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Born: March 14, 1826, Buckland, Massachusetts.

Died: April 14, 1888, Boston, Massachusetts.

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

* Erickson, p. 392
* Julian, pp. 1055, 1702
* Nutter, p. 464
* Stulken, p. 313

Hymns

1. God Our Refuge

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. Hear the Call
9. Heavenly Fold
10. Mason
11. Master’s Call, The
12. Monsell (Sherwin)
13. Praise the Giver of All
14. Sound the Battle Cry
15. Wake the Song
16. Whom Have I in Heaven?

Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/s/h/e/sherwin_wf.html