1861–1942

Introduction

Born: Feb­ru­ary 17, 1861, Ram­sey, On­tar­io, Ca­na­da.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 8, 1942, Cam­bridge, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: Mount Au­burn Ce­me­te­ry, Cam­bridge, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Biography

William was the hus­band of Dai­sette Dud­ley Stock­ing.

Son of a Pres­by­ter­ian min­is­ter, he was edu­cat­ed at the Uni­ver­si­ty of To­ron­to (AB 1884); Knox Col­lege, To­ron­to; and Au­burn Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, New York Ci­ty.

He taught Eng­lish li­te­ra­ture and rhe­to­ric at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ro­ches­ter, New York, and lat­er was in­volved with the Chris­tian Sci­ence move­ment for a num­ber of years.

Works

  1. Heartsease Hymns, 1901

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Happy the Man Whose Heart Can Rest
  2. In Mer­cy, in Good­ness, How Great Is Our King
  3. O Love Di­vine, That Dwells Se­rene
  4. Praise Now Cre­at­ive Mind
  5. Song of the Dawn­ing, A
  6. There Are None Friend­less, None Afraid
  7. Trust the Eter­nal
  8. What Bright­ness Dawned in Re­sur­rect­ion

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Mc­Ken­zie (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),