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Samuel Barrett Sumner

Short Name: Samuel Barrett Sumner
Full Name: Sumner, Samuel Barrett, 1797-1878
Birth Year: 1797
Death Year: 1878

Sumner, Samuel Barrett. (Boston, March 4, 1797-- ). When about thirty-three years old he visited Louisville, Kentucky, where he became assistant superintendent of the Sunday School of the Unitarian Church. He returned to Boston and was an official of the Bulfinch Place Chapel.

--From: Putnam, Alfred P. (1875). Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith. Boston: Roberts Brothers.


Texts by Samuel Barrett Sumner (7)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Father, accept these sacred wallsSamuel Barrett Sumner (Author)1
Father, I see my wrongSamuel Barrett Sumner (Author)English2
Give me, O Lord, a thankful heartSamuel Barrett Sumner (Author)1
I aim to follow theeSamuel Barrett Sumner (Author)1
Jesus said with soothing voiceSamuel Barrett Sumner (Author)1
Loving Father, heavingly KingSamuel Barrett Sumner (Author)1
When all things thou hast madeSamuel B. Summer (Author)1
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