1813–1886

Introduction

Born: Ju­ly 2, 1813, South Wind­ham, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 24, 1886, Long­mea­dow, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Buried: Long­mea­dow Ce­me­te­ry, Long­mea­dow, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

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Biography

Samuel was the son of Eli­hu Wol­cott and Ra­chel Mc­Clin­tock Mc­Clure. He mar­ried twice, to Ca­the­rine Eli­za­beth Wood (1839) and Har­ri­et Aman­da Pope (1843). His son was Am­eri­can se­na­tor Ed­ward Ol­iv­er Wol­cott (1848–1905).

Wolcott at­tend­ed Yale Col­lege (AB 1833) and An­do­ver Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, and served as a mis­sion­ary in Syr­ia (1841–42).

He re­turned to Am­eri­ca and served pas­tor­ates in Bel­cher­town, Mas­sa­chu­setts; Pro­vi­dence, Rhode Is­land; Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois; and at the Ply­mouth Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church, Cleve­land, Ohio.

Later, he was sec­re­ta­ry to the Ohio Home Mis­sion­ary So­ci­ety. Over 200 hymns are at­trib­ut­ed to him.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All Thy Realms in Mid­night Shroud­ed
  2. Be with Me Through Life’s Day
  3. Christ for the World We Sing
  4. Clinging Close
  5. Come to Me
  6. Content, O Lord, and Free from Fear
  7. Father, I Own Thy Voice
  8. God of Our Fa­thers, Let Thy Face
  9. Goodly Were Thy Tents, O Is­ra­el
  10. I Do Not See, O Sav­ior Dear
  11. In the Clo­set’s Hushed Se­clu­sion
  12. Jesus Is All
  13. Lo! The Faith Which Crossed the Ocean
  14. Lo! the Land of Sin­im Wak­ing
  15. Look, My Sav­ior, with Com­pas­sion
  16. O Gra­cious Re­deem­er!
  17. O Ho­ly, Ho­ly, Ho­ly Lord
  18. On the Works of His Cre­ation
  19. Penitent, The
  20. Where Feed­eth Thy Flock?
  21. To Us Have Dist­ant Ag­es