Born: Sep­tem­ber 4, 1812, Al­ex­an­dria, Vir­gin­ia.

Died: Au­gust 20, 1863, Barn­well Coun­ty, South Car­o­li­na.

On Sep­tem­ber 10, 1835, the First Bap­tist Church, Rich­mond, Vir­gin­ia, ap­point­ed Shuck a mis­sion­a­ry to Chi­na. On Sep­tem­ber 22 of that year, he sailed on the Louvre un­der the ae­gis of the Bos­ton Board of the Tri­en­ni­al Con­ven­tion, and went on to serve in Ma­cao, Hong Kong, Can­ton, and Shang­hai. In 1854, he moved to Sa­cra­men­to, Cal­i­for­nia, where he worked as a mis­sion­a­ry to the Chi­nese there. In 1861, Shuck moved to Barn­well Court-house, South Car­o­li­na, to serve as pas­tor of the Black­ville and Steel Creek church­es.

Hymns

1. My Dear­est, Love­ly, Na­tive Land