Phelps at­tend­ed the Con­nec­ti­cut Lit­er­ary In­sti­tute, Brown Un­i­ver­si­ty (grad­u­at­ed 1844), and Yale Di­vin­i­ty School. Af­ter or­din­a­tion, he pas­tored at the First Bap­tist Church in New Ha­ven, Con­nec­ti­cut (1854-1882), and the Jef­fer­son Street Bap­tist Church, Prov­i­dence, Rhode Is­land (1876). Lat­er, he be­came ed­i­tor of The Christ­ian Sec­re­ta­ry. His son was preach­er, au­thor and pro­fess­or Will­iam Ly­ons Phelps. Syl­van­us’ works in­clude:

• The Ho­ly Land, with Glimps­es of Europe and Egypt, 1862

Sources

Hymns

1. Once I Heard a Sound at My Heart’s Dark Door
2. Savior, Thy Dying Love
3. Sweet is the Hour of Pray­er
4. This Rite Our Blest Redeemer Gave