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Nature with eternal youth

Nature with eternal youth

Author: R. C. Waterston
Published in 6 hymnals


Author: R. C. Waterston

Waterston, Robert Cassie, M.A., son of Robert Waterston, was born at Kennebunk, in 1812, but has resided from his infancy at Boston, Massachusetts. He studied Theology at Cambridge; had for five years the charge of a Sunday school for the children of seamen; was associated for several years with the Pitts Street Unitarian Chapel, Boston; and then pastor for seven years of the Unitarian Church of the Saviour in the same city. Much of his time has been given to literature, and a long list of his papers of various kinds is given in Putnam's Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, 1874. He also interested himself largely in educational matters. He contributed one hymn to the American Unitarian Cheshire Pastoral Association Christian Hymns, 1844… Go to person page >

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First Line: Nature with eternal youth
Author: R. C. Waterston
Copyright: Public Domain

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #436

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a436

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #185

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #185

The Golden Harp #d206

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The Psalms of Life #253

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