A cou­sin of Wil­liam Cow­per, Ma­dan was ed­u­cat­ed at Christ Church, Ox­ford. Though he planned a ca­reer in law, he con­vert­ed af­ter hear­ing a ser­mon by John Wes­ley, “Pre­pare to Meet Thy God.” Af­ter some dif­fi­cul­ties, he took Ho­ly Or­ders, and sub­se­quent­ly found­ed and be­came chap­lain of the Lock Hos­pi­tal, Hyde Park Cor­ner, Lon­don. He was a pop­u­lar preach­er, and had a con­sid­er­a­ble rep­u­ta­tion as a com­pos­er. He stopped preach­ing af­ter pub­li­ca­tion of his work Thelyph­thora, which ad­vo­cat­ed the prac­tice of po­lyg­amy. His other works in­clude:

• A Com­men­ta­ry on the Ar­ti­cles of the Church of Eng­land
• A Col­lect­ion of Psalms and Hymns Ex­tract­ed from Var­i­ous Au­thors, 1760

Sources

Hymns

1. Lo, He Comes with Clouds De­scend­ing
2. Hail, Thou Once Despised Je­sus
3. Now Begin the Heavn’ly Theme

Music

1. Ashley
2. Hamilton