Born: Jan­u­a­ry 30, 1799, Deer­field, New Hamp­shire.

Died: Ap­ril 2, 1872, New York.

A phi­lo­so­pher, psy­chol­o­gist, pa­ci­fist, po­et, au­thor, and ed­u­cat­or, Up­ham was ed­u­cat­ed at Dart­mouth Coll­ege (1819) and An­do­ver The­o­lo­gic­al Sem­in­a­ry (1821). He pas­tored at the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Ro­chester, New Hamp­shire (1823-1825), and served as a Pro­fess­or of Mor­al and Men­tal Phi­lo­so­phy at Bow­doin Coll­ege, Maine (1825-1867). He was al­so as­so­ci­at­ed with the ho­li­ness move­ment. His works in­clude:

• Elements of In­tel­lec­tu­al Phi­lo­so­phy (Port­land, Maine: Shir­ley and Hyde, 1827)
• A Philosophical and Prac­ti­cal Trea­tise on the Will (Port­land, Maine: W. Hyde for Z. Hyde, 1834)
• Religious Of­fer­ings (New York: Leav­itt, Lord & Com­pa­ny; Bos­ton: Crocker and Brewster, 1835)
• Manual of Peace (New York: Lea­vitt, Lord and Com­pa­ny, 1836)
• Outlines of Im­per­fect and Dis­or­dered Men­tal Action (New York: Har­per & Bro­thers, 1840)
• Elements of Men­tal Phi­lo­so­phy, 1845
• Life and Re­li­gious Opin­ions and Ex­per­i­enc­es of Ma­dam de la Mothe Gu­yon, 1847
• Inward Divine Guid­ance
• Letters Aes­the­tic, So­cial, and Mor­al, Writ­ten from Eur­ope, Egypt, and Pal­es­tine

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Lyrics

1. Fear Not, Poor Weary One
2. Great Healer, The
3. Happy the Man Who Knows
4. O Thou Great Ruler of the Sky
5. O Thou Great Teacher from the Skies
6. ’Tis Thus in Solitude I Roam