4 THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 



and sung in myriads of families .throughout all 

 English-speaking countries of the world ; and it 

 might be said that no hymn-book is looked on as 

 complete that does not contain them. Bishop Ken's 

 name was prominently before the world in the 

 stirring times through which he lived, from the days 

 of Charles the First to those of Queen Anne, but 

 so were the names of other great men who lived 

 in those days, but who have long since been lost 

 sight of and forgotten. The general public of 

 to-day know that those two hymns were written 

 some time or other by a Bishop Ken, and that is 

 all they do know, and yet the life of Ken was full 

 of incident, and profoundly interesting. 



William Hawkins, barrister-at-law, son of Dr. 

 William Hawkins, who had married Anne, daughter 

 of Izaak Walton, wrote a " Life of Bishop Ken," 

 which was published shortly after Ken's death. 

 This work was revised by the Bishop before his 

 death. It was written as an introduction to an 

 edition of his works in four volumes, containing a 

 series of sacred poems, written chiefly in his retire- 

 ment at Longleat, and including two eloquent 

 sermons. 



Another " Life of Thomas Ken, D.D." was written 

 by the Rev W. L. Bowles, M.A., and published 



