Edward Mote

Born in London on 21 January 1797, his parents managed a pub and often left Edward to his own devices playing in the street.

"[2] He was finally exposed to the Christian gospel and was baptised the age of 18.

Only in his 50s did he enter the ministry and was pastor at Rehoboth Baptist Church in Horsham, West Sussex for 26 years.

Mote replied "I do not want the chapel, I only want the pulpit; and when I cease to preach Christ, then turn me out of that."

Perhaps his best known hymn is "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less", which refers to the Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders, with its refrain 'On Christ the solid Rock I stand, All other ground is sinking sand'.