Born: 1810, Ports­mouth, New Hamp­shire.

Ordained in 1833 in Rum­ney, New Hamp­shire, Adams served in Clare­mont, New Hamp­shire; Pro­vi­dence, Rhode Is­land; Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio; and Mal­den, Wor­ces­ter and Low­ell, Mass­a­chu­setts. In New Hamp­shire, he ed­it­ed the Star in the East, and in Mass­a­chu­setts the Gos­pel Teach­er, Myr­tle, and the Sun­day School Help­er. His works in­clude:

• Hymns for Christ­ian De­vo­tion (co-ed­it­or with Dr. E. H. Chapin), 1846
• Our Day
• Fountain
• Gospel Psalm­ist, 1861

Sources

Lyrics

1. God’s Angels! Not Only on High Do They Sing
2. Heaven Is Here, Its Hymns of Glad­ness
   • Heaven Is Here, Where Hymns of Gladness