A holy air is breathing round,
This hymn was included in Martineau’s Hymns, 1873, in most American Unitarian collections, and appears in slightly altered form in The New Hymn and Tune Book, 1914, and Hymns of the Spirit, 1937.
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Livermore, Sarah White, Wilton, New Hampshire, July 20, 1789—July 3, 1874, Wilton. She was an aunt of [A. A. Livermore], q.v., and was a school teacher for most of her life. She contributed two hymns to the Cheshire Collection, 1844, viz:
1. Glory to God, and peace on earth, (Christmas)
2. Our pilgrim brethren, dwelling far, (Mission)
These passed into a few other collections.
She wrote a number of others for various church occasions, but they have never been collected for publication.
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Long, Hon. John Davis (1838-1915) was born in Buckfield, Maine, October 27, 1838, and died in Hingham, Massachusetts on August 28, 1915. Harvard, A.B. 1857, L.L.D. 1880. He was Governor of Massachusetts, 1880-1883, and Secretary of the Navy, 1897-1902. A member of the First Parish (Unitarian) in Hingham, he wrote one hymn beginning,
The evening winds begin to blow