Born: Oc­to­ber 5, 1748, Co­ven­try, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Died: De­cem­ber 25, 1816, Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Strong grad­u­at­ed from Yale Coll­ege in 1769, worked as a tu­tor at Yale (1772-1773), and was pas­tor of the First Church in Hart­ford, Con­nec­ti­cut, from 1774 un­til his death. Dur­ing the Amer­i­can Re­vo­lu­tion, he served as an ar­my chap­lain. He pub­lished two vol­umes of ser­mons (1798 & 1800), he founded The Con­nec­ti­cut Evan­gel­i­cal Mag­a­zine in 1800, and helped es­tab­lish the Con­nec­ti­cut Home Mis­sion­a­ry So­ci­e­ty in 1801. His works in­clude:

• The Doc­trine of Eter­nal Mi­se­ry Con­sist­ent with the In­fin­ite Be­ne­vo­lence of God, 1796
• Hartford Se­lect­ions, 1799

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Lyrics

1. Alas, Alas, How Blind I’ve Been
2. Almighty Sovereign of the Skies
3. Blest Lord, Behold the Guil­ty Scorn
4. Long Have I Walked This Dreary Road
5. Sinner, Behold, I’ve Heard Thy Groans
6. Smote by Law, I’m Just­ly Slain
7. Summer Har­vest Spreads the Fields, The
8. Swell the An­them, Raise the Song