Original pho­tos from the al­bum of Rev. Sam­u­el Will­iam South­mayd Dut­ton, D.D. (1814-1866), pas­tor of the North Church, New Ha­ven, Con­nec­ti­cut, 1838-1866. Con­trib­ut­ed by Dee­An­na Al­lum Gran­ston.

Wolcott at­tended Yale Coll­ege (AB 1833) and An­do­ver The­o­log­ic­al Sem­in­ary, and served as a mis­sion­ary in Syr­ia (1841-1842). He re­turned to Amer­i­ca and pas­tored in Bel­cher­town, Mass­a­chu­setts; Prov­i­dence, Rhode Isl­and; Chi­ca­go, Ill­i­nois; and at the Ply­mouth Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church, Cleve­land, Ohio. Lat­er, he was sec­re­tary to the Ohio Home Mis­sion­ary So­ci­e­ty. Over 200 hymns are at­trib­ut­ed to him.

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Lyrics

1. All Thy Realms in Midnight Shrouded
2. Christ for the World We Sing
3. Father, I Own Thy Voice
4. Goodly Were Thy Tents, O Israel
5. Lo! The Faith Which Crossed the Ocean
6. O Gracious Re­deem­er!
7. On the Works of His Cre­a­tion
8. Pitying Savior, Look with Bless­ing
9. Tell Me Whom My Soul Doth Love
10. To Us Have Dis­tant Ages