Born: Ap­ril 28, 1839, Barking, Es­sex, Eng­land.

Died: Jan­u­a­ry 5, 1915, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Son of Thom­as Charles­worth of Bark­ing and ne­phew of Jo­seph W. Charles­worth, Vi­car of Heach­am, Nor­folk, Charles­worth was ed­u­cat­ed at Ho­mer­ton Coll­ege. He served as co-pas­tor (with New­man Hall) of Sur­rey Cha­pel (1864-69), head­mas­ter of Charles Spur­geon’s Stock­well Or­phan­age (1869-1915), and a Min­is­ter­ing El­der of Spurg­eon’s Me­tro­pol­i­tan Ta­ber­na­cle. His works in­clude:

• The Life of Rowland Hill
• Flowers and Fruits of Sac­red Song and Evan­gel­is­tic Hymns (in con­junc­tion with J. Man­ton Smith)

Sources

Hymns

1. As the Eastern Hills Are Glowing
2. As You Gather Round the Family Board
3. Blessed Jesus, Lord and Mas­ter
4. Come, Brethren, Let Us Sing
5. Come to Jesus, He Invites You
6. Day of the Lord Is at Hand, The
7. Heart to Heart by Love United
8. How Blest in Jesus’ Name to Meet
9. I’ve Nothing to Bring Thee, Jesus
10. Our Lamps Are Gone Out
11. Shelter in the Time of Storm, A
12. Sweetest Fellowship We Know
13. There Is a Land as Yet Unknown
14. ’Tis a Blessed Thing While We Live to Sing
15. When far from Thee, and Heirs of Woe
16. Ye Servants of Jesus, Go Forth