Thomas Coles

Coles, Thomas, A.M., was born at Rowell, near Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire, in 1779; and died at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the same county, Sept. 23, 1840, having been pastor of the Baptist church there for 39 years. He wrote several hymns, but only one was published, viz., "Indulgent God! to Thee I raise," p. 568, i. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)