The Leaves of Life

Author: Theron Brown

Born: April 29, 1832, Wil­li­man­tic, Con­nec­ti­cut. A Bap­tist min­is­ter, Brown pas­tored church­es in South Fram­ing­ham and Can­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts (1859-70). Re­tir­ing from pas­tor­al work due to vo­cal dis­a­bil­i­ty, he was a con­trib­u­tor and ed­it­or of the Youth’s Com­pan­ion for more than 40 years, and a mem­ber of the of­fice staff for the last 20. Be­tween 1880 and 1890, he con­trib­ut­ed hymns more or less re­gu­lar­ly to the quar­tet and an­ti­phon­al chor­us ser­vice at the Rug­gles Street Church in Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts. His works in­clude: The Blount Fam­i­ly Nameless Wo­men of the Bi­ble Life Songs The Sto­ry of the Hymns and Tu… Go to person page >