Au­gust 13, 16 or 23, 1816, Green­bush, New York.

Ap­ril 14, 1889, Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Breed served as first pas­tor of the West Spruce Street Pres­by­ter­ian Church in Phil­adel­phia from 1856 un­til his death. His works include:

• Presbyterians and the Re­vo­lu­tion, 1876
• Presbyterianism Three Hund­red Years Ago

1. Anchored Fast
2. Hear the Chief from His Pa­vil­ion
3. Hours on Ea­gle Pin­ions Fly, The
4. In Earth’s Blight­ed Gar­den There Grow­eth
5. May I Go to the Hea­then
6. Passing, Lord, by Vale and Mount­ain
7. There’s a Bright Hall of Ban­quet­ing
8. Thou Man­sion Bright, Thou Home of Light
9. Thy Bark Is on the Tide, O Sin­ner
10. We Are Rea­dy to Fight for our God and the Right
11. When Bright All Around Me Life’s Jew­els
12. When No More Hor­rid War