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J. Freeman Young

Short Name: J. Freeman Young
Full Name: Young, J. Freeman (John Freeman), 1820-1885
Birth Year: 1820
Death Year: 1885

John Freeman Young (1820-1885)

Born: Oc­to­ber 30, 1820, Pitts­ton, Maine.
Died: No­vem­ber 15, 1885, New York Ci­ty.
Buried: Old Ci­ty Cem­e­te­ry, Jack­son­ville, Flor­i­da.

Young at­tend­ed Wes­ley­an Un­i­ver­si­ty, Mid­dle­town, Con­nec­ti­cut; Wes­ley­an Sem­in­a­ry, Read­field, Maine; and the Vir­gin­ia The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary, Al­ex­and­ria, Vir­gin­ia. Or­dained a Pro­test­ant Epis­co­pal min­is­ter, he served in Tex­as, Mis­sis­sip­pi, Lou­i­si­a­na, and New York, and be­came the se­cond bi­shop of Flor­i­da in 1867. His works in­clude:
Carols for Christ­mas Tide (New York: Dan­i­el Da­na, Jr., 1859)
Hymns and Mu­sic for the Young, 1860-61
Great Hymns of the Church (ed­it­or; pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in 1887 by John H. Hop­kins)

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by J. Freeman Young (10)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
All Thy works, O heavenly FatherJ. F. Young (Author)English5
بالسلام . بالسلامJohn F. Young (Author)Arabic0
Đêm thánh vô cùng Giây, phút tưng bừng (Silent night! Holy night!)John F. Young (Translator (into English))English, Vietnamese1
في الدجى والسكونJohn F. Young (Author)Arabic0
Noche de paz, noche de amorJohn F. Young, 1820-1885 (tr. en inglés)Spanish3
ஓசையில்லா, தூய இரா (Ōcaiyillā, tūya irā)J. Freeman Young (Translator (English))Tamil1
Polai e, Pokamaha'oJohn F. Young, 1820-1885 (Eng. Tr.)Hawaiian1
Silent night, holy night, All is calm, all is brightJohn Freeman Young, 1820-1885 (Translator)English324
Silent night! Holy night! Slumber reigns! Naught in sightJohn Freeman Young, 1820-1885 (Translator (English))English1
Wonderful night, wonderful night! Angels and shining immortalsRev. J. F. Young, D. D. (Author)English1

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