Career
He was ordained in 1833 in Rumney, New Hampshire. Although rarely used outside his denomination, best known of his hymns are
His papers can be found at the Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School among which include correspondence with A. C. Thomas, Thomas Thayer, Lucius Paige, Moses Ballou, West. H. Ryder, J. West. Hanson, M. Goddard.