Introduction

Biography

William was the son of Will­iam Fur­ness and Re­bec­ca Thwing, and hus­band of An­nis Pull­ing Jenks.

He gra­du­at­ed from Harvard Uni­ver­si­ty in Arts and Theo­lo­gy, 1820.

He served as pas­tor of the First Uni­ta­ri­an Church in Penn­syl­van­ia, Penn­syl­van­ia, for 50 years, and as pas­tor eme­ri­tus for 21 more.

He was an ac­comp­lished scho­lar, and ac­tiv­ely worked on re­forms of va­ri­ous kinds.

Works

• A Ma­nu­al of Do­mes­tic Wors­hip, 1840
• A His­to­ry of Je­sus (Boston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Cros­by, Ni­chols, 1853)
• The Bless­ings of Abo­li­tion: A Dis­course, 1860
• The Voice in Speak­ing (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: J. B. Lip­pin­cott, 1875) (trans­lat­or)
• The Pow­er of Spir­it Ma­ni­fest in Je­sus of Na­za­reth (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: J. B. Lip­pin­cott, 1877)
• Verses, Trans­la­tions and Hymns, 1886
• Schiller’s Song of the Bell (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Es­tes & Lau­ri­at, 1887) (trans­lat­or)
• The Life of Seth Conk­ling (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: E. Conk­ling, 1892)