Burleigh, William Henry, an active reformer and member of the Unitarian body, was born at Woodstock, Connecticut, Feb. 12, 1812, and brought up on a farm at Stainfield in the same state. In 1837 he went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where, having been previously apprenticed to the printing trade, he published the Christian Witness and Temperance Banner. In 1843 he undertook the duties of editor of the Christian Freeman, at Hartford. From 1849 to 1855 he was agent of the New York State Temperance Society; and from 1855 to 1870 Harbour Master at New York. Died at Brooklyn, March 18, 1871. His poetical pieces and hymns were contributed to various periodicals and journals. Many of these were collected and published as Poems, Phila. in 1841. This… Go to person page >
John B. Dykes (PHH 147) composed ST. AGNES for [Jesus the Very Thought of Thee]. Dykes named the tune after a young Roman Christian woman who was martyred in A.D. 304 during the reign of Diocletian. St. Agnes was sentenced to death for refusing to marry a nobleman to whom she said, "I am already eng…
Display Title: O deem not that earth's crowning blissFirst Line: O deem not that earth's crowning blissTune Title: ST. AGNESAuthor: W. H. BurleighDate: 1897
Display Title: O deem not that earth's crowning blissFirst Line: O deem not that earth's crowning blissAuthor: William Henry BurleighDate: 1875Subject: Blessed are they that mourn |
Display Title: The Sanctity of SorrowFirst Line: Oh, deem not that earth's crowning blissTune Title: [Oh, deem not that earth's crowning bliss]Date: 1897
Display Title: The Sanctity of SorrowFirst Line: Oh, deem not that earth's crowning blissTune Title: [Oh, deem not that earth's crowning bliss]Author: W. H. BurleighDate: 1948
Display Title: The Worth of SufferingFirst Line: O deem not that earth's crowning blissTune Title: [O deem not that earth's crowning bliss]Author: William Henry BurleighDate: 1948Subject: Faith, Trust and Courage |
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