John Bowring

4th Governor of Hong Kong; hymnwriter; translator (1792-1872)
1792–1872, born in Exeter

Portrait of John Bowring
Photo: John King (1788-1847), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
Born
17 October 1792
Birthplace
Exeter
Died
23 November 1872

From their work

Chance and change are busy ever; Man decays, and ages move; But His mercy waneth never; God is wisdom, God is love.

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 272.

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