After his wife Elizabeth died of brain fever on November 20, 1852, their 8-year-old daughter Mary Gray asked to be renamed in honor of her mother. He married Elizabeth's sister, Mary Stuart (b. 1822), in 1854, but she died only eighteen months later. He married for a third time Mary Ann Johnson (1829–1918) of Boston, with whom he had two more children, Edward and Francis. Austin died on October 13, 1890, at Bar Harbor, Maine. Works His Theory of Preaching (1881) and English Style in Public Discourse (1883) became standard textbooks. With Professors E. A. Park and D. L. Furber he edited Hymns and Choirs (1860), and with Professor Park and Lowell Mason The Sabbath Hymn Book (1859). His book The Still Hour (1859), a summary of a series of sermons on prayer, is a devotional classic and remains in publication. His other works are: The New Birth (1867), portraying conversion (in some instances) as a gradual change Sabbath Hours (1874) Studies of the Old Testament (1878) Men and Books (1882) My Portfolio (1882) My Study (1885) The Still Hour: or, Communion with God (1860) The Certainty of Success in Preaching (1889) My Note Book (1890) Quotes "Wear the old coat and buy the new book." "We are never more like Christ than in prayers of intercession." References Further reading Phelps, Austin & H. Trusta. (1853) The Last Leaf from Sunny Side, Phillips, Sampson, and company. 342 pp. Phelps-Ward, Elizabeth Stuart. (1891) Austin Phelps: A Memoir, New York. Austin Phelps quotes External links 1820 births 1890 deaths Andover Newton Theological School faculty People from Bar Harbor, Maine People from West Brookfield, Massachusetts American Congregationalist ministers Educators from Massachusetts 19th-century American clergy