Chadwick grad­u­at­ed from Har­vard Di­vin­i­ty School, Cam­bridge, Mass­a­chu­setts, in Ju­ly 1864. He was or­dained as min­is­ter of the Se­cond Un­i­tar­i­an Church in Brook­lyn, New York, that De­cem­ber. He was a fre­quent con­trib­u­tor to the Christ­ian Ex­am­in­er, The Ra­di­cal, Old and New, and Har­per’s Mag­a­zine, and pub­lished num­er­ous po­ems in Amer­i­can per­i­od­i­cals. He was wide­ly known for his ser­mons, which were pub­lished in a ser­ies of vol­umes. His other works in­clude:

• A Book of Po­ems, 1876
• Life of The­o­dore Park­er
• Life of Will­iam Ell­ery Chan­ning
• In Na­za­reth Town, 1885
• A Legend of Good Po­ets, 1885
• A Few Vers­es, 1900
• Later Po­ems, 1905

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1. Another Year of Setting Suns
2. Come, Let Us Sing a Tender Song
3. Eternal Ruler of the Cease­less Round
4. Everlasting Ho­ly One
5. Gentle Tumult in the Earth, A
6. It Singeth Low in Every Heart
7. Now Sing We a Song for the Harvest
8. O God, We Come Not as of Old
9. O Love Divine of All That Is
10. O Thou, Whose Perfect Goodness Crowns
11. Thou Glorious God, Before Whose Face
12. Thou Whose Spirit Dwells in All
13. What Has Drawn Us Thus Apart?