1804–1889

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 30, 1803, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: No­vem­ber 3, 1889, New Bed­ford, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: Oak Grove Ce­me­te­ry, New Bed­ford, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

portrait

Biography

Brewer was the hus­band of Sar­ah Ann Con­ger.

A mem­ber of the Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church, he lat­er be­came an Ad­vent Chris­tian min­is­ter.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Come and Reign, Come and Reign
  2. Hold the Faith, the Lord Is Com­ing
  3. I’ve Seen Some Way Worn Tra­vel­ers
  4. List Ye Mor­tals, Hear the Sound
  5. Midnight Cry in Mer­cy Sounds, The
  6. O Haste with Me to Seek Those Hap­py Scenes
  7. O How I Long to See That Day
  8. O the Home We Have in That Hea­ven­ly Land
  9. O World of Pure Glo­ry
  10. Watchman, Has the Tri­bu­la­tion
  11. Watchman, Tell Me