Theodore Chickering Williams

American hymnwriter (1855-1915)

Theodore Chickering Williams (July 2, 1855, Brookline, Massachusetts – May 6, 1915, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American pastor and hymnwriter, and the first headmaster of the Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York.

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  • Life is a voyage. The winds of life come strong
    From every point; yet each will speed thy course along,
    If thou with steady hand when tempests blow
    Canst keep thy course aright and never once let go.
    • The Voyage of Life, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
  • Death is an angel with two faces:
    To us he turns
    A face of terror, blighting all things fair;
    The other burns
    With glory of the stars, and love is there.
    • A Thanatopsis, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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