Cushing’s par­ents were Un­i­tar­i­ans, and his ear­ly train­ing was along these lines. Af­ter en­ter­ing the min­is­try, his first pas­tor­ate was at Sears­burg, New York. He mar­ried in 1854, and went on to serve in Au­burn, Brook­lyn, Buf­falo, and Spar­ta, New York. Af­ter his wife died in 1870 and his health de­clined, he re­tired from the mi­nis­try and be­gan writ­ing hymns. He com­plet­ed over 300 in his life­time.

Cushing was an ex­emp­lary Chris­tian, ever mind­ful of the suf­fer­ing of others. Once he gave $1,000—all he had, an enor­mous sum in those days—to a blind girl so she could get an ed­u­ca­tion.

• Brown, p. 314
• Hall, pp. 51-53
• Hughes, p. 359
• Hustad, p. 229
• Julian, pp. 274, 1558
• Reynolds, p. 277

1. Band of Child­ren Free, A
2. Banners of Peace Are Un­furled, The
3. All Over the Val­leys So Green and Fair
4. Apples Are Ripe
5. Art Thou He That Should Come?
6. Be Rea­dy to La­bor with Heart and Will
7. Be Rea­dy with the Heart
8. Beautiful Val­ley of Eden
9. Bells of Eter­ni­ty, The
10. Beyond the Sea, Life’s Bound­less Sea
11. Blessed Are the Friends
12. Breaking Through the Mists and Sha­dows
13. Bright Is the Morn­ing of the Day of Ju­bi­lee
14. Bring Some One to Je­sus To­day
15. Children, Ral­ly, Ral­ly for the Ar­mies
16. Chime On, Sweet Bells
17. Christian, Faint and Wea­ry, The
18. Climbing Up the Steeps of Glo­ry
19. Come, Come, Come, the Bells
20. Come to the Mea­dows Again
21. Do They Know?
22. Evening Dews Are Fall­ing, The
23. Fair Is the Morn on That Ra­di­ant Shore
24. Fair Is the Morn­ing Land
25. Fishers Sat With­in Their Boat, The
26. Floral Praise
27. Follow On
28. From the Shin­ing Morn­ing Land
29. Gathering Home to the Si­lent Shore
30. Goodbye, Good­bye, We Hope Again to Meet You
31. Hail the Joy­ful Tid­ings
32. Hark, ’Tis the An­gel Chor­us
33. He Came in His Beau­ty, Strength and Pride
34. He Came in the Hush of the Si­lent Night
35. Hear Them Chim­ing Forth His Glo­ry
36. Hear Them Chim­ing Forth the Mas­ter’s Glo­ry
37. Heavenly Fa­ther, Teach the Way
38. Hiding in Thee
39. Home at Last
40. Home, Home, Bright­est and Fair­est!
41. Home, Home, Sweet, Sweet Home
42. Homes for the Child­ren
43. Hosts of God Are March­ing, The
44. How Sad It Would Be
45. I Am Cling­ing to the Rock
46. I Am Glad We’re on the Rock
47. I Am Long­ing for Hea­ven
48. I Am Rest­ing So Sweet­ly in Je­sus Now
49. I Am Wait­ing All Day
50. I Am Wait­ing by the Ri­ver
51. I Ask Not Why Some Days Are Fair
52. I Heard Them Say in the Ho­ly Ci­ty
53. I Love to Think of Je­sus
54. I See the Shin­ing Domes Afar
55. I Some­times Think ’Tis Too Good to Be True
56. I Want to So Live That My Heart Can Say
57. I Will Praise My God When the Morn­ing Breaks
58. I Will Tell What the Lord Hath Done for Me
59. I Would Toil in the Field
60. If I Were an An­gel
61. If You Want to See the Light
62. I’m Rest­ing Se­cure­ly in Je­sus Now!
63. I’m Rest­ing So Sweet­ly in Je­sus
64. In the Land Where the Bright Ones Are Ga­thered
65. Jesus Knows Thy Sor­row
66. Let All With­in Me Praise the Name
67. Let My Heart Be Pure From Sin
68. Let Us Ne­ver Sigh Nor Fal­ter
69. Let Us Ral­ly Round the Word
70. Let Us Strew Their Path with Ros­es
71. Lift Up Your Faces
72. Lift Up Your Head, Des­pond­ing Chris­tian
73. Listen to the Chime of the Bells
74. Little Child­ren, Lit­tle Child­ren
75. Live to Do Good
76. Live to Do Your Du­ty
77. Make Hay, While the Sun Shines
78. March On, March On, for the Lord
79. Mine Be a Hope That Is Change­less
80. Morn So Fair
81. My Days Are Pass­ing Sweet­ly
82. My Fa­ther, While on Earth I Stay
83. My Heart Is Glad for This I Know
84. My Mo­ther’s Cot Was by the Sea
85. Name of Je­sus, The
86. No Hope in Je­sus
87. No One Can Tell What
88. No Room in Hea­ven
89. O Ban­ner of Je­sus
90. O Bless­ed Pro­mise of My God
91. O Child­ren, Come to Your Fa­ther’s House
92. O Chris­tian, Now Be True!
93. O Give Thy Heart to Je­sus
94. O Je­sus, Star of the Morn­ing
95. O Sav­ior, We Pray Thee
96. O Sweet Are the Mo­ments
97. O the Bells, the Joy­ful Bells
98. O the Child­ren May Come to the Sav­ior Now
99. O the Name, the Name of Je­sus
100. O the Sab­bath Hours Are So Calm
101. O They Need Not De­part
102. O Wan­der­er, Come to the Fa­ther’s Home
103. O Watch­man on the Moun­tain Height
104. O We Have Stu­died Hard Now
105. O’er the Wide Ocean
106. Oh, the Wells of Sal­va­tion That in Je­sus I Find!
107. Once More, O Lord, We Pray
108. One Soul Re­deemed by Je­sus’ Blood
109. Our Lord Is Crowned Im­man­u­el King
110. Over the Hills Are the Pas­tures
111. Peaceful and Beau­ti­ful Ha­ven of Rest
112. Peaceful Are the Tents
113. Precious Is the Hope
114. Ring the Bells of Hea­ven
115. Savior Is Wait­ing, The
116. See, O See the Shin­ing An­gels
117. See, the Sun Is Peep­ing
118. Shepherds of Beth­le­hem, The
119. Sitting by the Way­side
120. Sky Was Dark Above, The
121. So Ma­ny, Ma­ny Mer­cies Crown My Days!
122. Someone Must Go to the Far Off Lands
123. Summer Days Are Com­ing
124. Sunny Wea­ther
125. Sweet Are the Bells of the Morn­ing
126. Sweet Is the Sun­light
127. Ten Thou­sand Hearts Are Bow­ing
128. Tenting by the Shore of the Great, Deep Sea
129. There Are Mil­lions Now Who Have Heard His Voice
130. There in the Glo­ry of the Shin­ing Land
131. There Is No Dew on the Moun­tains of Zi­on
132. There Is No Name So Sweet on Earth
133. There Were Ma­ny Child­ren’s Voic­es
134. There’ll Be No Dark Val­ley
135. There’ll Be No More Sor­row
136. There’s a Bright, Hap­py Home
137. They Have Tri­umphed at Last
138. They Tell Me There Are Dan­gers in the Path
139. This Lit­tle Lamb Is Dol­lie
140. Though All Men For­sake Him
141. Times Flies, They Say, It Flies
142. ’Tis On­ly Just a Step
143. ’Tis Wrong to Be Cross, Dear
144. To Be There
145. Tossed by the Tem­pest
146. Tread Soft­ly, Tread Soft­ly
147. Under His Wings
148. Waiting Still Whate’er Be­tide
149. Wake, O Wake, the Bells of Morn­ing
150. We Are All a Band of Schol­ars
151. We Are Watch­ing
152. We Should Think How We All
153. When He Com­eth
154. When Je­sus Comes
155. When My Feet Shall Come to the Gold­en Gate
156. When Sum­mer Blooms Are Rar­est
157. When the Child­ren All Come Seek­ing
158. Who May Be This Won­drous Stran­ger?
159. Who Will Meet Me When I Die?