Jan­u­a­ry 7, 1851, Vernon, New York.

De­cem­ber 6, 1929 (possibly in Rome, New York, where he was living in 1924).

Son of Rev. Isaac P. Stryk­er, Wool­sey was ed­u­cat­ed at Ham­il­ton Coll­ege, Clin­ton, New York (1872), and Au­burn The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­a­ry (1876). He en­tered the min­is­try in 1876, pas­tored at Pres­by­ter­i­an church­es in Aub­urn, New York; Itha­ca, New York (1878); Ho­lyoke, Mass­a­chu­setts (1883); and the Fourth Pres­by­ter­i­an Church, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois; and served as pre­si­dent of Ham­il­ton Coll­ege (1892-1917). He was a stu­dent of hymn­ol­o­gy, and pub­lished sev­er­al vol­umes of hymns. His works in­clude:

• New Al­le­luia (1880-1886)
• The Church Praise Book, 1882
• Hymns and Vers­es, 1883
• Christ­ian Chor­als, 1885
• Song of Mir­i­am and Other Hymns and Vers­es, 1888
• Church Song, 1889
• Dies Irae: The Great Dirge of Thom­as De Ce­la­no (Flem­ing H. Re­vell Com­pa­ny, 1892)
• Lattermath: Hymns & Verses, Translated & Orig­in­al (Uti­ca, New York: Will­iam T. Smith & Co, 1895)

• Julian, pp. 1098-9, 1708

1. Almighty Lord, with One Ac­cord
2. Arouse Thy Church, Al­mighty God
3. Burst Forth, O Bride­groom, from Thy Cham­ber Bright
4. Death Can­not Make My Soul Afraid
5. Eternal Day Hath Dawned
6. Father, as Here We Bow
7. Four Hundred Years Their Course Have Sped
8. God of Our Fa­thers, Our God Today
9. Lo, Where That Spot­less Lamb for Sin Pro­vid­ed
10. Man the Life-Boat!
11. My Mak­er, at Thy Ho­ly Throne
12. O God, Thy Judg­ments Give the King
13. O Thou, Eter­nal, Change­less, In­fin­ite
14. O Thou, Om­ni­pre­sent
15. O Thou Shep­herd of Thine Is­ra­el
16. Our God, and Our Re­deem­er
17. Ring Again, Ye Starry Chime
18. Robbed, Bruised, and Dy­ing, Once I Lay
19. Sing, Ev­ery Boy and Maid­en
20. Sing, Is­ra­el, for the Lord Your Strength
21. Thou, Lord of My Life
22. Thy Grace Is All of Grace
23. Thy King­dom Come, O Blessed Son of God
24. Tranquilly, Slow­ly, Sol­emn­ly, Low­ly
25. Tribes of Faith from All the Earth, The
26. We Close Thy Blessed Word
27. When the Ev­er­last­ing Lord
28. While All the Night-Stars Fade and Wane