1809–1870

Introduction

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Born: June 18, 1809, Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: Oc­to­ber 12, 1870, East Cam­bridge, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: Mount Au­burn Ce­me­te­ry, Cam­bridge, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Biography

Stephen was the tenth child of Charles Bul­finch, Ar­chi­tect of the U.S. Ca­pi­tol, and Han­nah Ap­thorp, and bro­ther of Tho­mas Bul­finch (1796–1867), au­thor of Bul­finch’s Myth­olo­gy.

Hiss fa­mi­ly moved to Wash­ing­ton, DC, in 1818, his fa­ther be­ing the Ca­pi­tol ar­chi­tect, Charles Bul­finch.

Stephen gra­du­at­ed from Co­lum­bi­an Col­lege and the Cam­bridge Theo­lo­gic­al School.

In 1831, he was or­dained at Charles­ton, South Ca­ro­li­na, as as­sist­ant to a Dr. Gil­man. Sub­se­quent­ly, he pas­tored in Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia; Wash­ing­ton, DC (1838); Dor­ches­ter, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1852); and East Cam­bridge, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1865).

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Aged Suf­fer­er Wait­ed Long, The
  2. Benignant Sav­ior, ’Twas Not Thine
  3. Burden of Shame and Woe!
  4. Children of Light, Awake
  5. Father, When o’er Our Trem­bling Hearts
  6. Glory to God, the Lord, the Right­eous
  7. Hail to the Bless­ed Day
  8. Hail to the Sab­bath Day
  9. Hail to This Ho­ly Day
  10. Hath Not Thy Heart With­in Thee Burned?
  11. Holy Son of God Most High!
  12. Honor Then to Wear Thy Crown
  13. Honored They Who Firm­ly Stand
  14. How Glo­ri­ous Is the Hour
  15. In the Sav­ior’s Hour of Death
  16. It Is Fin­ished! Glo­ri­ous Word
  17. Lord, in This Sac­red Hour
  18. Lord, in Whose Might the Sav­ior Trod
  19. Lord, Thou Art Not Alone
  20. Most Gra­cious Sav­ior! ’Twas Not Thine
  21. O, Dark­ly on the Path of Life
  22. O Lord! Through Thee We Own
  23. O, Not Alone on the Mount of Pray­er
  24. O Suf­fer­ing Friend of Hu­man­kind
  25. Our Life Is but a Span
  26. Take, and Eat, the Sav­ior Said
  27. There Is a Strife We All Must Wage
  28. Through Thee, O Lord, We Own
  29. Toiling Through the Live­long Night
  30. ’Twas Not in Vain That Je­sus Prayed
  31. Was It in Vain That Je­sus Prayed?
  32. We Ga­ther to the Sac­red Board
  33. What Pow­er Un­seen by Mor­tal Eye
  34. Where the Dark Sea of Egypt Throws
  35. Why Should Such Sor­row Come?
  36. Year Pass­eth After Year, O Lord Our God
  37. Yes, There Were Some Among Thy Hear­ers