14. Spirit of God, in thunder speak, (Summons to Duty)
This arrangement combines stanzas 13 and 16 in the poem entitled “A Missionary Chant”, used as the first two stanzas of the hymn, with stanzas 8 and 9 of the poem to “William Cullen Bryant” as the third and fourth stanzas of the hymn, both poems being found in Later Poems, 1905.
15. Thou mighty God, who didst of old, (Communion of Saints)
This is arranged from the same sources. Stanzas 1 and 2 are the first two stanzas in “William Cullen Bryant,” the last three stanzas are stanzas 11, 7, and 8 in “A Missionary Chant,” considerably altered. These arrangements were made by H. W. Foote, with the coöperation of F. L. Hosmer and W. C. Gannett, for inclusion in The New Hymn and Tune Book, 1914.
Of the hymns listed above Hymns of the Spirit, 1937 includes Nos. 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15.
J. 216, 1619 Revised by H.W.F.
Chapman, Mrs. (No information available).
An anti-slavery hymn beginning
O God of freedom! Hear us pray,
is attributed to “Mrs. Chapman” in Hedge and Huntington’s Hymns for the Church of Christ, 1853.
H.W.F.
Cheney, Mrs. Ednah D. (Dow) Boston, Massachusetts, June 27, 1824—November 19, 1904, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. She married Seth Wells Cheney. She was the author of several books, including The Life and Letters of Louisa May Alcott. She wrote a hymn on “the larger prayer,” beginning
At first I prayed for Light,