MUSIC. DUKE STREET. For comments on this tune see [Hymn 341].
368. In pleasant lands have fall’n the lines
James Flint, 1779-1855
A fine memorial hymn.
The author, James Flint, was born in Reading, Mass. After graduating from Harvard, he served as pastor of the Unitarian Church at East Bridgewater, Mass., 1806-1821, and at the East Church, Salem, Mass., from 1821 until his death in 1855. His hymns were published in his Collection of Hymns for the Christian Church and Home, 1840, the present being the single one which survives today.
MUSIC. WAREHAM. For comments on this tune see [Hymn 208].
369. Eternal One, Thou living God
Samuel Longfellow, 1819-92
A hymn of the Church Universal, the great company of faithful souls of every age and land. The God who led our fathers, still leads His people into new truth and sets before them new goals.
For comments on Samuel Longfellow see [Hymn 28].