North received de­grees from Wes­ley­an Un­i­ver­si­ty, and was or­dained a Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal min­is­ter in 1872. He pas­tored in Flor­i­da, New York Ci­ty and Mid­dle­town, Con­nec­ti­cut, for two dec­ades. He then ed­it­ed The Christ­ian Ci­ty, and served as Sec­re­tary of the Church Ex­ten­sion and Mis­sion­ary So­ci­e­ty of New York Ci­ty, and Cor­res­pond­ing Sec­re­tary of the Board of For­eign Mis­sions of the Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal Church. From 1916-1920, he was pres­i­dent of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil of Church­es of Christ in Amer­i­ca. He wrote about a do­zen hymns.

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Hymns

1. Jesus, the Calm That Fills My Breast
2. O Mas­ter of the Waking World
3. Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
4. World’s Astir, The