is attributed to him in Hedge and Huntington’s _Hymns for the Church of Christ_, 1853. H.W.F. Peabody, Rev. Oliver William Bourne, Exeter, New Hampshire, July 9, 1799—July 5, 1847, Burlington, Vermont. He was twin brother of W. B. O. Peabody, _q.v._ He graduated from Harvard College in 1817, practised law for a few years at Exeter, served as professor of English Literature in Jefferson College, Louisiana from 1842 to 1845, and in the latter year was licensed to preach by the Boston Association and served as minister of the Unitarian Church at Burlington, Vermont, until his death two years later. A hymn beginning _God of the rolling orbs above_ is attributed to him in Hedge and Huntington’s _Hymns for the Church of Christ_, 1853, but does not appear to have had further use. J. 887 H.W.F. Peabody, Rev. William Bourne Oliver, D.D., Exeter, New Hampshire, July 9, 1799—May 28, 1847, Springfield, Massachusetts. Graduated from Harvard College in 1817, taught for a year in Phillips Exeter Academy, and studied for the ministry at the Harvard Divinity School. He was ordained as the first minister of the Unitarian Church in Springfield, Massachusetts, in October, 1820, and remained there until his death. In 1823 he published a _Poetical Catechism for the Young_, in which he included some original hymns. He edited _The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship_, Springfield, 1835, which was adopted for use in many parishes besides his own, and several of his hymns were included in it. A _Memoir_ of him, written by his twin brother, O. W. B. Peabody, was published in the 2^d edition of his _Sermons_, 1849, and a collection of his _Literary Remains_ was published in 1850. He is described as “a man of rare accomplishments, and consummate virtue,” widely respected and admired. The following hymns by him had considerable use in the 19^th century, but only the last survived in a hymn book of the 20^th. 1. _Behold the western evening light_; (Death of the Righteous) Published in his _Catechism_, 1823, and in _Springfield Collections_, 1835, and elsewhere. It passed into use in England; in altered form in the _Leeds Hymn Book_, 1853, and in George Rawson’s Baptist _Ps._ and _Hys._ 1858, where it begins, _How softly on the western hills._ 2. _O when the hours of life are past_ (The Hereafter) Published in his _Catechism_ in answer to the question “What do you learn of the future state of happiness?” It was included in Hedge and Huntington’s _Hymns for the Church of Christ_, 1853, and had some use in its original form, and also altered to _When all the hours of life are past_. 3. _The moon is up; how calm and slow_, (Evening)