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

Lyrics

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
14. Praise the Giv­er of All
15. Sherwin
16. Sound the Battle Cry
17. Wake the Song
18. Whom Have I in Heav­en?