Introduction

Biography

Goodrich spent his ear­ly life in Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut, and gra­du­at­ed from Tri­ni­ty Col­lege in 1852.

He stu­died theo­lo­gy at the Ber­ke­ley Di­vi­ni­ty School, New Ha­ven, Con­nec­ti­cut, and was made a dea­con by Epis­co­pal Bi­shop Brown­well, July 18, 1853.

He had charge of St. Pe­ter’s Church, Ply­mouth, for a year and a half, then was ad­vanced to the priest­hood by Bi­shop Will­iams.

His next par­ish was St. John’s Church, Mill­ville, Mas­sa­chu­setts, where he stayed five years.

From there he moved to Uti­ca, New York, be­com­ing rec­tor of Cal­va­ry Church there in August 1859, and re­main­ing there un­til his death.

Goodrich al­so served as sec­re­ta­ry of the dio­cese of Cen­tral New York from the time of its or­ga­ni­za­tion in 1868, was elect­ed a de­pu­ty to the Ge­ne­ral Con­ven­tion of 1883.

Hamilton Col­lege, Clin­ton, New York, con­ferred an hon­or­ary Doc­tor of Di­vi­ni­ty de­gree on him.

Works

• New Ser­vice and Tune Book for Sun­day School (Uti­ca, New York, 1863).
• A New Ser­vice and Tune Book for Sun­day Schools (New York: Ge­ne­ral Pro­test­ant Epis­co­pal Sun­day School Un­ion & Church Book So­ci­ety, 1867)
• Hymnal and Can­ti­cles of the Pro­test­ant Epis­co­pal Church with Mu­sic, with Wal­ter Gil­bert (New York: E. P. Dut­ton, 1883)