Hutchins, Charles L. (Charles Lewis), 1838-1920

Charles Lewis Hutchins born in Concord, New Hampshire, August 5, 1838. He graduated from Williams in 1861 with Master of Arts degree, and from the General Theological Seminary, New York City, in 1865 with a Doctor of Divinity degree. He entered the ministry of the Episcopal Church in 1865. In 1867, Rev. Hutchins was the Rector of Saint John's in Lowell. From 1869 to 1872 he served as an assistant pastor at St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo New York. In 1872 became rector of Grace Church, Medford, Massachusetts and served there until 1890. In 1871 and 1874 he was assistant secretary of the General Convention and in 1877 he was made Secretary of the Convention.

Rev. Hutchins remained in the Boston area until his death in 1920. He began publishing around 1865 and produced a large number of books and hymnals for the Episcopalian Church, including "Sunday School Hymnal" (Buffalo, 1871), "Annotations of the Hymnal" (Hartford, 1872), "The Canticles" (Hartford, 1872) "Church Hymnal" (Medford, 1879), "Sunday School Hymnal and Service Book" (Medford, 1871, 1881, 1892), which is said to have included an early publication of the Rev. John Young Translation of "Silent Night, Holy Night," one of the most popular English translations, "The Church Hymnal : revised and enlarged ; in accordance with the action of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America ; in the year of our Lord 1892" ( Boston : Parish Choir, 1892), "A Hymnal and Service-Book for Sunday schools, day schools, guilds, brotherhoods, etc." (Boston: Parish Choir, circa 1893), "The Chant and Service Book : containing the choral service for morning and evening prayer, chants for the canticles, with the pointing set forth by the General Convention, music for the communion service, chants and anthems for the burial office, etc., etc." (Boston: Parish Choir, circa 1894), "Carols Old and Carols New" (Boston: Parish Choir, 1916) "The Church Psalter", "The Pointed Prayer Book", "The Echoes of Pinebrook" (Published by The Young Peoples Church of the Air), and numerous others.

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