13. Great God, the followers of Thy Son
Henry Ware, Jr., 1794-1843
Written for an ordination service which took place in Baltimore in 1819, William E. Channing preaching the sermon.
The author, Henry Ware, Jr., was born at Hingham, Mass., April 21, 1794; died September 25, 1843, at Framingham, Mass. He was educated at Harvard, and served as minister of the Second Unitarian Church, Boston, 1817 to 1829, with Ralph Waldo Emerson as assistant for a time. From 1829 to 1842, he was Professor of Pulpit Eloquence and Pastoral Care in the Harvard Divinity School. He was editor of the Christian Disciple and later of the Christian Register.
MUSIC. For comments on Lowell Mason, composer of HEBRON, see [Hymn 12].