Born: December 25, 1832, Earltown, Nova Scotia, Canavda.
Died: December 12, 1910, at Studley,
his home on Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Buried: Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Murray attended the Free College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was ordained a Presbyterian minister.
He edited the Presbyterian Witness for over 50 years, and wrote a number of hymns, some of which appeared anonymously in that periodical.
If you know where to get a good photo of Murray (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),