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An American clergyman and hymn-writer; born at Little Compton, R. I., Nov. 12, 1808; died at Newark, N. J., March 29, 1887. He was pastor of Congregational churches in Bath, Me., and Albany, N. Y., and secretary of the Congregational Union, 1866-78. His best-known hymn is "My Faith Looks Up to Thee", which has been translated into twenty languages. He has published: "Spiritual Improvement" (1839); "Hymns and Sacred Pieces" (1865); "Hymns of my Holy Hours" (1866).