Hedge at­tend­ed Har­vard Un­i­ver­si­ty and Di­vin­i­ty School, then pas­tored in Ar­ling­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1829-1835); Bang­or, Maine (1835-1850); Prov­i­dence, Rhode Is­land (1850-1856); and Brook­line, Mas­sa­chu­setts (1856-1872). He ed­it­ed The Christ­ian Ex­am­in­er (1857-1861), and served as pre­si­dent of the Amer­i­can Un­i­tar­i­an As­so­ci­a­tion (1859-1862). He went on to teach ec­cles­i­as­ti­cal his­to­ry (1857-1878) and Ger­man lit­er­a­ture (1872-1882) at Har­vard. His works in­clude:

• Christ­ian Liturgy for the Use of the Church (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Cros­by, Ni­chols and Com­pa­ny, 1853)
• Hymns for the Church of Christ (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: 1853) (with Fred­er­ic Hunt­ing­ton)
• Reason in Re­li­gion (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Walk­er, Full­er and Com­pa­ny, 1865)
• Primeval World of He­brew Tra­di­tion
• Ways of the Spir­it and Other Es­says (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: Ro­berts Bro­thers, 1877s)

Sources

Hymns

1. Beneath Thine Hammer, Lord, I Lie
2. Sovereign and Transforming Grace
3. ’Twas in the East, the Mystic East
4. ’Twas the Day when God Anointed
   • It Is Finished! Man of Sorrows

Translations

1. Christ Hath Arisen!
2. Ho­ly Spirit, Fire Divine
3. Mighty Fort­ress Is Our God, A
4. Sun Is Still Forever Sounding, The