1805–1862

Introduction

Born: March 18, 1805, New York Ci­ty.

Died: Ap­ril 27, 1862, Flo­rence, It­aly.

Buried: Green-Wood Ce­me­te­ry, Brook­lyn, New York.

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Biography

George was the bro­ther of po­et Jess­ie G. Mc­Car­tee.

He gra­du­at­ed from Dick­in­son College, Car­lisle, Penn­syl­van­ia, in 1822, and stu­died theo­lo­gy at Prince­ton Uni­ver­si­ty.

In 1827 he be­came pas­tor of the Re­formed Dutch Church in Rhine­beck, New York. In 1830, he moved to Uti­ca, New York; to Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­vania, in 1834; and to Brook­lyn Heights, New York, in 1850.

He was of­fered the posts of chan­cel­lor of New York Uni­ver­si­ty, and pro­vost of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­van­ia, but de­clined them both.

Works

A. R. Van Nest ed­it­ed Beth­une’s Life and Let­ters in 1867.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Almighty Spirit, The
  2. Come, Let Us Sing of Je­sus
  3. Full Ma­ny a Year Has Sped
  4. It Is Not Death to Die
  5. Farewell to Thee, Bro­ther
  6. Joy and Glad­ness, Joy and Glad­ness
  7. Light of the Im­mor­tal Fa­ther’s Glo­ry
  8. O for the Hap­py Hour
  9. O Je­sus, When I Think of Thee
  10. O Thou Who in Jor­dan
  11. There Is No Name So Sweet on Earth
  12. Tossed up­on Life’s Rag­ing Bil­low
  13. We Come, We Come with Loud Ac­claim
  14. When Time Seems Short and Death Is Near

Translations

  1. It Is Not Death to Die