William True Sleeper

1819-1904

Born: February 9, 1819, Danbury, New Hampshire.

Died: September 24, 1904, Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Sleeper attended Phillips-Exeter Academy, the University of Vermont, and the Andover Theological Seminary. After ordination, he conducted home ministry work in Massachusetts and Maine. He later became pastor of the Summer Street Congregational Church in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he served over 30 years. His works include:

• The Rejected King, and Hymns of Jesus, 1883

Hymns:

1. Out of My Bondage, Sorrow and Night
2. Ye Must Be Born Again