Furness, William Henry, D.D., born in Boston, 1802, and graduated at Harvard in Arts and Theology, 1820. From 1825 he has been an Unitarian Pastor in Philadelphia. He is an accomplished scholar, and has been an active worker in reforms of various kinds. His publications are numerous and
include a Manual of Domestic Worship, 1840, and a translation of Schiller's Song of the Bell.
His hymns are somewhat numerous, and several of them have great merit. The best and most widely used are:—
1. Father in heaven, to Thee my heart. Resignation. Appeared in The Christian Disciple, 1822. It was repeated in this form in some of the older collections, and a few modern hymnals, including the Boston Unitarian Hymns [& Tune] Book, 1868.… Go to person page >
Display Title: Blessing [blessings] on thee, gracious LordFirst Line: Blessing [blessings] on thee, gracious LordAuthor: William Henry FurnessDate: 1860
Display Title: Blessing [blessings] on thee, gracious LordFirst Line: Blessing [blessings] on thee, gracious LordAuthor: William Henry FurnessDate: 1917
Display Title: Blessings on Thee, Gracious LordFirst Line: Blessing on thee, gracious Lord!Tune Title: [Blessing on thee, gracious Lord!]Author: W. H. Furness, D.D.Date: 1910
Display Title: Blessing [blessings] on thee, gracious LordFirst Line: Blessing [blessings] on thee, gracious LordAuthor: William Henry FurnessDate: 1860
Display Title: Blessing [blessings] on thee, gracious LordFirst Line: Blessing [blessings] on thee, gracious LordAuthor: William Henry FurnessDate: 1854
Display Title: Blessing [blessings] on thee, gracious LordFirst Line: Blessing [blessings] on thee, gracious LordAuthor: William Henry FurnessDate: 1898
Display Title: Blessing [blessings] on thee, gracious LordFirst Line: Blessing [blessings] on thee, gracious LordAuthor: William Henry FurnessDate: 1875