1813–1880

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 28, 1813, Sa­lem, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: May 8, 1880, Sa­lem, Mas­sa­chu­setts

Buried: Old South Ce­me­te­ry, Pea­bo­dy, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Biography

Jones was the son of Cap­tain Jones and Ly­dia Ve­ry, and bro­ther of Lydia Very.

He gra­du­at­ed from Har­vard Col­lege in 1836, then stayed there as Greek tu­tor for two years.

He be­came a Uni­ta­ri­an min­is­ter in 1843, but ne­ver held a pas­tor­ate. He was lat­er in­sti­tu­tion­al­ized in an in­sane asy­lum.

Works

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Bubbling Brook Doth Leap, The
  2. Come Sud­den­ly, O Lord
  3. Dew, The
  4. Father, I Wait Thy Word
  5. Father, There Is No Change to Live with Thee
  6. Father, Thy Won­ders Do Not Sing­ly Stand
  7. Hours, The
  8. How Come the Dead?
  9. I Saw on Earth An­oth­er Light
  10. I Sit With­in My Room
  11. I Would Not Breathe
  12. It Is Not Life up­on Thy Gifts to Live
  13. New Birth, The
  14. O Hea­ven­ly Gift of Love
  15. One Saint to An­oth­er I Heard
  16. Our Sol­diers’ Graves
  17. Promise of the Spir­it, The
  18. There Is a World Eye Hath Not Seen
  19. Thou Need­est Not Rest
  20. We Go Not on a Pil­grim­age
  21. Wilt Thou Not Vi­sit Me?