Born: Jan­u­a­ry 1, 1791, New Ha­ven, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Died: Jan­u­a­ry 31, 1871, New Ha­ven, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Fitch grad­u­at­ed from Yale Coll­ege in 1810, and was a Pro­fess­or of Di­vin­i­ty there (1817-1863). With Le­o­nard Ba­con and others, he com­piled the Con­nec­ti­cut Con­gre­ga­tion­al Psalms & Hymns for Christ­ian Use and Wor­ship in 1845, con­trib­ut­ing to it three psalm ver­sions and three hymns.

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Hymns

  1. By Vows of Love To­ge­ther Bound
  2. God of Peace, Who from the Dead, The
  3. Lord, at This Clos­ing Hour

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