After mov­ing to Bos­ton as a teen­ag­er, Sher­win stu­died mu­sic un­der Low­ell Ma­son. He la­ter worked at the New Eng­land Con­serv­a­tory of Mu­sic, and taught sing­ing in Mass­a­chu­setts and New York. He was the first mu­sic di­rect­or at the Chau­tau­qua Move­ment near Chau­tau­qua, New York, and was mu­sic­al ed­i­tor at Big­low and Main pub­lish­ers. His works in­clude:

• Songs of Grace and Glo­ry, with Si­las Vail (New York: Hor­ace Wa­ters & Son, 1874)

• Erickson, p. 392
• Jones, p. 154
• Julian, pp. 1055, 1588, 1702
• Nutter, p. 464
• Stulken, p. 313

1. God Our Ref­uge
2. Grander Than Ocean’s Sto­ry

1. Awake! for the Trum­pet Is Sound­ing!
2. Beautiful Val­ley of Eden
3. Better Land
4. Bread of Life
5. Chautauqua, Ev­en­ing Praise
6. Cockfosters
7. Cutting
8. Fully Per­suad­ed
9. Galilee, Bright Gal­i­lee
10. God’s Love
11. Hear the Call
12. Heavenly Fold
13. Mason
14. Master’s Call, The
15. Monsell
16. Our Song of Ju­bi­lee
17. Praise the Giv­er of All
18. Sherwin
19. Sound the Bat­tle Cry
20. Strive for Eter­nal Day
21. Wake the Song
22. Whom Have I in Hea­ven?
23. Wimbledon