Short Name: | E. A. Washburn |
Full Name: | Washburn, E. A. (Edward Abiel) 1819-1881 |
Birth Year: | 1819 |
Death Year: | 1881 |
Washburn, Edward Abiel, D.D., was born April 16, 1819; graduated at Harvard, 1838; studied theology at Andover and New Haven, and entered the Congregational ministry. In 1844, having been ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church, he became Rector of St. Paul's, Newburyport, Mass., where he remained till 1851. Spending 1851-52 in Europe, on his return he became Rector of St. John's, Hartford, 1853-62, and Professor of Church Polity in Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Connecticut; also Rector of St. Mark's, Philadelphia, 1862-65; and Calvary, New York, 1865-81. He died Feb. 2, 1881. His works include Social Law of God, 1874, and translations of Latin hymns. A selection from his poems was published in New York in 1881. Some of his translations are given in Schaff's Christ in Song, 1869, and other collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Texts by E. A. Washburn (13)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Be up and doing, for the work, Around thee thickly stands | E. A. W. (Author) | English | 4 |
Christ hath arisen! Death is no more! | Edward A. Washburn (Author) | English | 30 |
Heart of Christ my king, I greet thee | Edward A. Washburne (Author) | English | 4 |
How great, how beautiful that Sabbath rest | Edward A. Washburn (Translator) | English | 1 |
No more, ah, no more sad complaining | Edward A. Washburne (Author) | 1 | |
On earth a while mid suffering | Edward A. Washburne (Author) | 2 | |
On the birthday of the Lord | Edward A. Washburn, 1819-1881 (Translator (from Latin)) | English | 1 |
Ponder thou the cross all holy | Edward A. Washburne (Author) | 3 | |
Ring out the bells for Christmas | Edward A. Washburne (Author) | English | 8 |
Softly the night is sleeping on Bethlehem's peaceful hill | Washburne (Author) | English | 12 |
Still thy sorrow, Magdalena | E. A. Washburn (Translator) | English | 7 |
Thou, who One in essence livest | E. A. Washburn (Translator) | English | 3 |
When within his mother's arms | E. A. Washburn (Author) | 2 |