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Octavius B. Frothingham

Octavius B. Frothingham
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Short Name: Octavius B. Frothingham
Full Name: Frothingham, Octavius Brooks, 1822-1895
Birth Year: 1822
Death Year: 1895

Frothingham, Octavius Brooks, M.A., son of Dr. N. L. Frothingham, was born at Boston, Nov. 26, 1822, and educated at Harvard, graduating in Arts, 1843, and in Theology, 1846. In 1847 he became Pastor at Salem, from whence he passed to Jersey City, 1855; and again to the 3rd Unitarian Society, New York, 1860.

His works are numerous and well known. Mr. Frothingham is known as a leader of the Free Religious movement. His hymn, "Thou Lord of Hosts, Whose guiding hand" (Soldiers of the Cross), was written for the Graduating Exercise of the class of 1846 (see also "God of the earnest heart"), and published in the same year in Longfellow and Johnson's Book of Hymns, No. 425. It has been adopted by Dr. Martineau in his Hymns of Praise & Prayer, 1873.
[Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Octavius B. Frothingham (7)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
O God, whose presence glows in allOctavius B. Frothingham, 1822-1895 (Author)English1
O Lord of hosts, whose guiding handO. B. Frothingham (Author)2
O Lord of life, and truth, and graceFrothingham (Author)English1
Our spirits lay their noblest powersO. B. Frothingham (Author)2
Send us where'er thou wilt, O LordO. B. Frothingham (Author)3
The patriarch's dove, on weary wingO. B. Frothingham (Author)1
Thou Lord of hosts, whose guiding handOctavius Brooks Frothingham (Author)English43

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