An English Baptist theologian and pastor (1740–1817). In 1772, after serving a small, impoverished congregation in Yorkshire, Fawcett was invited to pastor a prestigious church in London. He accepted the call and loaded all his family's belongings onto a wagon. As the church members gathered to weep and say goodbye, Fawcett's wife was so moved by their tears that she told him, 'John, I cannot bear to leave.' Fawcett replied, 'Neither can I.' They unloaded the wagon, decided to stay for a fraction of the salary, and he wrote 'Blest Be the Tie That Binds' to celebrate the Christian love that held them together.