J. 481 H.W.F.
Hall, Harriet Ware, Boston, Massachusetts, September 15, 1841—March 18, 1889, Boston. She was a lifelong resident of Boston, a member of King’s Chapel. Two small books by her were privately printed, one a collection of poems entitled A Book for Friends, 1888, the other entitled Essays, printed posthumously in 1890. The first book contains a hymn beginning
Lord, beneath thine equal hand,
in three stanzas, 7.7.7.7.D., dated February 10, 1869, and written for the installation of Rev. E. H. Hall at Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1869. It is included in the Isles of Shoals Hymn Book, 1908, the first line altered to read,
Lord, beneath whose equal hand.
H.W.F.
Ham, Rev. Marion Franklin, D.D., Harveysburg, Ohio, February 18, 1867—July 23, 1956, Arlington, Massachusetts. He was educated in the public schools at Harveysburg, but as a youth moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee to find employment. There he joined the Unitarian Church and, after serving it as a lay reader for several years, was ordained in 1898 as its minister, serving it until 1904. He later served Unitarian churches in Dallas, Texas, 1904-1909; in Reading, Massachusetts, 1909-1934; and in Waverley, Massachusetts, 1934-1939. He began to write verse in 1888, and many of his poems appeared in newspapers and periodicals, some of them being widely reprinted. His collected poems were published in book form in 1896, entitled The Golden Shuttle, which reached a fourth edition in 1910. He then turned to hymn writing, and four of his earliest hymns were included in The New Hymn and Tune Book, 1914, viz:—
1. I hear Thy voice, within the silence speaking, (1913)
2. O Lord of life, Thy kingdom is at hand, (1912)
3. O Thou whose gracious presence shone (Communion) (1912)
4. Touch Thou mine eyes, the sombre shadows falling, (1911)
These are also included in Hymns of the Spirit, 1937, as are five later hymns by him, viz:—
5. As tranquil streams that meet and merge (1933)
6. From Bethany the Master, (Palm Sunday) (1935)
7. Heir of all the waiting ages, (Advent) (1937)
8. Ring, O ring, ye Christmas bells (1932)
9. The builders, toiling through the days (Church dedication) (1925)