Herbert’s fam­i­ly moved to Mon­mouth, Il­li­nois, when he was an in­fant. He was ed­u­cat­ed at Mon­mouth Coll­ege, and was its first grad­u­ate. He then at­tend­ed the Hahn­e­mann Med­i­cal Coll­ege in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, but con­tin­ued to stu­dy mu­sic and sang reg­u­lar­ly in a church choir. He prac­ticed med­i­cine for sev­er­al years, but mu­sic was his first love. When George Root vis­it­ed Mon­mouth in 1875, Her­bert met him, and they be­came good friends. Herbert stu­died with both Root and Phil­ip Bliss, and in 1878, he closed his med­i­cal prac­tice to work with mu­sic full time. At one time, Her­bert taught at the South­ern De­vel­op­ment Nor­mal mu­sic school in Wa­co, Tex­as. His works in­clude:

• Chapel An­thems, 1878
• Herbert’s Male Quar­tet Book, 1878
• The Elite
• Bible An­thems
• Class and Con­cert
• Herbert’s An­thems
• The Bat­tle Cry
• Y.M.C.A. Gos­pel Songs
• Quaint Quar­tets
• Harp of Da­vid
• Christmas An­them Col­lect­ion
• Easter An­them Col­lect­ion
• Tabernacle An­thems
• Quartet Queen
• Herbert’s Or­gan Vol­un­tar­ies
• Glory Songs
• New Gos­pel Hymn Book
• Voice Cu­lture in Class­es
• Class, Con­vert and Con­ven­tion

• Hall, pp. 309-12

1. Algiers
2. Bezaleel
3. Houdini
4. Jesus Our Strength
5. King of Kings
6. Lafayette
7. Magnus
8. Some Day
9. What Shall It Pro­fit?