Introduction

Biography

A Con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter, lec­tur­er, and wri­ter, Na­son was edu­cat­ed at the Wren­tham Aca­de­my (1828); the school in Marl­bo­rough (1829); and Brown Uni­ver­si­ty, Pro­vi­dence, Rhode Is­land (1831–35).

He taught in Georg­ia for some time, and in New­bu­ry­port, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1840–49).

He was li­censed to preach in 1849, and or­dained as pas­tor of the Con­gre­ga­tion­al church in Na­tick, Mas­sa­chus­etts, in 1852.

In 1856, he ac­cept­ed a call from the Mys­tic Church in Med­ford, Mas­sa­chu­setts (the church re­ceives its name not from its doc­trines, but from the Mys­tic Ri­ver that flows through the town).

Nason moved to Exe­ter, New Hamp­shire, in 1861, and North Bil­le­ri­ca, Mas­sa­chu­setts, in 1865.

Works

• A Se­lect­ion of Sac­red Songs (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Sax­ton & Pierce, 1842)
• Songs for the School Room, 1855
• The Con­gre­ga­tion­al Hymn Book (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: John P. Jew­ett, 1857)
• Songs for So­cial and Pub­lic Wor­ship, with Dr. Ed­ward Kirk, 1863