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Europe (search for this): entry smith-samuel-francis
during a part of which time he was president of Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Mass., and for six years, besides being pastor of the Baptist church Samuel Francis Smith. at that place, he edited The Christian review, of Boston. From 1848 to 1869 he was the editor of various Baptist publications, and during the same time performed a large amount of literary labor. In 1875-76, and also in 1880-82, he visited the Old World and made extensive tours, examining the chief missionary stations in Europe and Asia. It was while a student at the theological school that he wrote the famous hymn, now known and sung in every part of America: My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain-side Let freedom ring! It was written for a children's celebration of July 4 in Park Street Church, Boston, in 1832, and was first sung there. Mr. Smith died in Boston, Mass., Nov. 16, 1895.
United States (United States) (search for this): entry smith-samuel-francis
during a part of which time he was president of Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Mass., and for six years, besides being pastor of the Baptist church Samuel Francis Smith. at that place, he edited The Christian review, of Boston. From 1848 to 1869 he was the editor of various Baptist publications, and during the same time performed a large amount of literary labor. In 1875-76, and also in 1880-82, he visited the Old World and made extensive tours, examining the chief missionary stations in Europe and Asia. It was while a student at the theological school that he wrote the famous hymn, now known and sung in every part of America: My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain-side Let freedom ring! It was written for a children's celebration of July 4 in Park Street Church, Boston, in 1832, and was first sung there. Mr. Smith died in Boston, Mass., Nov. 16, 1895.
Waterville, Me. (Maine, United States) (search for this): entry smith-samuel-francis
Smith, Samuel Francis 1808-1895 Clergyman; born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1808; graduated at Harvard College in 1829, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1832; was ordained minister of the Baptist church at Waterville, Me., in 1834, where he remained eight years, during a part of which time he was president of Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Mass., and for six years, besides being pastor of the Baptist church Samuel Francis Smith. at that place, he edited The Christian review, of Boston. From 1848 to 1869 he was the editor of various Baptist publications, and during the same time performed a large amount of literary labor. In 1875-76, and also in 1880-82, he visited the Old World and made extensive tours, examining the chief missionary stations in Europe and Asia. It was while a student at the theological school that he wrote the famous hymn, now known and sung in every part of America: My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I
Cambridge (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry smith-samuel-francis
Smith, Samuel Francis 1808-1895 Clergyman; born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1808; graduated at Harvard College in 1829, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1832; was ordained minister of the Baptist church at Waterville, Me., in 1834, where he remained eight years, during a part of which time he was president of Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Mass., and for six years, besides being pastor of the Baptist church Samuel Francis Smith. at that place, he edited The Christian review, of Boston. From 1848 to 1869 he was the editor of various Baptist publications, and during the same time performed a large amount of literary labor. In 1875-76, and also in 1880-82, he visited the Old World and made extensive tours, examining the chief missionary stations in Europe and Asia. It was while a student at the theological school that he wrote the famous hymn, now known and sung in every part of America: My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I
Boston (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry smith-samuel-francis
Smith, Samuel Francis 1808-1895 Clergyman; born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1808; graduated at Harvard College in 1829, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1832; was ordained minister of the Baptist church at Waterville, Me., in 1834, where he remained eight years, during a part of which time he was president of Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Mass., and for six years, besides being pastor of the Baptist church Samuel Francis Smith. at that place, he edited The Chrnary stations in Europe and Asia. It was while a student at the theological school that he wrote the famous hymn, now known and sung in every part of America: My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain-side Let freedom ring! It was written for a children's celebration of July 4 in Park Street Church, Boston, in 1832, and was first sung there. Mr. Smith died in Boston, Mass., Nov. 16, 1895.
Baptist (search for this): entry smith-samuel-francis
1, 1808; graduated at Harvard College in 1829, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1832; was ordained minister of the Baptist church at Waterville, Me., in 1834, where he remained eight years, during a part of which time he was president of Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Mass., and for six years, besides being pastor of the Baptist church Samuel Francis Smith. at that place, he edited The Christian review, of Boston. From 1848 to 1869 he was the editor of various Baptist publications, and during the same time performed a large amount of literary labor. In 1875-76, and also in 1880-82, he visited the Old World and made extensive tours, examining the chief missionary stations in Europe and Asia. It was while a student at the theological school that he wrote the famous hymn, now known and sung in every part of America: My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mou
Samuel Francis Smith (search for this): entry smith-samuel-francis
Smith, Samuel Francis 1808-1895 Clergyman; born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1808; graduated at Harvard College in 1829, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1832; was ordained minister of the Baptist church at Waterville, Me., in 1834, where he remained eight years, during a part of which time he was president of Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Mass., and for six years, besides being pastor of the Baptist church Samuel Francis Smith. at that place, he edited The Christian review, of Boston. From 1848 to 1869 he was the editor of various Baptist publications, and during the same time performed a large amount of literary labor. y country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain-side Let freedom ring! It was written for a children's celebration of July 4 in Park Street Church, Boston, in 1832, and was first sung there. Mr. Smith died in Boston, Mass., Nov. 16, 1895.
1882 AD (search for this): entry smith-samuel-francis
the Baptist church at Waterville, Me., in 1834, where he remained eight years, during a part of which time he was president of Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Mass., and for six years, besides being pastor of the Baptist church Samuel Francis Smith. at that place, he edited The Christian review, of Boston. From 1848 to 1869 he was the editor of various Baptist publications, and during the same time performed a large amount of literary labor. In 1875-76, and also in 1880-82, he visited the Old World and made extensive tours, examining the chief missionary stations in Europe and Asia. It was while a student at the theological school that he wrote the famous hymn, now known and sung in every part of America: My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain-side Let freedom ring! It was written for a children's celebration of July 4 in Park Street Church, Boston, in 1
1880 AD (search for this): entry smith-samuel-francis
r of the Baptist church at Waterville, Me., in 1834, where he remained eight years, during a part of which time he was president of Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Mass., and for six years, besides being pastor of the Baptist church Samuel Francis Smith. at that place, he edited The Christian review, of Boston. From 1848 to 1869 he was the editor of various Baptist publications, and during the same time performed a large amount of literary labor. In 1875-76, and also in 1880-82, he visited the Old World and made extensive tours, examining the chief missionary stations in Europe and Asia. It was while a student at the theological school that he wrote the famous hymn, now known and sung in every part of America: My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain-side Let freedom ring! It was written for a children's celebration of July 4 in Park Street Church, Boston,
1848 AD (search for this): entry smith-samuel-francis
Clergyman; born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1808; graduated at Harvard College in 1829, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1832; was ordained minister of the Baptist church at Waterville, Me., in 1834, where he remained eight years, during a part of which time he was president of Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Mass., and for six years, besides being pastor of the Baptist church Samuel Francis Smith. at that place, he edited The Christian review, of Boston. From 1848 to 1869 he was the editor of various Baptist publications, and during the same time performed a large amount of literary labor. In 1875-76, and also in 1880-82, he visited the Old World and made extensive tours, examining the chief missionary stations in Europe and Asia. It was while a student at the theological school that he wrote the famous hymn, now known and sung in every part of America: My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died,
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