After moving to Bos­ton as a teen­ag­er, Sherwin stu­died mu­sic un­der Low­ell Ma­son. He la­ter worked at the New Eng­land Con­serv­a­tory of Mu­sic, and taught sing­ing in Mass­a­chu­setts and New York. He was the first mu­sic di­rect­or at the Chau­tau­qua Move­ment near Chau­tau­qua, New York, and was mu­sic­al ed­i­tor at Big­low and Main pub­lish­ers. His works in­clude:

• Songs of Grace and Glory (with Silas Vail) (New York: Horace Waters & Son, 1874)

Sources

Hymns

1. God Our Refuge
2. Grander Than Ocean’s Story

Music

1. Awake! for the Trumpet Is Sounding!
2. Beautiful Valley of Eden
3. Bread of Life
4. Chautauqua, Evening Praise
5. Cutting
6. Fully Persuaded
7. Galilee, Bright Galilee
8. God’s Love
9. Hear the Call
10. Heavenly Fold
11. Mason
12. Master’s Call, The
13. Monsell (Sherwin)
14. Praise the Giver of All
15. Sherwin
16. Sound the Battle Cry
17. Wake the Song
18. Whom Have I in Heaven?