Who is W H H Murray?

William Henry Harrison "Adirondack" Murray was born on April 26, 1840 to Dickinson and Sally Munger Murray in the small farming community of East Guilford, CT. Dickinson worked as a ship builder and also managed the family farm. Henry was the fourth of five Murray children, three girls and two boys.
Public speaking and debate were popular activities in the 1850s. William followed his father's interest in debate and became a good speaker and debater by the time he graduated from public school.
William and brother Chauncy went on to Yale, at the urging of their mother Sally, to study for and eventually to enter the ministry in the Congregational Church in 1862. William served as vicar in East Windsor, CT then served as pastor of two small Congregational churches in Greenwich, CT and Meriden, CT from 1862 to 1869. Then in 1869 William became the pastor of the famous Park Street Church in Boston until 1874. Problems at Park Street between Rev. Murray and the leadership of the church forced the young pastor to resign and start his own independent church at Boston Music Hall. Murray preached at Music Hall for roughly three years before resigning the ministry and dropping out of sight.
A friend of Murray's from upstate New York first introduced Murray to the Adirondacks during their time at Yale. Murray returned to Adirondacks for vacations during his tenures at the churches in Greenwich and Meriden. While at Meriden, lawyer O.H. Platt (later to be CT senator) reintroduced William to the wilderness of the Adirondacks. Murray began publishing many articles in the local paper, the Meriden Recorder, on hunting,fishing and camping then completed his first work on hunting and camping in the Adirondacks, Adventures in the Wilderness.
William Murray became a well-know preacher and evangelist during his ministry at Park Streeet. His preaching became so popular that he expanded his preaching to include Saturday evening sermons delivered at Boston Music Hall. His sermons quickly began to be published in newspapers across the country. Murray then began publishing his sermons in book form, printing several sermon volumes. He continued publishing sermons after he left Park Street Church until he left his independent church at Music Hall.