Tappan, William Brigham, an influential
leader in Sunday school work in the Congregational
Church, was born at Beverly,
Mass., October 29, 1794. In early manhood
he taught school in Philadelphia. From
1826 until his death he was in the employ
of the American Sunday School Union as
manager and superintendent at Philadelphia
(1826-29), at Cincinnati (1829-34), at
Philadelphia (1834-38), and at Boston
(1838-49). In 1841 he obtained license to
preach as a Congregational minister; but
not having any pastoral charge, he was
never ordained. From 1819 to 1849 he continued
to write and publish poetry, amounting
in all to eight or ten volumes. He died
at West Needham, Mass., June 18, 1849.
| There is an hour of peaceful rest |
609 |
| 'Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow |
147 |
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