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John G. (John Greenleaf) Adams
1810–1887
A 19th-century Universalist minister, hymn writer, and editor, he helped shape the devotional music and religious reading of his denomination. His work connects preaching, publishing, and church life in New England and beyond.
2 Audiobooks
Hymns for Christian Devotion Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination
by John G. (John Greenleaf) Adams, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell) Chapin
Fifty Notable Years Views of the Ministry of Christian Universalism During the Last Half-Century; with Biographical Sketches
by John G. (John Greenleaf) Adams
About the author
Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on July 30, 1810, John Greenleaf Adams became a Universalist minister at a young age and was ordained in Rumney, New Hampshire, in 1833. He later served churches in places including Claremont, Malden, Worcester, Providence, Lowell, Cincinnati, and Melrose, building a long career in the pulpit.
Adams was also a busy writer and editor. He co-edited Hymns for Christian Devotion with E. H. Chapin and later edited The Gospel Psalmist, and he published works such as Our Day and Fifty Notable Years. His writing shows how closely preaching, hymnody, and publishing were linked in 19th-century American religious life.
Archival and library records also note that he married twice and had three children. He died in Melrose, Massachusetts, on May 4, 1887.