1819–1904

Introduction

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Born: May 28, 1819, Had­ley, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: Ju­ly 11, 1904, Had­ley, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: Old Had­ley Ce­me­te­ry, Had­ley, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

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Biography

Frederic was the son of Da­ni­el Hunt­ing­ton and Eli­za­beth Whit­ing Phelps, hus­band of Han­nah Dane Sar­gent, and un­cle of Will­iam Hunt­ing­ton.

He gra­du­at­ed from Am­herst Col­lege in 1839, and Cam­bridge Di­vi­ni­ty School in 1842.

He served as a Uni­ta­ri­an min­is­ter in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, un­til 1855, when he be­came Pro­fess­or of Chris­tian Mo­rals and Uni­ver­si­ty Preach­er at Harvard Uni­ver­si­ty.

In 1859, he was or­dained an Epis­co­pal priest. He was for some time a rec­tor in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, and 1869 be­came bi­shop of Cen­tral New York.

Works

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Lyrics

  1. Come Sin­ner! to the Gos­pel Feast
  2. Fading, Still Fad­ing, the Last Beam Is Shin­ing
  3. Father, Whose Hea­ven­ly King­dom Lies
  4. O Love Di­vine, Lay on Me Burd­ens if Thou Wilt
  5. O Thou, in Whose Eter­nal Name
  6. O Thou That Once on Hor­eb Stood
  7. O Way for All That Live
  8. There’ll Be No Sor­row There