Daniel Turner (hymn writer)

Daniel Turner (1710–1798) was an English teacher and Baptist minister, now known as a hymn-writer.

He was a friend and correspondent of Robert Robinson, John Rippon, Isaac Watts, and others.

[2] One of Turner's best known hymns is "Jesus, full of all compassion", which appeared in the Bristol Baptist Collection, 1769.

Another, "Beyond the glittering starry skies", was published by his brother-in-law James Fanch, Baptist minister of Romsey, in The Gospel Magazine, June 1776.

Besides pamphlets and sermons, he published:[2] Turner was twice married: first, to Anne Fanch, by whom he had two sons, who both predeceased him; secondly, to Mrs. Lucas, a widow, of Reading, by whom he had no issue.