Hope HULL
Biography

Rev. Hope Hull. What a powerhouse filled with the Holy Spirit of God! Considered by many to be the father of American Methodism in the State of Georgia, he preached, prayed and sang at every turn. His interest was to minister the Word of God to the humble country people. In the handwritten journal of Rev. Thomas Griffin, he said of his own pre-salvation experience: "It was like a man looking one way but rowing another." (p. 110)
Thomas Griffin was developing an interest in spiritual things and wrote in 1841 about his conversion in 1808 in GA: "There was to be a two days meeting held at Pope's Chapel in Oglethorpe- (county). Hope Hull and James Russell were to hold it in connection to Benjamin Blanton. Several of our relatives, my mother and myself went to meet them, I well recollect that I thought James Russell an enthusiast. Hope Hull came down and sang a hymn that made the flesh tremble on me, and caused an awful sense of the hereafter to press on my mind that has not lost its charm though it was 32 years ago it was sung."

Let Thy kingdom, blessed savior
come and bid our warring cease
come oh come, and reign forever
God of love and prince of peace.
Visit now poor bleeding Zion
hear thy people moan and weep
day and night thy lambs are crying
the good shepherd, feed thy sheep.
(The Good Shepherd)

"I think it was the first time I had ever heard it sung. Mrs. Patrick broke forth and shouted. It fell on me like a shock. There was a small class there composed of the Popes, Hills, Benjamin Blanton, Mr. Thurman, and William Patrick. They were a STEADY, ORDERLY PEOPLE."
(Rev. Thomas Griffin- Journal, p. 41-53)

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