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Samuel Longfellow

Longfellow, Samuel, B. A., brother of the Poet, was born at Portland, Maine, June 18, 1819, and educated at Harvard, where he graduated in Arts in 1839, and in Theology in 1846. On receiving ordination as an Unitarian Minister, he became Pastor at Fall River, Massachusetts, 1848; at Brooklyn, 1853; and at Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1860. In 1846 he edited, with the Rev. S. Johnson (q. v.), A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. This collection was enlarged and revised in 1848. In 1859 his Vespers was published, and in 1864 the Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit , under the joint editorship of the Rev. S. Johnson and himself. His Life of his brother, the Poet Longfellow, was published in 1886. To the works named he contributed the following hymns:—
i. To A Book of Hymns , revised ed., 1848.
1. Beneath the shadow of the Cross. Love.
2. 0 God, thy children gathered here. Ordination.
ii. To the Vespers 1859.
3. Again as evening's shadow falls. Evening.
4. Now on land and sea descending. Evening.
iii. To the Hymns of the Spirit, 1864.
5. A voice by Jordan's shore. Advent.
6. Father, give Thy benediction. Ordination.
7. Go forth to life, 0 child of earth. Life's Mission.
8. God of ages and of nations. Holy Scriptures.
9. Holy Spirit, Truth divine. The Holy Spirit desired.
10. I look to Thee in every need. Trust in God.
11. In the beginning was the Word. The Word.
12. Love for all, and can it be? Lent. The Prodigal Son.
13. 0 God, in Whom we live and move. God's Law and Love.
14. 0 God, Thou Giver of all good. Prayer for Food.
15. O still in accents sweet and strong. Missions.
16. 0 Thou, Whose liberal sun and rain. Anniversary of Church dedication.
17. One holy Church of God appears. The Church Universal.
18. Out of the dark, the circling sphere. The Outlook.
19. Peace, peace on earth! the heart of man for ever. Peace on Earth.
20. The loving Friend to all who bowed. Jesus of Nazareth.
21. ’Tis winter now, the fallen snow. Winter.
Of these, hymn No. 2 was written for the Ordination of E. E. Hale (q. v.), at Worcester, 1846. Several are included in Martineau's Hymns, 1873.
Died Oct. 3, 1892. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)


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A voice by Jordan's shore (20)Samuel Longfellow Text
Again, as evening's shadow falls (133)Samuel Longfellow Text
As darker, darker, fall around (25)Samuel Longfellow
Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my standSamuel Longfellow
Beneath the shadow of the cross (64)Samuel Longfellow
Bless thou the gifts our hands have brought (10)Samuel Longfellow
Eternal One, thou living God (19)Samuel Longfellow
Father, give thy benediction (25)Samuel Longfellow
Father, hear the prayer we offerSamuel Longfellow
Flung to the heedless winds (3)Samuel Longfellow
Go forth to life, O child of earth (45)Samuel Longfellow
God of ages and [of] nations (7)Samuel Longfellow
God of the earth, the sky, the seaSamuel Longfellow
God of the earth, the sky, the sea (97)Samuel Longfellow
God of the ocean, earth and skySamuel Longfellow
God of truth thy sons should be (7)Samuel Longfellow
God's trumpet wakes the slumbering world (85)Samuel Longfellow
He who himself and God would know (9)Samuel Longfellow
He who, in fealty to the truthSamuel Longfellow
Hear us, heavenly Father, hear us, give to usSamuel Longfellow


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