Brooks grad­u­at­ed from Har­vard in 1832, and the Cam­bridge Di­vin­i­ty School in 1835. In that year he be­gan his min­is­try in Na­hant, Mass­a­chu­setts, sub­se­quent­ly preach­ing in Ban­gor and Au­gus­ta, Maine; Wind­sor, Ver­mont; and New­port, Rhode Is­land (1837-71). In 1853, he vi­sit­ed In­dia in the hope of im­prov­ing his health. He re­tired in 1871 due to fail­ing eye­sight.

• Hatfield, pp. 97-8
• Haeussler, p. 567
• Julian, pp. 184, 1555, 1566
• Nutter, p. 394

1. God Bless Our Na­tive Land
2. O God, in Thine Au­tum­nal Skies