Born: May 6, 1816. East­on (then West­on), Con­nec­ti­cut.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 28, 1872, Wash­ing­ton, DC.

Turney grad­u­at­ed from Mad­i­son Un­i­ver­si­ty in New York, and was suc­cess­ive­ly pas­tor at Hart­ford and Gran­ville, Ohio (1842-7); Pro­fess­or of Bib­li­cal Cri­ti­cism, Mad­i­son Un­i­ver­si­ty (1850); and Pro­fess­or of Bib­li­cal Lit­er­a­ture at Fair­mount The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­a­ry, Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio (1853-58). He al­so taught in Wash­ing­ton, DC. His works in­clude:

• Baptismal Hymns, 1862
• Memorial Po­ems and Hymns, 1864

Sources

Hymns

1. Blessèd Jesus, Blessèd Jesus
2. I Will Go in the Strength of the Lord
3. O Love Divine, O Matchless Grace