Introduction

Biography

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 min­is­try be­gan at New­ry. In 1849, he be­came pas­tor of the North­um­ber­land Ave­nue Church in Kings­town (Dún Lao­ghaire), near Dub­lin.

He ev­en­tu­al­ly be­gan fo­cus­ing on ev­an­gel­ism ra­ther than pas­tor­al care, but his health failed in 1886.

Works

• 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)