Smith first preached at age six­teen. Af­ter a par­tial course at the Dub­lin The­o­lo­gic­al In­sti­tute, he en­tered the Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­try in 1840. He worked in mis­sions in Ire­land for sev­er­al years, but his more pub­lic min­is­ter­i­al work be­gan at New­ry. In 1849, he be­came pas­tor of the North­um­ber­land Av­e­nue Church in Kings­town, near Dub­lin. He event­u­al­ly be­gan fo­cus­ing on evan­gel­ism ra­ther than pas­tor­al care, but his health failed in 1886. His works in­clude:

• Times of Re­fresh­ing Il­lus­trat­ed in the Pre­sent Re­viv­al of Re­li­gion, 1860
• Seven Hymns for the Pre­sent Time, cir­ca 1870-76
• The New Times of Re­fres­hing—Hymns for Gen­er­al and Spe­cial Use (Lon­don: J. E. Hawk­ins, un­dat­ed)

• Julian, pp. 1063, 1599
• Robinson, pp. 281-82

1. Abide in Thee
2. Jesus Christ Is Pass­ing By
3. Just as Thou Art—Won­drous Fair
4. Rise Up and Hast­en
5. Through the Val­ley and the Sha­dow
6. Yes, We Part, but Not for Ev­er