Edwin Hubbel Chapin (1814-1880)

Edwin Hubbell Chapin was an American preacher and editor of the Christian Leader. He was also a poet, responsible for the poem Burial at Sea, which was the origin of a famous folk song, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie.

Quotes

Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link, into the great chain of order.
Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightening.
No more important duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.