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

Sources

Hymns

1. Banner of Immanuel
2. Harvest Home
3. He Rose! O Morn of Wonder!
4. O Short Was His Slumber