1799–1847

Introduction

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Born: Ju­ly 9, 1799, Exe­ter, New Hamp­shire.

Died: May 28, 1847, Spring­field, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Biography

Peabody was the son of Ol­iv­er Pea­bo­dy and Fran­ces Bourn, and hus­band of Eli­za­beth Amel­ia White.

He at­tend­ed Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty, taught at an aca­de­my in Exe­ter (1817–18), then stu­died theo­lo­gy at the Cam­bridge Di­vi­ni­ty School. He be­gan preach­ing in 1819, and be­came pas­tor of the Uni­ta­ri­an church in Spring­field, Mas­sa­chu­setts, where he served the rest of his life.

He had a twin bro­ther, Ol­iv­er Will­iam Peabody, who was al­so a Uni­ta­ri­an min­is­ter (at Bur­ling­ton, Ver­mont), and who al­so died in 1847.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. As Once the Sa­vior Rose on High
  2. Behold the West­ern Ev­en­ing Light
  3. Black the Hea­ven Is Ov­er­cast
  4. Dying Year, The
  5. Father, I Thank Thee for Thy Care
  6. For Us, God’s On­ly Son
  7. God in Whom I Ev­er Trust, The
  8. God of the Earth’s Ex­tend­ed Plains
  9. God of the Fair and Op­en Sky
  10. God of the Roll­ing Orbs Above
  11. He Made the Sun, and Gave Him Light
  12. High in the Hea­vens God Dwells Alone
  13. How Beau­ti­ful, on All the Hills
  14. How Fast the Ra­pid Hours Re­tire
  15. I Sin, When­ev­er I Pur­sue
  16. Midnight Winds Are Sound­ing Loud, The
  17. Moon Is Up: How Calm and Slow, The
  18. My God, by Thy Di­rect­ing Pow­er
  19. My God, by Thy Pro­tect­ing Pow­er
  20. O When the Hours of Life Are Past
  21. O Who That Has Gazed in the Still­ness of Ev­en
  22. See the Streaks of Day­light Swim
  23. Son of God Came Down from Hea­ven, The
  24. When Bright­er Suns and Mild­er Skies
  25. Who Is Thy Neigh­bor?

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