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E. H. Leland

Hymnal Number: d32 Author of "Doing our best" in Heart and Voice Leland, E. H. In The Sunny Side, N.Y., 1875, several hymns are given as by Mrs. E. H. Leland, including:— 1. Cheerfully, cheerfully let us all live. Life to be joyful. 2. How many little children Within. City Mission. 3. O, the Father's hands are helping. Work for God. 4. The days are gliding swiftly by. Summer. No. 1 is given in The S. School Hymnary, 1905, as "M. G. Leland, area 1890," in error. Mrs. Leland's hymns were written c. 1869, before her marriage, for use in the Sunday School of the Unitarian Church at Milwaukee. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
E. H. Leland

Louisa J. Hall

1802 - 1892 Person Name: Louisa Jane Hall Hymnal Number: d15 Author of "And are you in the stars, dear Lord" in Heart and Voice Hall, Louisa Jane (Park). (Newburyport, Massachusetts, February 2, 1802--1892). Wife of Rev. Edward B. Hall, she began to publish poems anonymously in periodicals. Her husband was minister of the First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island. She moved to Boston after his death. --Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, 1875, DNAH Archives
Louisa J. Hall

Louisa May Alcott

1832 - 1888 Hymnal Number: d2 Author of "A little kingdom I possess" in Heart and Voice Alcott, Louisa May, b. Nov. 29, 1833, d. at Concord, March 5, 1888. She published Little Men, Little Women, &c, and also wrote a few hymns for children. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ======================= Alcott, Louisa M., p. 1550, i. Mrs. Eva Munson Smith, in her Woman in Sacred Song, 1885, p. 668, gives Miss Alcott's hymn, "A little kingdom I possess," and prints a note thereon from Miss Alcott, dated “Concord, Oct. 7, 1883," in which Miss Alcott says that this hymn is “the only hymn I ever wrote. It was composed at thirteen, and . . . still expresses my soul's desire." The hymn is in the Baptist School Hymnal, 1880, and others. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Louisa May Alcott

J. A. Mitchell

1849 - 1905 Hymnal Number: d14 Author of "All things bless thee" in Heart and Voice Mitchell, James Alexander, B.A., born in Edinburgh, Nov. 19th, 1849, and since a Congregational Minister in Nottingham. He has written a number of hymns for use at Anniversaries. One of these, written in 1880, appears in W. R. Stevenson's School Hymnal, 1880, “All things bless Thee, God most holy" (Praise to the Father). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============== Mitchell, J. A., p, 1580, i. He was Principal of Nottingham Congregational Institute 1897-1903, and subsequently Secretary to the Congregational Union. Died in April 1905. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
J. A. Mitchell

Abiel A. Livermore

1811 - 1892 Hymnal Number: d1 Author of "A holy air is breathing round a fragrance" in Heart and Voice Livermore, Abiel Abbot, D.D. was born at Wilton, New Hampshire, Oct. 30, 1811, and graduated at Harvard in Arts, in 1833; and Divinity, 1836. The latter year he was ordained as a Unitarian Minister, and became Pastor at Keene, New Hampshire, 1836; Cincinnati, 1850; Yonkers, New York, 1857. In 1863 he removed to Meadville, Pennsylvania, as the President of the Theological School. Dr. Livermore is the author of various works, and was the chief editor of the Cheshire Pastoral Association's Christian Hymns, 1844, one of the most widely circulated and estimable of American Unitarian collections. To that collection he contributed "A holy air is breathing round" (Holy Communion), which has passed into several collections, including Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907), p. 680
Abiel A. Livermore

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