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| Short Name: | Joseph Swain |
| Full Name: | Swain, Joseph, 1723-1792 |
| Birth Year: | 1723 |
| Death Year: | 1792 |
Joseph Swain born in 1723 in Reading, Mass, graduated at Harvard College in 1744; was schoolmaster at Reading in 1746; was ordained as pastor of the Congregationalist Church at Wenham, Mass in 1750. He was the author of several hymns. He was pastor of his church for forty-two years, until he died June 27, 1792.
Swain and allied families, compiled by William C. Swain, Milwaukee,Wis: Press of Swain & Tate Company, 1896
Texts by Joseph Swain (3) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firmly I stand on Zion's hill | Joseph Swain (Author) | 11 | |
| I stand on Zion's mount | Swain (Author) | English | 29 |
| On Zion's hill my stand I take | Joseph Swain (Author) | 2 |
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