprenticeship, as…