John Greenleaf Adams
Co-editor of Universalist Hymns
Intro | Co-editor of Universalist Hymns | |
Places | United States of America | |
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John Greenleaf Adams 1810 – 1897 was co-editor with Dr. E.H. Chapin of the Universalist Hymns for Christian Devotion and alone for the Gospel Psalmist, 1861.
Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he married twice and had two sons and one daughter. He was ordained in 1833 in Rumney, New Hampshire.
Although rarely used outside his denomination, best known of his hymns are
Heaven is here, its hymns of gladness
God's angels; not only on high do they sing
His papers can be found at the Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School among which include correspondence with A. C. Thomas, Thomas Thayer, Lucius Paige, Moses Ballou, W. H. Ryder, J. W. Hanson, M. Goddard.