Born: Jan­u­a­ry 7, 1851, Vernon, New York.

Died: De­cem­ber 6, 1929 (possibly in Rome, New York, where he was living in 1924).

Son of Rev. Isaac P. Stryker, Woolsey was ed­u­cat­ed at Hamilton Coll­ege, Clinton, New York (1872), and Auburn The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­a­ry (1876). He entered the ministry in 1876, pas­tored at Pres­by­ter­i­an churches in Auburn, New York; Ithaca, New York (1878); Ho­lyoke, Mass­a­chu­setts (1883); and the Fourth Pres­by­ter­i­an Church, Chicago, Illinois; and served as president of Hamilton Coll­ege (1892-1917). He was a student of hymnology, and pub­lished several volumes of hymns. His works in­clude:

• New Alleluia (1880-1886)
• The Church Praise Book, 1882
• Hymns and Verses, 1883
• Christ­ian Chorals, 1885
• Song of Miriam and Other Hymns and Verses, 1888
• Church Song, 1889
• Dies Irae: The Great Dirge of Thomas De Celano (Fleming H. Revell Company, 1892)
• Lattermath: Hymns & Verses, Translated & Original (Utica, New York: William T. Smith & Co, 1895)

Sources

Hymns

1. Almighty Lord, with One Accord
2. Arouse Thy Church, Almighty God
3. Burst Forth, O Bridegroom, from Thy Chamber Bright
4. Death Cannot Make My Soul Afraid
5. Eternal Day Hath Dawned
6. Father, as Here We Bow
7. Four Hundred Years Their Course Have Sped
8. God of Our Fathers, Our God Today
9. Lo, Where That Spotless Lamb for Sin Provided
10. My Maker, at Thy Ho­ly Throne
11. O God, Thy Judgments Give the King
12. O Thou, Eternal, Changeless, Infinite
13. O Thou, Omnipresent
14. O Thou Shepherd of Thine Israel
15. Our God, and Our Redeemer
16. Ring Again, Ye Starry Chime
17. Robbed, Bruised, and Dying, Once I Lay
18. Sing, Every Boy and Maiden
19. Sing, Israel, for the Lord Your Strength
20. Thou, Lord of My Life
21. Thy Grace Is All of Grace
22. Thy Kingdom Come, O Blessed Son of God
23. Tranquilly, Slowly, Solemnly, Lowly
24. Tribes of Faith from All the Earth, The
25. We Close Thy Blessed Word
26. When the Everlasting Lord
27. While All the Night-Stars Fade and Wane