Savage, Rev. Minot Judson, D.D., Norridgewock, Maine, June 10, 1841—May 22, 1918, Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were strictly orthodox Congregationalists whose resources were meagre, but a generous benefactor made it possible for him to enter Bangor Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1864. He served as a Congregational minister in California, Massachusetts and Missouri, but, having become acquainted with the works of Darwin and Herbert Spencer, he transferred his membership to the Unitarian denomination in 1872 and became minister of the Third Unitarian Church in Chicago. Two years later he accepted a call to Unity Church in Boston, which he served until 1896 when he moved to New York as minister of the Church of the Messiah. He was one of the earliest advocates of a religious interpretation of the doctrine of evolution, a bold thinker and forceful speaker in great demand, and the author of many books and printed sermons. In 1883 he published _Sacred Songs for Public Worship; a Hymn and Tune Book_, with music arranged by Howard M. Dow, for use in Unity Church. It contained 195 hymns and songs, 42 of which were from his own pen. It had the shortcomings of a “one-man book” and was musically nearer akin to the typical gospel song-book than was usual in Unitarian hymn-books, and it had little use outside his own congregation. Several of his hymns passed into other collections in England and America, viz: 1. _Dost thou hear the bugle sounding_, (Duty) 2. _Father, we would not dare to change thy purpose_ (Prayer) 3. _God of the glorious summer hours_, (New Year) 4. _How shall come the kingdom holy_ (Coming of the kingdom) 5. _O God, whose law is in the sky_ (Consecration to Duty) 6. _O star of truth, down shining_, (Devotion to Truth) 7. _Seek not afar for beauty_, (God in Nature) 8. _The God that to our fathers revealed his holy will_, 9. _The very blossoms of our life_, (Baptism) 10. _What purpose burns within our hearts_, (Church Fellowship) 11. _When the gladsome day declineth_, (Evening) Of these nos. 4, 6, 7 and 11 are included in _Hymns of the Spirit_, 1937. J. 1698 H.W.F.