Introduction

Biography

Hedge at­tend­ed Harvard Uni­ver­si­ty and Di­vi­ni­ty School.

He then pas­tored in Ar­ling­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1829–35); Ban­gor, Maine (1835–50); Pro­vi­dence, Rhode Is­land (1850–56); and Brook­line, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1856–72).

He edited The Chris­tian Ex­am­in­er (1857–61), and was pre­si­dent of the Am­eri­can Uni­ta­ri­an As­so­cia­tion (1859–62).

He went on to teach ec­cle­si­as­ti­cal his­to­ry (1857–78) and Ger­man li­te­ra­ture (1872–82) at Har­vard.

Works

• Christian Li­tur­gy for the Use of the Church, with Fred­er­ic Hunt­ing­ton (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Cros­by, Nich­ols, 1853)
• Hymns for the Church of Christ, with Fred­er­ic Hunt­ing­ton (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: 1853)
• Reason in Re­li­gion (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Walk­er, Full­er, 1865)
• Memoir of Na­than­iel Lang­don Froth­ing­ham, D. D. (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, John Wil­son & Son, 1870)
• Primeval World of He­brew Tra­di­tion
• Ways of the Spir­it and Oth­er Es­says (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ro­berts Bro­thers, 1877)