1803–1849

Introduction

Born: Feb­ru­ary 14, 1803, Rox­bu­ry, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: March 6, 1849, Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: First Church in Ja­mai­ca Plain Ce­me­te­ry, Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Biography

Gray was the son of Tho­mas Gray and De­bor­ah Still­man.

He gra­du­at­ed from Har­vard Col­lege in 1823.

After vi­sit­ing Europe, he earned his MD degree in 1827, and prac­ticed me­di­cine in Boston, Mas­sa­chu­setts. He sub­se­quent­ly moved in­to a ca­reer in chem­is­try.

His hymns were main­ly writ­ten for child­ren, and for oc­ca­sion­al ser­vic­es.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Good-Night, Good-Night, Our Song Is Said
  2. Jehovah! at Thine Aw­ful Throne
  3. Our Fa­ther, Here Again We Raise
  4. Suppliant, Lo!
  5. We Come in Child­hood’s In­no­cence

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Gray (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),