Tweedy at­tend­ed Phil­lips An­do­ver Acad­e­my, Yale Un­i­ver­si­ty (BA & MA), Un­ion The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary, and the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Ber­lin. Or­dained a Con­gre­ga­tion­al­ist min­is­ter in 1898, he pas­tored at Ply­mouth Church in Uti­ca, New York (1892-1902), and South Church, Bridge­port, Con­nec­ti­cut (1902-1909). He then be­came Pro­fess­or of Hom­i­le­tics at Yale Di­vin­i­ty School (1909-37). He taught lit­ur­gy, mu­sic, and the arts, and was in­ter­est­ed in re­li­gious ar­chi­tect­ure. His works in­clude:

• The Minister and His Hymn­al
• Christ­ian Wor­ship and Praise, 1939

Sources

Hymns

1. Eternal God, Whose Power Upholds
2. O Gracious Father of Mankind
3. O Spirit of the Living God