THE UNITARIAN FAITH

UNITARIAN HYMNS

THE .LINDSEY PRESS 14 GORDON SQUARE, LONDON, W.C.I First Edition 1918 Second and Revised Edition 1948

PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION .

FORa new edition of this book, compiled by Rev. W. Copeland Bowie and published in I g 18, the selec- tion and arrangement of hymns have been thoroughly revised and the number increased to sixty, about one- third of which are new to this edition. While the first aim has been, as before, to offer a small treasury of hymns truly expressive of the Unitarian faith in its varisus aspects, it has also been thought well to include as many authors as possible consistently with this main purpose. With the exception of one instance of joint authorship, no writer is' here represented by more than two hymns. All the hymns now included are found in Hymns of Worship, the book in current use among Unitarians ; where any question of wording might arise, the text of that compilation is followed. Biographical notes appear now in alphabetical order at the end of the book. The previous statement of Vnitarian Beliefs is replaced by a more recent and shorter summary which has found general acceptance. As the editor of the previous edition wrote, " Many people in England still speak and write as if Unitarian- ism were merely a somewhat hard and rationalistic type of theology, lacking altogether in religious fer- vour. It is hoped that this small selection of hymns ! PRINTEDIN GREATBRITAIN BY RICHARDCLAY AND COMPANY,LTD,, will assist in removing so mistaken a view, and will BUNGAYSUFFOLK. - encourage readers to make further study of our rich v PREFACE TO REVW EDITION devotional literature." The words of the American scholar F. G. Peabody may again be quoted : Beneath the vigorous rationalism and sincere dissent of the Unitarians there is a deeper movement CONTENTS of religious life, a consciousness of God which none but a poet can utter, a spiritual lineage which unites these modern minds to the great company of witnesses of the real presence-the fellowship of the Church of the Spirit." The book is re-issued with the hope that it will con- =. =. tinue to remind Unitarians of their goodly heritage and to make known to many the spiritual wealth of a free and rational faith. D.T. M.R. London, I 947.

. PAGE 69 *. 83 OUR FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP WORSHIP What is Religion ? Religion, as Jesus himself affirmed, is summed up in the two great commandments-Love to God and Love to Man. 0 GOD,whose presence glows in all Within, around us, and above,- What are the Essentials of the Christian faith? , The Fatherhood of God, the Brotherhood of Man, the Thy word we bless, thy name we call, Leadership of Jesus, the Victory of Good, the Kingdom of Whose word is Truth, whose name is Love. God, and the Life Eternal. That truth be with the hkart believed Does this constitute our Creed ? Of all who seek this sacred place, No, for though we cherish these beliefs, we do not formu- With power proclaimed, in peace received- late-themas a settled creed, nor claim for them the authority I Our spirit's light, thy Spirit's grace. of a final statement of religious truth. In the conviction that the dogmatic spirit is fatal to progress, we seek no That love its holy influence pour, complete uniformity of religious belief, but welcome to our To keep us meek and make us free, open fellowship all who share our spiritual ideals and prac- And throw its binding blessing more tical aims. Round each with all, and all with thee. What are our Ideals and Aims? (I) In things essential, Unity; in things doubtful, Liberty; Send down its angel to our side, in all things, Charity. Send in its calm upon the breast ; (2) Religious Life, not Creed, the bond of union. For we would need no other guide, (3) Freedom of reason and conscience in the search for And we can need no other rest. Truth, unfettered by authority or tradition. (4) Fellowship the wide world over, on these principles, X. L. Frothingham. between men of differing creeds and faiths.

What is the Liberal Religious Movement ? A movement in all the great religions of the world, and in almost every Christian church or denomination, of those who cherish the above ideals and aims; and with whom, therefore, Unitarians and Free Christians find themselves in close accord and harmonious fellowship. WO~P G WORSHIP

WE love the venerable house ' UNTOthy temple, Lord, we come Our fathers built to God :- With thankful hearts to worship thee ; In heaven are kept their grateful vows, And pray that this may be our home 1 Their dust endears the sod. Until we touch eternity :- Here holy thoughts a light have shed From many a radiant face, The common home of rich and poor, And prayers of tender hope have spread Of bond and free, and great and small ; A perfume through the place. Large as thy love for evermore, - And warm and bright and good to all. And anxious hearts have pondered here The mystery of life, And dwell thou with us in this place, And prayed the eternal Light to clear Thou and thy Christ, to guide and bless; V Their doubts, and aid their strife. ' Here make the well-springs of thy .grace From humble tenements around Like fountains in the wilderness, Came up the pensive train, And in the church a blessing found, May thy whole truth be spoken here; That filled their homes again ; Thy gospel light for ever shine; For faith, and peace, and mighty love, Thy perfect love cast out all fear, That from the Godhead flow, And human life become divine. Showed them the life of heaven above Robert Collysr. Springs from the life below. They live with God, their homes are dust, Yet here their children pray, And in this fleeting lifetime trust To find the narrow way. On him who by the altar stands, On him thy blessing fall ! Speak through his lips thy pure commands, Thou Heart that lovest all! R, W. Emerson. WORSHIP 5 FATHER,0 hear us, seeking now to praise thee ! GRACIOUSPower, the world pervading, Thou art our hope, our confidence, our Saviour; Blessing all, and none upbraiding, Thou art the refuge of the generations, We are met to worship thee. Lord God Almighty. * By thy wisdom mind is lighted, Maker of all things, loving all thy creatures, By thy love the heart excited, God of all goodness, infinite in mercy, Light and love all flow from thee ; Changeless, eternal, holiest and wisest, Hear thou thy children. And the soul of thought and feeling In the voice thy praises pealing We are thy children, asking thee to bless us, Must thy noblest homage be. Banded together for a full obedience, Mutual help and mutual refreshing, -Not alone in our devotion ; .Lord, in thy service. In all being, life, and motion, We the present Godhead see. Childhood shall learn to know thee and revere thee ; Manhood shall serve thee, strong in power and know- Gracious Power, the world pervading ledge ; Blessing all, and none upbraiding, Old age shall trust thee, having felt thy mercy, We are met to worship thee. r E'en 'mid the shadows. W. J. Fox.

Bless thou our purpose, consecrate our labours, Keep us still faithful to the best and truest, Guide us, protect us, make us not unworthy Learners of Jesus.

Glory and honour, thanks and adoration, Still will we bring, 0 God of men and angels, To thee, the holy, merciful and mighty, Father, our Father ! Douglas Walmsley. 12 WORSHIP

'A 0 THOU to FATHER,to US' thy children, humbly kneeling, whom our voices rise, Conscious of weakness, ignorance, sin, and shame, King of the earth, and air, and skies, Give such a force ef holy thought and feeling, For all the blessings that we prize, That we may live to glorify thy name ; We thank thee, Lord ! D That we may conquer base desife and passion, For work and rest, for home and friends, .That we may rise from selfish thought and will, For health and strength thy mercy sends, O'ercome the world's allurement, threat, and fashion, That we may serve the noblest ends, Walk humbly, gently, leaning on thee still. We thank thee, Lord !

0 let not all the pains and toils be wasted, For id16 word and trifling thought, Spent on our life by saints now gone to rest: For selfish pleasure we have sought, Nor that deep sorrow the Redeemer tasted When all for thee we should have wrought, When on his soul the guilt of men was pressed. Forgive us, Lord ! 4 * Let all this goodness by our minds be heeded, From anger, pride, and selfish care, Let all this mercy on our hearts be sealed ! From want of faith in work or prayer, Thy power, 0 Lord, can give the cleansing needed ; From sin that we would rashly dare, 0 speak the word, thy servants shall be healed. 0 save us, Lord ! J. Freeman Clurke. We trust thy wisdom, love, and power: When all is bright-when sorrows lower- Through all our life-in death's last hour, Be with us, Lord ! Den@ Agatc. WORSHIP

8 + THELord hath said, " Seek ye my face " ; Thy face, 0 Lord, we fain would see, Though with the eyes in any place This glorious vision may not be. 9 I LORDof all being ! throned afar, e But to the pure in heart is given Thy glory flames from sun and star ; A calm and blessM inward light, Centre and soul of every sphere, By which they see the things of heaven, Yet to each loving heart how near! Though hidden from all outward sight. 6 Sun of our life ! thy quickening ray We lift our hearts, 0 Lord, to thee Sheds on our path the glow of day: To beg that thou wilt make them pure, Star of our hope ! thy softened light That we by light divine may see Cheers the long watches of the night. And live the life that shall endure. Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn ; May no unhallowed thought or care, Our noontide is thy gracious dawn ; No passion base, no sordid love, Our rainbow arch thy mercy's sign ; That mirror bright in us impair All;,save the clouds of sin, are thine. In which are imaged things above. 7 Thomas Sadler. Lord of all life, below, above, Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love, Before thy ever-blazing throne We ask no lustre of our own.

Grant us thy truth to make us free, And kindling hearts that burn for thee, Till all thy living altars claim One holy light, one heavenly flame. dc 0. W.,Holmes. .THE-FATHERHOOD OF GOD THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD 11 GODis love : his mercy brightens - FATHER,to thy kind love we owe All the path in which we rove ; All that is fair and good below; Bliss he wakes, and woe he lightens : Bestower of the health that lies God is wisdom, God is love. On tearless cheeks and cheerful eyes !

Chance and change are busy ever, Giver of sunshine and of rain ; Man decays and ages move ; Ripener of fruits on hill and plain; But his-mercy waneth never : Fountain of light that, rayed afar, God is wisdom, God is love. Fills the vast urns of sun and star!

E'en the hour that darkest seemeth Yet deem we not that thus alone Will his changeless goodness prove ; Thy mercy and thy love are shown ; From the mist his brightness streameth : For we have learned with higher praise, God is wisdom, God is love. . And holier names, to speak thy ways.

He with earthly cares entwineth In woe's dark hour, our kindest stay; Hope and comfort from above ; Sole trust when life shall pass away; Everywhere his glory shineth : Teacher bf hopes that light the gloom God is wisdom, God is love. Of death, and consecrate the tomb ! Sir John Bowring. >- Patient with headstrong guilt to bear, Slow to avenge, and kind to spare : Listening to prayer, and reconciled Full qpickly to thy erring child. W. C. Bryant. THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD

12 . 13 (A Children's Hymn) THOU' One in all, thou~llin one, LEADUS, heavenly Father, lead us, Shepherd kind ; Source of the grace that crowns our days, . We are only children, weak, and young, and blind. For all thy gifts 'neath cloud or sun, All the way before us thou alone dost know; We lift to thee our grateful praise. . Lead us, heavenly Father, singing as ,we go.

We bless thee for the life that flows, Lead us, heavenly Father, on our opening way ; A pulse in every grain of sand, Lead us in the morning of our little day ; A beauty in the blushing rose, While our hearts are happy, while our souls are free, A thought and deed in brain and hand. May we give our childhood as a song to thee.

For life that thou hast made a joy, Lead us, heavenly Father, as the way grows long; For strength to make our lives like thine, Be our strong salvation, be our joyous song. For duties that our hands employ,- Gladdened by thy mercies, chastened by thy rod, We bring our offerings to thy shrine. May we walk through all things humbly with our God.

Be thine to give and ours to own Lead 'us, heavenly Father, by thy voices clear, The truth that sets thy children free, Through the prophets holy, through the Saviour dear; The law that binds us to thy throne, He who took the children in his arms of love--- The love that makes us one with thee. May we all be gathered in his home above.

' S. C. Beach. Brooke Herford. THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD

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SOFTLYthe silent night THE INDWELLING GOD Falleth from God, On weary wanderers Over life's road ; " WHEREis your God ? " they say : And as the stars on high Answer them, Lord most holy! Light up the darkening sky, Reveal thy secret way Lord, unto thee we cry,- Of visiting the lowly : Father above ! Not wrapped in moving cloud, Or night ly-resting fire ;. Slowly on failing wing But veiled within the shroud Daylight has passed ; Of silent high desire. Sleep, like an angel kind, Folds us' at last. Come not in flashing storm, S Peace be our lot this night, Or bursting frown of thunder : Safe be our slumber light, Come in the viewless form Watched by thy angels bright, Of wakening love and wonder ;- Father above ! Of duty grown divine, The restless spirit, still ; And when the gleam of morn Of sorrows taught to shine, Touches our eyes, As shadows of thy will. And the returning day Bids us arise,- 0 God ! the pure alone,- Happy beneath thy will, E'en in their deep confessing,- Steadfast in joy or ill, Can see thee as their own, * Lord, may we serve thee still, And find the perfect blessing : Father above ! Yet to each waiting soul A. N. Blatchford. Speak in thy still small voice, Till broken love's made whole, And saddened hearts rejoice. 3ames Martincau. I THE INDWELLING GOD- THE INDWELLING GOD 16 HOLYSpirit, Truth divine, I CANNOT find thee ! still on restless pinion Dawn upon this soul of mine ! My spirit beats the void where thou dost dwell : , - Word of God and inward Light, I wander lost through all thy vast dominion, Wake my spirit, clear my sight. And shrink beneath thy light ineffable.

Holy Spirit, Love divine, I cannot find thee ! E'en when most adoring . Glow within this heart of mine ! Before thy shrine I bend in lowliest prayer, * Kindle every high desire, Beyond these bounds of thought my thought up- Perish self in thy pure fire ! soaring From farthest quest comes back : thou art not there ! Holy Spirit, power divine, Fill and nerve this will of mine ! Yet high above the limits of my seeing, By thee may I strongly live, And folded far within the inmost heart, Bravely bear and nobly strive. And deep below the deeps of conscious being, '* Thy splendour shineth : there, 0 God, thou art ! Holy Spirit, Right divine, King within my conscience reign! I cannot lose thee ! Still in thee abiding, Be my law, and I shall be The end is clear, how wide soe'er I roam : Firmly bound, for ever free. The law that holds the worlds my steps is guiding, And I must rest at last in thee,.my home. Holy Spirit, Peace divine, EZiza Scudder. Still this restless heart of mine ! Speak to calm this tossing sea, Stayed in thy tranquillity.

Holy Spirit, Joy divine, Gladden thou this heart of mine ! In the desert ways I sing- " Spring, 0 Well, for ever spring! " S. Longfcllow THE IND WELLING GOD THE INDWELLING COD 18 19 SLOWLYby thy hand unfurled, M~STERIOUS Presence, Source of all, Down around the weary world The world without, the world within, Falls the darkness ; oh, how still Fountain of life, 0 hear our call, Is the working of thy will! And pour thy living waters in. Mighty Maker, here am I ; Work in me as silently; Thou breathest in the rushing wind, Veil the day's distracting sights, The Spirit stirs in leaf and flower ; Show me heaven's eternal lights. Nor wilt thou from the willing mind Withhold thy light and love and power. From the darkened sky come forth a Countless stars, a wondrous birth ; Thy hand unseen to accents clear So may gleams of glory dart ' Awoke the psalmist's trembling lyre, From this dim abyss, my heart: And touched the lips of holy seer Living worlds to view be brought With flame from thine own altar fire._ In the boundless realms of thought ; High and infinite-desires, That touch 'divine still, Lord, impart, Flaming like those upper fires. Still give the prophet's burning word ; And vocal in each waiting heart Holy Truth, eternal Right, Let living psalms of praise be heard. . Let them break upon my sight, S. C. Beach, Let them shine, serene and still, And with light my being fill. Thou who dwellest there, I know, - Dwellest here within me too ; May the perfect peace of God Here, as there, be shed abroad. Let my life attunhd be \ To the heavenly harmony Which, beyond the power of sound, Fills the universe around, W. H. Farnsss. a6 1 THE INDWELLING GOD THE INDWELLING GOD

HE hides within the lily LIPE of Ages, richly poured, A strong and tender care, Love of God, unspent and free, That wins the earth-born atoms Flowing in the prophet's word, To glory of the air; And the people's liberty ! He weaves the shining garments Unceasingly and still, * Never was to chosen race Along the quiet waters, 1 That unstinted tide confined ; In niches of the hill. Thine is every time and place, We linger at the vigil Fountain sweet of hearr and mind : With him who bent the knee a To watch the old-time lilies I Breathing in the thinker's creed, In distant Galilee ; Pulsing in the hero's blood, And still the worship deepens Nerving simplest thought and deed, And quickens into new, Freshening time with truth and good ; As, brightening down the ages, , God's secret thrilleth through. Consecrating art and song, 0 Toiler of the lily, Holy book and pilgrim track, Thy touch6isin the Man ! Hurling floods of tyrant wrong No leaf that dqwns to petal From the sacred limits back ! But hints the angel-plan. The flower-horizons open ! Life of Ages, richly poured, The blossom vaster shows ! Love of God, unspent and free, We hear thy wide worlds echo,- Flow still in the prophet's word, See how the lily grows ! And the people's, liberty ! Shy yearnings of the savage, S. Johnson. Unfolding thought by thought, To holy lives are lifted, To visions fair are wrought ; The races rise and cluster, \ And evils fade and fall, Till chaos blooms to beauty, Thy purpose crowning all ! W. C. Gannett. Q9 THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN Look now ! for glad and golden hours THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN Come swiftly on the wing : 0 rbt beside the weary road, 22 And hear the angels sing ! IT came upon the midnight clear, For 10 ! the days are hastening on, That glorious song of old, By prophet-bards foretold, From angels bending near the earth When, with the ever-circling years, To touch their harps of gold :- Comes round the age of gold ; " Peace to the earth, goodwill to men When peace shall over all the earth From heaven's all-gracious King ! " Its ancient splendours fling, The world in solemn stillness lay And the whole world send back the song To hear the angels sing. t Which now the angels sing. Still through the cloven skies they come, E. H. Sears. With peaceful wings unfurled ; And still their heavenly music floats 23 O'er all the weary world. WHENthy heart, with joy o'erf'lowing, Above its sad and lowly plains Sings a thankful prayer, They bend, on hovering wing, In thy jby, 0 let thy brother And ever o'er its Babe1 sounds With thee share. The bless&d angels sing. If thy soul, with power uplifted, Yet with the woes of sin and strife Yearn for glorious deed, The world has suffered long : Give thy strength to serve thy brother Beneath the angel-strain have rolled In his need. Two thousand years of wrong ; Hast thou borne a secret sorrow And man, at war-with man, hears not In thy lonely breast ? The love-song which they bring : Take to thee thy sorrowing brother 0 hush the noise, ye men of strife, For a guest ; And hear the angels sing. Share with him thy bread of blessing, And ye, beneath life's crushing load Sorrow's burden share ; Whose forms are bending low, When thy heart enfolds a brother, Who toil along the climbing way God is there. With painful steps and slow ; T. CC.William. 3 1 \ THE BROTHERHOOD OF MA8 THE BROTHERHOOD OF MA.N 25 24 GOD - 0 ! the darkness roll away AT first I prayed for Light : Which clouds the human soul, Could'I but see the way, And let thy bright and holy day How gladly, swiftly would I walk & Speed onward to its goal ! To everlasting day !

) Let every hateful pa&ion die And next I prayed for Strength,- Which makes of brethren foes, That I might tread the road And war no longer raise its cry With firm, unfaltering feet, and win To mar the world's repose. The heaven's serene abode. How long shall glory still be found And then I asked for Faith;- In scenes .of cruel strife, Could I but trust my God, Where misery walks, a giant crowned,/'- I'd live enfolded in his peace, Crushing the flowers of life ? Though foes were all abroad. 0 hush, great God, the sounds of war, But now I pray for Love, And make thy children feel Deep love to God and man; , That he, with thee, is nobler far A living love that will not fail, ,Who toils for human weal. However dark his plan ;- Let faith, and hope, and charity And Light and Strength and Faith Go forth through all the earth ; Are opening everywhere ! And man in holy friendship be God only waited for me till True to his heavenly birth. I prayed the larger prayer. W. Gaskell. Ednah D. Cheney. THE LEADERSHIP OF JESUS Fill us with the strong desire All the sinful to inspire THE LEADERSHIP OF JESUS With our Father's life; Free us from the cares that press On the heart of worldliness, WHENthe Lord of Love was here, From the fret and strife. Happy hearts to him were dear, Tho' his heart was sad ; And when in the fields and woods Worn and lonely for our sake, We are filled with Nature's moods, Yet he turned aside to make May the grace be given, All the weary glad. That our faithful hearts may say, All we see and fe-el to-day Meek and lowly were his ways, Is our Father's heaven. From his loving grew his praise, Stopford A. Brooke. From his giving, prayer; , All the outcasts thronged to hear, All the sorrowful drew near 27 To enjoy his care. 0 THOU great Friend to all the sons of men, Who once appeared in humblest guise below, When he walked the fields, he drew Sin to rebuke, to break the captive's chain, From the flowers, and birds, and dew And call thy brethren forth from want and woe! - Parables of God ; For within his heart of love We look to thee ; thy truth is still the light All the soul of man did move, Which guides the nations, groping on their way, God had his abode. Stumbling and falling in disastrous night, Yet hoping ever for the perfect day. Lord, be ours the power to keep In the very heart of grief, Yes ! thou art still the Life ; thou art the Way In all trial, love ; The holiest know ;-Light, Life, and Way of heaven ! In our meekness to be wise, And they who dearest hope, and deepest pray, And through sorrow to arise Toil by the light, life, way, which thou hast given. To our God above. Theodore Parker. 34 THE LEADERSHIP OF JESUS THE LEADERSHIP OF JESUS 28 0 VOICEof love, across the years Thy message comes to me ; AMIDthe din of earthly strife, I feel the thrill that hushed the fears Amid the busy crowd, Of hearts in Galilee : The whispers of eternal life Then weary men and sad Are lost in clamours loud ; Found comfort from above ; When, 10 ! I find a healing balm ; Thy kindness made them glad, The world grows dim to me; 0 tender Voice of love ! My spirit rests in sudden calm 0 sweet and gentle Word, thy calm With Christ in Galilee ! Fell as the dew at night, And soothed the wounded heart like balm, \ I linger near him in the throng, And made its burden light; And listen to his voice ; The lowly, gath'ring round, I feel my weary soul grow strong, Thy gracious accents heard My saddened heart rejoice. I And hailed the joyous sound ; Amid the storms that darkly frown 0 sweet and tender Word ! I hear his whisper sweet, 0 deep and holy Heart, thy peace And lay my heavy burden down Their stormy passions stilled ; At his beloved feet. Poor slaves of sin found sweet release, And hungry souls were filled ; My vision swiftly fades away, And evermore thy power The world is round me still ; Shall find our better part, But Jesus seems with me to stay, And help in evil hour; His promise to fulfil. 0 deep and holy Heart ! , And toil and duty sweeter seem 0 Voice of love, come evermore' While he abides with me ; Across the years to me ; My heart is rested by my dream Glad tidings to the world restore, Of Christ in Galilee! As once in Galilee ; H. W, Hawkes. And simple men, again, Shall turn to God above, And thank him for thy strain ; 0 Voice of perfect love ! W, R,Shanks. 36 THE LEADERSHIP OF JESUS THE LEADERSHIP OF JESUS

' 30 31 " ITis finished ! " Man of sorrows ! INthe Cross of Christ I glory, From thy cross our nature borrows Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; Strength to bear and conquer thus. All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime. While uplifted there we view thee, Mighty sufferer, draw us to thee, when the woes of life o'ertake me, Sufferer victorious ! Hopes deceive, and fears annoy, Never shall the Cross forsake me : Not in vain for us uplifted, Lo, it glows with peace and joy. Man of sorrows, wonder-gifted, May that sacred symbol be ; When 'the sun of bliss is beaming Light and love upon my way, Lifted high amid the ages, From the Cross the radiance streaming Guide of heroes, saints, and sages, Adds more lustre to the day. May it guide us still to thee ! Bane .and blessing, pain and pleasure, Still to thee ! whose love unbounded By the Cross are sanctified ; Sorrow's deep for us has sounded, Peace is there, that knows no ineasure, L Perfected by conflict sore. Joys that). through all time abide.

Honoured be thy cross for ever ; In the Cross of Christ I glory, Star, that points our high endeavour Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; Whither thou hast gone before. All the light of sacred story F.H. Hedge. Gathers round its-head sublime. Sir John Bowring. THE LEADER$HIP OF JESUS THE LEADERSHIP OF JESUS

MY Master was a worker, S 0 BROTHERof the righteous will, With daily work to do, 0 Brother full of grace, ' And he who would be like him What human glory is revealed, Must be a worker too; Foreshadowed in thy face ! Then welcome honest labour, And honest labour's fare, C For where there is a worker As once the homes of Galilee, The Master's man is there. . It lighteth ours to-day ; \ And still to men it showeth clear My Master was a comrade, The Life, the Truth, the Way. A trusty friend and true, i And.he who would be like him Must be a comrade too ; ' Thou art the Way : for still, to know The love that reigns above, In happy hours of singing, There is no other way than thine,- In silent hours of care, To live the life of love. Where goes a loyal comrade, The Master's man is there. Thou art the Truth : alone on eyes My Master was a helper, l Like thine the visions fall- The woes of life he knew, Blesstd, with thee, the pure in heart, And he who would be like him Beholding God in al). Must be a helper too ; The burden will grow lighter Thou art the Life: in thee we own If each will take a share, The glory all may wear, And where there is a helper Who, one with thee, for truth and right The Master's man is there. Will learn to do and dare. Then, brothers, brave and manly,

Together let us be, \\ 0 Brother of the righteous will, For he, who is our Master, 0 Brother full of grace, The Man of men was he. With deepening faith the sons of men The men who would be like him Still gaze upon thy face ! Are wanted everywhere, 3. W. Chadwick and W. C. Gannett. And where they love each other The Master's men are there. W. G. Tarrant. 41 CONSECRATIOJV AND SERVICE

THOULord of Hosts, whose guiding hand CONSECRATION AND SERVICE Has brought us here before thy face, Our spirits wait for thy command, 1 34 Our silent hearts implore thy peace. 0 GOD,whose law is in the sky, Whose light is on the sea, Again we lay their noblest powers, Who livest in the human heart, As offerings, on thy holy shrine ; We give ourselves to thee. Thine was the strength that nourished ours ; The soldiers of the Crossbarethine. In fearless, world-wide search for truth, , Whatever form it wear, While watching on our arms at night, Or crown or cross, or fame or blame, We saw thine angels round us move ; We thine ourselves declare. We heard thy call, we felt ehy light, And followed, trusting to thy love. In love that binds mankind in one, CI That serves all those in need, a And now, with hymn and prayer, we stand F Whose law is helpful sympathy,- To give our strength to thee, great God ! In this we're thine indeed. We would redeem thy holy land, That land which sin so long has trod. In labour, whose far-distant end Is bringing to accord Send us where'er thou wilt, 0 Lord, The earthly fact and seer's dream, Through rugged toil and wearying fight ; - We follow theej 0 Lord ! Thy conquering love shall be our sword, And faith in thee our truest might. To truth, to love, to duty, then, , Wherever we may be, Send down thy constant aid, we pray, We give ourselves ; and, doing this, Be thy pure angels with us still ; We give ourselves to thee. Thy truth, be that our firmest stay; Minot 3. Savage. Our only rest, to do thy will. 0. B. Frothingham. CONSECRATION AJVD SERVICE CONSECR4 TfOJV AND SERVICE 36 #FATHER,hear the prayer we offer: ETERNAL t Not for ease that prayer shall be, Ruler of the ceaseless round But for strength that we may ever Of circling planets singing on their way ; Live our lives courageously. Guide of the nations from the night profound Into the glory of the perfect day ; Not for ever in green pastures Rule in our hearts that we may ever be Do we ask our way to be; Guided and strengthened and upheld by thee. But by steep and rugged pathways Would we ~triveto climb to thee. We are of thee, the children of thy love, The brothers of thy well-belovid Son ; Not for ever by still waters Descend, 0 Holy Spirit, like a dove, Would we idly quiet stay ; Into our hearts, {hat we may be as one, But would win the living fountains As one with thee, to whom we ever tend ; From the rocks along our way. As one with him, our Brother and our Friend.

~e our strength in hours of weakness, We would be one in hatred of all wrong, In our wanderings be our guide; One in our love of all things sweet and fair; Through endeavour, failure, danger, One with the joy that breaketh into song, One with the grief that trembles into prayer; Father, be thou at our side. One in the power that makes thy children free Let our path be bright or dreary, To follow truth, and thus to follow thee. Storm or sunshine be our share; Oh, clothe us with thy heavenly armour, Lord, May our souls, in hope unweary, Thy trusty shield, thy sword of love divine ! Make thy work our ceaseless prayer. Our inspiration be thy constant word : Maria Wiltis. Love We ask no victories that are not thine. Give or withhold, let pain or pleasure be, Enough to know that we are serving thee. J. W. Chadwick. t CONSECRA TION AND SERT?ICE COflSECRATION-AND SERVICE 38 ONCEto every man and nation ARM,soldiers of the Lord ! Comes the moment to decide, The fight is set with wrong; In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, Take shield and breastplate, helm and sword, h For the good or evil side ; And sing your battle song. Some great cause, God's new Messiah, W-- ". Offers each the bloom or blight, Stand fast for ~&e,your Lord, And the choice goes by for ever Faith be your mighty shield, 'Twixt that darkness and that light. And let the Spirit's burning sword Flash foremost in the field. Then to side with truth is noble, Truth be your girdle strong; I When we share her wretched crust, ' Ere her cause bring fame and profit, - And Hope your helmet shine And 'tis prosperous to be just ; Whene'er the battle seems too long, Then it is the brave man chooses, And wearied hearts repine. While the coward stands aside, Till the multitude make virtue With news of Gospel Peace Of the faith they had denied. Let your swift feet be shod ;

3 Your breastplate be the Righteousness Though the cause of evil prosper, That keeps the heart for God. Yet 'tis Truth alone is strong ; Though her portion be the scaffold, And for the weary day, And upon the throne be Wrong; \ And for the slothful arm, Yet that scaffold sways the future, For wounds, defeat, distress, dismay, And, behind the dim unknown, Take Prayer, the heavenly charm. Standeth God within the shadow, Keeping watch above his own. " From ;trength to strength," your cry; J. R. Lowell. Your battlefield the world ; Strike home, and press where Christ your Lord His banner has unfurled. Stopford A. Brooke. 1 CONSECRQ TION AND SERVICE 40 TELLme not in mournful numbers, TRIAL AND DISCIPLINE cc Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul is dead that slumbers, 41 And things are not what they seem. WHENthe light of day is waning, When the night is dark and drear, Life is real ! Life is earnest ! God of love, in stillness reigning, And the grave is not its goal; Teach me to believe thee near. " Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. When my heart is faint and drooping, When my faith is weak and cold, Kindly to my weakness stooping, . Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; Draw me upwards as of old; - But to act that each to-morrow . Nearer to the peace unbroken, Find us further than to-day. Nearer to the changeless calm, All my wish a prayer unspoken, . Lives of great men all remind us All my life a silent psalm. We can make our lives sublime, Teach me to abide in patience ' . And, departing, leave behind us All the little storms of time, Footprints on the sands of time :- Making every day's temptations Footprints, that perhaps another Steps for faltering feet to climb. - Sailing o'er life's solemn main, Let me find thee in my sorrow, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Nor forget thee in my joy; Seeing, shall take heart again. : And from thee my sunshine borrow, And by thee my gloom destroy.

Let us then be up and doing, * God of day, the dark dispelling, With a heart for any fate; Guide, Redeemer, Father, Friend, - Still achieving, still pursuing, God of Love, in stillness dwelling, Learn to labour and to wait. Lead me to my journey's end. H. W. Longfelow. E. M. Geldart. 49 TRIAL AND DISCIPLINE TRIAL AND DISCIPLINE f 42 P3 LORD,in this holy hour of even, 0 LOVEdivine, that stoop'st to share By thy unfailing mercy blest, Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear, Our souls we meekly turn to heaven, On thee we cast each earth-born care ; And calmly on thy bosom rest. We smile at pain while thou art near.

Through unknown ways thy hand has led us, Though long the weary way we tread, And smoothed the path beneath our feet ; And sorrow crown each lingering year, Through frequent -gloom thy love has sped us, No path we shun, no darkness dread, And made e'en toil and danger sweet. Our hearts still whispering, thou art near.

And if some cross thy will has sent us, When drooping pleasure turns to grief, In which the good we see not now, And trembling faith is changed to fear, 0 God, may all thy mercies lent us The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf, Constrain our souls in faith to bow. Shall softly tell us, thou art near.

0 Lord, in thee we seek our gladness, On thee we cast our burdening woe, The fountain of our light thou art; 0 Love divine, for ever dear; In thee, 0 God, we hide our sadness,- Content to suffer, while we know, Thou Comfort of the wounddd heart ! Living and dying, thpu art near. l 0. W. Holmes. From rnorn to eve thy hand shall guide us, Thy love shall gild the shades of night; And midst the gloom, with thee beside us, We'll rest in peace and wait the light. T. Hinck~. TRIAL AND DISCIPLINE 44 GODdraws a cloud over each gleaming morn. Would we ask why? THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL It is because all noblest things are born

In agony. ETERNALGod, whose changeless will + Only upon some cross of pain or woe ~ncircfesall our changing years, God's son may lie ; We praise thy love which giveth still Each sot11 redeemed from self and sin must know The fruit of joy from seed of team. Its Calvary. Our fathers sought thee : thou wast there Yet must we crave for neither joy nor grief; On lonely moor, in*prison cell ; God chooses best: Thy presence gave them strength to bear He only knows our sick soul's fit relief, Reproach, and, suffering, serve thee well. And gives us rest. 4 No more on us is laid the cross - More than our feeble hearts can ever pine Of sorrow, danger, pain or shame ; For holiness, They nobly triumphed over loss ; That Father, in his tenderness divine, Make us as faithful to thy name. Yearneth to bless. Grant us thy grace through faith to win What though we fall, and bruised and wounded lie, A larger hope, a deeper love ; Our lips in dust? Steadfast to fight the hosts of sin, God's arm shall lift us up to victory. Nor from the Master's footsteps move : In him we trust. Till faith be sight, our witness done, For neither life, nor death, nor things below, Each doubt at rest, hushed every strife, Nor things above, And all thy Church on earth be one Shall ever sever us that we should go In growing fulness of thy life. From his great love. 3. Estlin Carpenter. FrancesmPower COb be. THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL

46 0 SING with loud and joyful song, ONEholy Church of God appears The seers of every name ! Through every age and race, 0 sing the prophets high and true, Unwasted by the lapse of years, And saints of sacred fame ! Unchanged by changing place. From age to age $theirvoice is heard, One solemn cry, one living word. From oldest time, on farthest shores, Beneath the pine or palm, They came, the Lord's anointed ones, One Unseen Presence she adores, To every age and shore, With silence or with psalm. And ever-bless Ad tidings brought, And holy witness bore ; Her priests are all God's faithful sons Witness of Love's celestial light, To serve the world raised up ; Of duty and eternal right. The pure in heart her baptized ones, Love her communion-cup. Oh, thanks that all the ages down The same love is outpoured ! The truth is her prophetic gift, Oh, thanks that every prophet-voice The soul her sacred page; Proclaims one truth, one Lord ! And feet on mercy's errand swift 0 holy throng, ye show the store Do make her pilgrimage. Of endless life from more to more. J. Vila Blake. 0 living Church, thine errand speed, - Fulfil thy task sublime ; With bread of life earth's hunger feed ; Redeem the evil time ! S. Longf Zlow . THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL THE CHURCH UNIVEMAt 48 CITYof God, how broad and far 0 THOU to whom, in ancient time, Outspread thy walls sublime ! The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung, The true thy chartered freemen are Whom kings adored in song sublime, Of every age and clime. And prophets praised with glowing tongue !

One holy Church, one armystrong, Not now on Zion's height alone One steadfast high intent, The favoured worshipper may dwell, One working band, one harvest song, Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son One King Omnipotent. Sat weary by the patriarch's well. How purely hath thy speech come down From every place below the skies From man's primeval youth ! ' *Thegrateful song, the fervent prayer, How grandly hath thine empire grown The incense of the heart, may rise Of freedom, love, and truth ! To heaven, and find acceptance there. How gleam thy watchfires through the night To thee shall age with snowy hair, With never-fainting ray ! And strength and beauty, bend the knee, How rise thy towers, serene and bright, And childhood lisp, with reverent air, To meet the dawning day ! Its praises and its prayers.to thee.

/ In vain the surge's angry shock, / 0 thou to whom, in ancient time, In vain the drifting sands ; The lyre of prophet bards was strung, Unharmed upon the' Eternal Rock To thee, at last, in every clime The Eternal City stands.. Shall temples rise, and praise be sung. S. Johmon. 3. Pierbunt. THE KINGDOM OF GOD

let thy kingdom come, FATHER, . f THE KINGDOM OF GOD Let it come with living power ; - Speak at. length the final word, 50 Usher in the triumph hour. COME,kingdom of our God, Sweet reign of light and love, As it came in days of old, Shed peace and hope and joy abroad, In the deepest hearts of men, And wisdom from above. When thy martyrs died.for thee, Let it come, 0 God, again. Over our spirits first Extend thy healing reign ; Tyrant thrones and idol shrines, There raise and quench the sacred thirst Let them from their place be hurled ; That never pains again. Enter on thy better reign, Wear the crown of this poor world. Come, kingdom of our God, And make the broad earth thine; Oh, what long, sad years have gone . . Stretch o'er her lands and isles the rod Since thy Church was taught this prayer ; That flowers with grace divine. Oh, what eyes have watched and wept For the dawning everywhere. Soon may all tribes be blest With fruit from life's glad tree ; Break, triumphant day of God, And in its shade like brothers rest, Break at last, our hearts to cheer ; Sons of one family. Eager souls and holy songs Wait to hail thy dawning here. Come, kingdom of our God, . And raise thy glorious throne Empires, temples, sceptres, thrones, In worlds by the undying trod, May they all for God be won ; Where God shall bless his own. And by every living soul, John Johns. Father, let thy will be done, 3. Page Ho@s. b THE KINGDOM OF GOD

j- COME,let us join with faithfbl souls MINEeyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Our song of faith to sing ; Lord : + One brotherhood in heart are we, He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of And one our Lord and King. wrath are stored ; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible Faithful are all who love the truth swift sword : And dare the truth to tell, His truth is marching on. Who steadfast stand at God's right hand And strive to serve him well. He hath sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat ; And faithful are the gentle hearts He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment To whom the is given seat : Of every hearth to make a home, Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer him ; be jubilant, my Of every home a heaven. feet ! Our God is marching on. 0 mighty host ! No tongue can tell The numbers of its throng ;

In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was born across 'the No words can sound the music vast l sea, Of its grand battle-song. With a glory in his bosbm that transfigures you and me : From step to step it wins its way As he died to make men holy, let us live to make men Against a world of sin ; free ! Part of the battle-field is won, While God is marching on. And part is yet to win. Julia Ward Howe. 0 Lord of hosts, our faith renew, And grant us, in thy love, To sing the songs of victory With faithful souls above, W. G. Tarrant. THE LIFE ETEWAL 55

i THE LIFE ETERNAL d THOUGrace divine, encircling all,

4 A shoreless, soundless sea, . 54 Wherein at last our souls must fall, 0 Love of God most free ! FATHER! thy wonders .do not singly stand, Nor far removed where feet have seldom strayed ; When over dizzy heights we go, Around us ever lies the enchanted land, One soft hand blinds our eyes, In marvels rich to thine own sons displayed. The other leads us safe and slow, 0 Love of God most wise ! In finding thee are all things round us found. In losing thee are all things lost beside : And though we turn us from thy face, Ears have we, but in vain sweet voices sound, And wander wide and long, And to our eyes the vision is denied. ' Thou hold'st us still in thine embrace, 0 Love of God most strong! Open our eyes that we that world may see ! . Open our ears that we thy voice may hear! The saddened heart, the restless soul, And in the spirit-land may ever be, The toil-worn frame and mind, And feel thy presence with us always near: Alike confess thy sweet control, 0 Love of God most kind ! No more to wander 'mid the things of time, 9 Noamore to suffer death or earthly change ; And filled and quickened by thy breath, But with the Christian's joy and faith sublime, 4 Our souls are strong and free . Through all thy vast eternal scenes to range. To rise o'er sin, and fear, and death, Jones Very. 0 Love of God, to thee ! E2i.z~Scudder. THE LIFE ETERJKAL THE LIFE ETERNAL 56 I'CANNOTthidqWof them as dead ITsingeth low in every heart, Who walk with me no more : We hear it each and all,- Along the path of life I tread A song of those who answer not, They have but gone before. However we may call ; They throng the silence of the breast, The Father's house is mansioned fair We see them as of yore,- Beyond my vision dim; The kind, the true, the brave, the sweet, All souls are his and, here or there, Who walk with us no more. Are living unto him. 'Tis hard to take the burden up And still their silent ministry When these have laid it down : Within my heart hath place, They brightened all the joy of life, As when on earth they walked with me, They softened every frown. And met me face to face. But oh, 'tis good to think of them, When we are troubled sore ! Their lives are made for ever mine ; Thanks be to God that such have been, What they to me have been Though they are here no more ! Hath left henceforth its seal and sign Engraven deep within. More homelike seems the vast Unknown, since they have entered there ; Mine are they by an ownership To follow them were not so hard, Nor time nor death can free ; Wherever they may fare ; For God hath given to Love to keep They cannot be where God is not, Its own eternally. On any sea or shore ; F. L. Hosmer. Whate'er betides, thy love abides, Our God, for evermore. 3. W. Chadwick. l THE LIFE ETERNAL THE LIFE ETERNAL

58 Or if on joyful wing Cleaving the sky, NEARER,my God, to thee, Sun, moon, and stars forgot, Nearer to thee ! Upward I fly; E'en though it be a cross Still all my song shall be,- That raiseth me ; Nearer, my God, to thee, Still all my song shall be,- Nearer to thee. Nearer, my God, to thee, Sarah F. Adarns. Nearer to thee. 1

Though, like the wanderer, The sun gone down, LEADUS, 0 Father, in the paths of peace ; Darkness be over me, Without thy guiding hand we go astray, My rest a stone ; r And doubts appal, and sorrows still increase ; Yet in my dreams I'd be - Lead us through Christ, the true and living Way. Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee. Lead us, 0 Father, in the paths of truth; Unhelped by thee, in error's maze we grope, The're let the way appear, While passion stains and folly dims our youth, steps unto heaven ; And age comes on uncheered by faith and hope. All that thou sendest me L In mercy given ; Lead us, 0 Father, in the paths of right; Angels to beckon me Blindly we stumble when we walk alone, . Nearer, my God, to thee, Involved in shadows of a darksome night :, Nearer to thee. Only with thee we journey safely on.

Then with my waking thoughts Lead us, 0 Father, to thy heavenly rest, Bright with thy praise, However rough and steep the path may be, Out of my stony griefs Through joy or sorrow, as thou deemest best, Bethel I'll raise ; Until our lives are perfected in thee. So by my woes to be W. H. Burleigh. Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee. 66 THE LIFE ETERXAL

ONEthought I have, my ample creed, So deep it is and broad, BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX And equal to my every need- ADAMS,SARAH FULLER (nke FLOWER),I 805- I 848, was It is the thought of God. born at Harlow, Essex; the family removed to Lon- don, and after their father's death she and her sister Each morn unfolds some fresh surprise became wards of Rev. W. J. Fox, minister of South In paths till now untrod ; Place Chapel, Finsbury. She was married in 1834 And rising in my inner skies to W. B. Adams, a civil engineer. She wrote stories, Shines forth the thought of God. essays and poems, besides a number of hymns, which appeared first in a new hymnal compiled by her At night my gladness is my prayer ; sister for South Place Chapel. " Nearer, my God, I drop my daily load ; And every care is pillowed there to thee " has long been included in almost every Upon the thought of God. Protestant hymnal and has been translateda into many languages . 58 I ask not far before to see, AGATE,REV. DENDY,1848-1929, was trained for the But take in trust my road ; ministry at Manchester New College, ~dndon,and Life, death, and immortality held several charges in the North of England. He Are in my thought of God. played a leading and honoured part in the counsels of the denomination and served as Secretary of the To this their secret strength they owed National Conference for many years 7 The martyr's path who trod ; The fountains of their patience flowed BEACH,REV. SETHCURTIS, I 837-1 932, graduated at , From out their thought of God. the Harvard Divinity School, and was minister at Dedham, Augusta, and Bangor, U.S.A. The hymn Be still the light upon my way, " Mysterious Presence, Source of all " was written in My pilgrim staff and rod, 1866 for Visitation Day at' the Harvard Divinity My rest by night, my strength by day, School . 12, 19 0 blesskd thought of God. F. L. Hosmr. BLAKE,REV. JAMES VILA,1842-1925, was educated and trained for the ministry at Harvard University 69 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX and Divinity School, and served several congregations Cummington, Mass. He ranks among the great in the U.S.A., including the Third Unitarian Church, poets of America. He was a lifelong Unitarian, and as Chicago. He retired from the active ministry in journalist and lecturer he influenced a wide circle. 1916 . . . . 47 The hymn, " Father, to thy kind love we owe " was writtdn for a hymnal compiled in 182o'for a BLATCHFORD,REV. AMBROSE NICHOLS, I 842-1 924, was Unitarian church in New.York . . 11 educated for the ministry at Manchester New College, ' London. He settled at Lewinys Mead Chapel,, BURLEIGH,WILLIAM HENRY, I 8 I 2- I 87 I, an American Bristol, in I 866, first as assistant, afterwards as sole journalist, began his career as a printer. He was a minister, where he remained until his retirement in stro* advocate of great reforms-anti-slavery, tem- 1915. He was the author of cc Church Councils and perance and peace-and spoke eloquently on political I their Decrees ", " Landmarks in Religious History ", and literary subjects. He published a volume of I and a little volume of hymns and poems . poems . I/ 14 59 1 BOWRING,SIR JOHN, I 792-1 872, was distinguished as a CARPENTER,REV. DR. JOSEPH ESTLIN,I 844-1 g2 7, I linguist, a journalist, and a Dr. Lant studied for the ministry at University College and Carpenter &as the guide of hispearly youth; Jererny Manchester New College, London. After pastorates Bentham the admiration of his riper years. He was at Clifton and Leeds, he returned to his college as a president of the British &' Foreign Unitarian Associa- . lecturer ; he was Principal from I go6 to 19I 5 (the tion I 860--I86 I. " In the Cross of Christ I glory " is college being now in Oxford) and President 1920 to found in hymnals of almost all denominations I 0, 31 1925. -He won many academic honours for his eminent work on the New Testament and on Com- BROOKE,REV. STOPFORDAUGUSTUS, I 832-1 g I 6, an Irishman by birth, was educated at Dublin and or- parative Religion; he was no less honoured within dained in the Church of England. He held several the denomination which he delighted to serve . 45 prominent positions, and was appointed a chaplain CHADWICK,REV. JOHN WHITE, I 840-1 904, graduated to Queen Victoria in 1872. In 1880 he left the at the Harvard Divinity School, and was for nearly Anglican Church and established a Free Christian forty years the minister of the Second Unitarian congregation at Bedford Chapel, London. He became Church in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote bio- famous as an author and critic on English Literature. graphies of Channing and Parker, poems and other He was for many years a preacher at large among the works. " It singeth low in every heart " was written Unitarian churches . 26,39 for the twenty-fifth anniversary of his church, and BRYANT,WILLIAM CULLEN, I 794-1878, the son of a " Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round " for his gradu- c distinguished medical practitioner, was born in ation class in 1864 32, 37,-57 70 71 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX BIOGRAPHICAL IWX

CHENEY,EDNAH DOW (nke LITTLEHALE), I 824- I 904, preacher and lecturer. He published a number of was born in Boston, Mass. She was an active worker books, including an autobiography . 3 for liberal causes, including women's suffrage. She EMERSON,RALPH WALDO, 1803-1882, one of the most published a number of works, among them the " Life widely-known of American writers, was the son of the and Letters of Louisa M. Alcop ", a fine tribute to a Rev. William Emerson, minister of the First Unitarian fellow-TJ~litarian . 24 Church, Boston. He studied at Harvard; and for a CLARKE,REV. JAMES FREEMAN,I 8 I 0-1 888, studied at brief period he was minister of the Second Unitarian Harvard and trained for the ministry. He founded Church in

Chicago and New York, and was widely known as a son, 0. B. Frothingham. The hymn " 0 God, whose 72 73 + \ BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX BIOGRAPH~CAL IJVDEX presence glows in all " was written for the ordination English Literature at Owens College (the forerunner of the minister of the Second Unitarian Church, New of Manchester University), Principal of the Unitarian York, June ,1828 . . I Home Missioqry College, Manchester. His wife was the famous novelist, Mrs. Gaskell. He was greatly FROTHINGHAM,REV. OCTAVIUSBROOKS, I 822-1 895, son of ~ev.N. L. Frothingham, studied at Harvard, beloved by the people of Lancashire. 25 where he had Samuel Longfellow and Samuel GELDART,REV. EDMUND MARTIN, 1844-1885, had a Johnson as fellow students. He rebelled against the brilliant career as a student at Oxford ; he became a more conservative tendencies of Unitarians in hh schoolmaster and later an Anglican clergyman. time, and formed an independent Liberal Church in Abandoning orthodoxy, he served as a Unitarian New ~ork,where his eloquence and power attracted minister in Liverpool and afterwards at Croydon. large congregations, including reformers and His sermons were remarkable for their intellectual

thinkers . V 35 force and literary charm. His numerous publica- tioris include an autobiography entitled " A Son of PURNESS,REV. WILLIAM HENRY, I 802-1896, studied at Harvard; soon after leaving College he settled as Belial " . 41 minister at Philadelphia, where he had sole charge HAWKES,REV. HENRY WARBURTON, I 843-19 I 7, son for fifty years. He was one of the earliest and most of a Unitarian minister, was called from a business outspoken opponents of slavery . . 18 career to become a missionary and minister in Liver- pool and district. He published " Simple Talks about GANNETT,REV. WILLIAM CHANNING, 1840-1923, son of the Rev. Ezra Stiles Gannett, minister of Arlington Religion ", " The Man of Nazareth ", " Hymns and Sacred Songs and plays for children. During a Street Unitarian Church, Boston, was educated for " the ministry at Harvard. He held several pastorates, period of ill-health he went abroad, when for a his chief ministry being at Rochester, N.Y. His book time he assisted the American Unitarian Mission in Japan . 29 " The Childhood of Jesus ", and his " Blessed be Drudgery " and other booklets, became well known 'HEDGE,REV. DR. FREDERICKHENRY, 1805-1890, a in England. '' He hides within the lily ", first-sung learned American, held several pastorates and at the Free Religious Association Festival in 1874, became a Professor at Harvard. He was well known appeared in the first edition of " The Thought of as a scholar and writer, particularly in the field of God ", poems and hymns by Gannett and his friend German poetry and philosophy . . 30. F. L. Hosmer . 21, 32 HERFORD,REV. DR. BROOKE,1830-1903, studied for GASKELL,REV. ' WILLIAM, I 805-1 884, was a leading the ministry at Manchester New College and served a Unitarian minister in Manchester, Professor of number of churches in England and (from 1875 to 75 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 1892) in America. He was a stimulating preacher, a HOSMER,REV. FREDERIC LUCIAN, I 840-1 929, was practical organizer and a warm-hearted friend. educated at Harvard and the Divinity School, Cam- Among his numerous writings are " The Story of bridge, Mass., and ministered to Churches in Cleve- Religion in England ", a valuable study, and a delight- land, St. Louis, and Berkeley, U.S.A. He published ful collection of sketches entitled " Eutychus and his with W. C. Gailnett the notable series of collections Relations " . I3 of their verse entitled cc The Thought of God ". Hosmer's " One thought I have, my ample creed ", HINCKS,REV. THOMAS,1818-1 899, the son of a Uni- the opening poem in the first volume, expresses the tarian- minister, was himself trained. for the ministry essence of his faith. He was a student of hymnology, at Manchester College, York, and held several edited hymn books and lectured widely on. the pastorates, the last at Leeds. He was also, like his subject 56,60 . father, a distinguished zoologist, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society . . 42 HOWE,JULIA (nke WARD),18 I 9-1 910, was born and HOLMES,OLIVER WENDELL, 1809-1894, was the son educated in New York. She married Samuel Gridley of the Rev. Abiel Holrnes, .Unitarian minister at Howe of Boston, a great philanthropist and pioneer Cambridge, Mass. He was educated at Hdard, in the training of the blind and mentally defective. studied law, then medicine, and was appointed Pro- Mrs. Howe was an active worker in the causes of anti- fessor of Anatomy. His best-known hymn, " Lord of slavery, woman's suffrage and other reforms. She all being! throned afar ", appeared in " The Pro- wrote " The Battle Hymn of the Republic " when fessor at . the Breakfast Table ", published in 1859. visiting camps during the civil war. She preached at Humorist, novelist, essayist, poet, ' he heartily times from Unitarian pulpits, did much lecturing and believed in human happiness, and he did much to published a number of books . 52 make it more abound." He was a regular worshipper at King's Chapel (Unitarian), Boston . g, 43 t JOHNS, REV.JOHN, I 80 1-1 847, educated at Edinburgh, HOPPS,REV. JOHN PAGE,I 834-1 g I I, was trained for left his country pastorate at Crediton, Devon, in 1836 the Baptist ministry but became a Unitarian and to take charge of the newly established Liverpool served several congregations. He was in his day one Domestic Mission. During an epidemic of fever he of the most popular preachers in the denomination. and a Roman Catholic priest, ministering together He was a keen advocate of spiritualism and of inter- to a stricken family forsaken by others, both caught national peace. He published many pamphlets on; the infection and died. Among his numerous poems Unitarian Christianity, and edited " The Truth- and hymns, " Come, kingdom of our God " has long seeker " and later " The Coming Day " + . 51 been especially prized by Unitarians. 50 76 7 7 BIOGRAPHICAL IjVDEX BIOGRAPHICAL 1.x JOHNSON, REV.SAMUEL, I 822-1882, son of a physician, but soon abandoned it for literature. He succeeded studied at Harvard, and became a minister of a Longfellow as Professor of Modern Languages at radical and progressive type. His chief pastorate Harvard, and later became Ambassador to Spain and was at Lynn, Mass. Natural and universal religion afterwards to England. The hymn " Once to every engrossed his deepest thought, and he made a special man and nation " is taken from the cc Biglow Papers ", study of Oriental faiths. His hymn '' City of ~od,' a famous series in prose and verse expressing his how broad and far " has become widely popular in abhorrence of slavery . . 38 this country . . 20,48

LONGFELLOW,HENRY WADSWORTH, I 807-1 882, America's best-known poet, was a native of Portland, MARTINEAU,REV. DR. JAMES, '1805--1900, was the Maine. After travel and study in Europe he became most distinguished philosopher, preacher and writer Professor of Modern Languages at Haivard, and later among English Unitaiians in the nineteenth century. dpvoted himself to literary production which brought Born at Norwich, he studied for the ministry at. him fame in both hemispheres. His works reveal a Manchester College (then at York), and after several delight in the beauty of the world and in the treasures pastorates returned to the college as Professor, becom- of human story, and a deep sense of the divine will and ing Principal 1869 to I 885. Among his many works purpose, which are typical of the Unitarian faith in are " Types of Ethical Theory ", " The Seat of which he lived and died. . 40 Authority in Religion ", " Endeavours after the Christian Life ", cc Home Prayers ", and " Hours of LONGFELLOW,REV. SAMUEL,I 8 I g- I 892, a younger Thought on Sacred Things ". He compiled hymn brother of the poet, studied for the ministry at Har- books of which the chief is " Hymns of Praise and vard and served several churches in U.S.A. With Prayer ", and wrote a number of hymns . I5 Samuel Johnson he compiled cc A Book of Hymns ", issued in 1846 while they were still students, and cc Hymns of the Spirit ", 1864. He was an admirer PARKER,REV. THEODORE, 1810-1860, one of the great and friend of Theodore Parker. Twenty-six of his names in the history of Unitarianism, studied at hymns appear in " Hymns of Worship ", the largest Harvard, and was minister first at West Roxbury and number for any author . . 16,46 later at the Boston Music Hall, which became the scene of his chief labours. His sermon " The Tran- LOWELL,JAMES RUSSELL,I 81 9-189 I, one of the chief sient and the Permanent in Christianity ", 1841, poets of America, was the son of the Rev. Charles marked him out as a prophet of natural religion and He Lowell, Unitarian minister at Boston, Mass. progressive faith. " 0 thou great Friend to all studied at Harvard and took up the legal profession, the sons of men ", adapted from a sonnet published 78 79 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX in 1846, expresses his essential faith in the--message Her hymns express a strong and devout Unitarian faith . ., . . .:. 17355 and spirit of Jesus . 'a 27 SEARS,REV. EDMUNDHAMILTON, I 8 I 0-1 876, studied PIERPONT,RBV. JOHN, I 785-1866, was reared in at Ha~vardand became minister of several churches orthodoxy, but became a Unitarian minister in I 8 19. He took an enthusiastic part in organizing the in New England. Besides hymns and other verse, American Unitarian Association. He prepared a he wrote essays and theological works. " It came noteworthy series of National Readers for schools. upon the midnight clear ", written in 1849, has been '' 0 thou to whom in ancient time " was written for adopted as a Christmas hymn in all parts of the the opening of the Unitarian Church at Salem in 'world . 22 $ 1824. 49 SHANKS,REV. WILLIAM ROSE, I 856-1 928, was trained at the Unitarian Home Missionary College for the P SADLER,REV. DR. THOMAS,1822-1891, the son of a Unitarian minister, studied in London and in Ger- ministry, and held a number of.pastorates. He was many, and became minister at Hackney, then served also active in the service of the Yorkshire Unitarian at Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, for forty-five years. He Union, and in other denominational and public work . . . 28 secured the building of the new chapel in 1862. He -. edited Crabb Robinson's Diaries, and wrote a number TARRANT,REV. WILLIAMGEORGE, 1853-1928, was of religious works, including a volume of prayers, and apprenticed as a silversmith. He studied for the was also the editor of" Common Prayer for Christian ministry at the Unitarian Home Missionary College Worship ", 1861 . . 8. . 8 and at Manchester New College, and served the SAVAGE,REV. MINOT JUDSON, I 841-19 18, was trained congregation at Wandsworth, London, for thirty- as a Congregational minister and held several pastor- seven years. .He was editor of the " Inquirer ", ates. Becoming a Unitiirian, he served churches in I 888-1 897, and again 1918-1 927, and was prominent Chicago, Boston and New York. His many publica- in denominational work. Among his .publications tions include cc The Passing and the Permanent in are cc Songs Devout ", containing many hymns which Religion ", " Poems of Modern Thought " and a have become popular, and " The Story and Signifi- number of hymns . 34 cance of the Unitarian Movement " . 333 53 SCUDDER,ELIZA, 1821-1896, a native of Boston, VERY,REV. JONES, I 8 I 3-1 880, a graduate of Harvard, U.S.A., spent a large part of her life at Weston, Mass. was for a brief period a minister, but in order to She was deeply attached to her unclei the Rev. E. H. devote himself to literature he retired to Salem, Mass. The verses " Father, thy wonders do not singly Sears, author of cc It came upon the midnight clear ". 80 81 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX stand ", originally published as a sonnet in his " Essays and Poems " in 1839, were aftenvards adapted as a hymn for the " Book of Hymns " issued by S. Longfellow and S. Johnson in I 846 . 54 INDEX OF FIRST LINES WALMSLEY,REV. DOUGLAS,I 848-1 940, was trained JIYbIN for the ministry at Manchester New College, London. Amid the din ofearthly strife . 29

After pastorates at Bury and Belfast he retired from Arm, soldiers of the Lord . 9 39 the active ministry, but continued to serve the move- At first I prayed for Light . 24; ment in many ways. <' Father, 0 hear us, seeking City of God, how broad and far , 48 now to praise thee " is a rare example of an unrhymed Come, kingdom of our God . 50 ~drne,let us join with faithful souls . *. 53 hymn 4 Eternal God, whose changeless will . 45 Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round . 37 WILL~AMS,REV. THEODORE CHICKERING, I 855- I g I 5, Father, hear the prayer we offer . 36 was educated at Harvard and the Divinity School, Father, let thy kingdom come . 51 Cambridge, Mass. He was minister of the Unitarian Father, 0 hear us, seeking now to praise thee . 4 Church, Winchester, Mass., and of All Souls' Church, Father, thy wonders do not singly stand . 54 New York, and afterwards headmaster of the Hackley Father, to thy kind love we owe . . 11 Father, to us thy children humbly kneeling . . 6 School, U.S.A. . 23 God draws a cloud over each gleaming morn . 44 WILLIS,LOVE MARIA (nde WHITCOMBE),i 824-1 908, an God is love ; his mercy brightens . . 10 Gracious Power, the world pervading . 5 American Unitarian, is known by the one hymn He hides within the lily . . 21 " Father, hear the prayer we offer ". It appeared Holy Spirit, Truth divine . . 16 anonymously first in J. S. Adamsy " Psalms of Life ", I cannot find thee! still on restless pinion . I7 1857, also in Longfellow and ~ohnson's" Hymns of I cannot think of them as dead . v 56 In the Cross of Christ I glory . 31 the Spirit 1864, and is now widely popular 36 ", It came upon the midnight clear . . 22 " It is finished ! " Man of sorrows 30 It singeth low in every heart . 57 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us, Shepherd kind . I3 Lead us, 0 Father, in the paths of peace . 59 Life of Ages, richly poured . . 20 Lord, in this holy hour of even . 42 Lord of all being ! throned afar . 9 Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord . 52 My Master was a worker . 33 83 INDEX .OF FIRST LINES

Mysterious Presence, Source of all . Nearer, my God, to thee . 0 Brother of the righteous will . 0 God! the darkness roll away . 0 God, whose law is in the sky . 0 God, whose presence glows in all . 0 Love divine, that stoop'st to share . 0 sing with loud and joyful song . 0 thou great Friend to all the sons of men . . 0 thou to whom in ancient time . 0 thou to whom our voices rise . 0 Voice of love, across the years . Once to every man and nation . One holy Church of God appears . One thought I have, my ample creed . Slowly by thy hand unfurled . Softly the silent night . Tell me not in mournful numbers . The Lord hath said, Seek ye my face . Thou Grace divine, encircling all . Thou Lord of hosts, whose guiding hand . Thou One in all, thou All in one . Unto thy temple, Lord, we come . We love the venerable house . When the light of day is waning . When the Lord of Love was here . When thy heart, with joy o'erflowing . " Where is your God? " they say .