Frederic Mayer Bird

Frederic Mayer Bird
Frederic Mayer Bird (1838–1908) was an American clergyman, hymnist, and writer. He is best known for his contributions to hymnody, translating German hymns into English and editing hymn collections. Bird wrote several theological and musical works, including "Songs of the Spirit" and "Hymns of the Reformation". He was also a significant figure in the Episcopal Church, serving as a rector in several parishes during his career.

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WISDOM IN THE WOODS. I had seen and heard little of Hartman since our college days. There he was counted a youth of eminent promise: after that I knew that he had traveled, written something or other, and practised law—or professed it, and not too eagerly: then he had disappeared. Last May I stumbled on him in a secluded region where I had gone to fish and rest, after a year of too close attention to... more...