Grandson of Hen­ry Mel­chi­or Mühl­en­berg, pa­tri­arch of Amer­i­can Lu­ther­an­ism, Wil­liam grad­u­at­ed from the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­van­ia (where he helped found the Phil­o­ma­the­an So­ci­e­ty), and was or­dained an Epis­co­pal min­is­ter in 1817. He served at St. James Church, Lan­cas­ter, Pen­nsyl­van­ia, and Church of the Ho­ly Com­mun­ion, New York. He found­ed the Flush­ing In­sti­tute, New York, in 1828, and St. Luke’s Hospital in 1855. He al­so found­ed The Evan­gel­ic­al Ca­tho­lic, a church news­pa­per, and was in­stru­ment­al in get­ting the Epis­co­pal church to ex­pand its use of hymns in wor­ship. His works in­clude:

• Church Po­e­try (Lan­cas­ter, Penn­syl­van­ia: S. Pot­ter and Com­pa­ny, 1823)
• Hymns for Church and Home, 1861

Mühl­en­berg al­so served on the com­mit­tee that pro­duced the 1828 Pro­test­ant Epis­co­pal hym­nal.

• Hughes, pp. 495-6
• Hustad, p. 291
• Julian, p. 774

1. Carol, Bro­thers, Car­ol
2. How Short the Race Our Friend Has Run
3. I Would Not Live Al­way
4. Jesus’ Name Shall Ev­er Be
5. King of Kings, and Wilt Thou Deign
6. Like No­ah’s Wea­ry Dove
7. Oh Cease, My Wan­der­ing Soul
8. Savior, Who Thy Flock Art Feed­ing
9. Shout the Glad Tid­ings
10. Since o’er Thy Foot­stool Here Be­low
11. The Mel­low Eve Is Glid­ing
12. Thine Hand­maid, Sav­ior, Can It Be?