Authors:Henry Martyn Dexter
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| Henry Martyn Dexter | |
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| Last name | Dexter |
| First name | Henry Martyn |
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| Born | August 13, 1821, Plymouth, Massachusetts. |
| Died | November 13, 1890, New Bedford, Massachusetts. |
| Buried | Forest Hills Cemetery, Roxbury, Massachusetts. |
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| Best known for | Hymns:Shepherd of tender youth |
Henry Martyn Dexter; (1821 to 1890[1]) , an eminent Congregational divine and editor of the Congregationalist, of Boston, was born at Plymouth, Mass., August 13, 1821; graduated at Yale College in 1840, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1844; was pastor in Manchester, N.
Biography
H., and in Boston; resigned his pastoral charge in 1867 to become editor of the Congregationalist and Recorder. He is the author of a large number of published volumes. He died November 13, 1890. His only hymn in this collection is a translation of the primitive hymn of Clement of Alexandria:[2]
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References
- ↑ NetHymnal (1996). "Dexter, Henry Martyn".
- ↑ Nutter, Charles S. (1915). Hymn Writers of the Church. Nashville: Nashville: Smith & Lamar. p. 588. ISBN 1176719580
