1. _God of the soul_ (The soul and God) 2. _Great God, in heaven above_, Written for a Sunday School. 3. _Great Source of Good, our God and Friend_ (Worship) 4. _In ages past, majestic prophets_, (The Coming of Jesus) 5. _Nature with eternal youth_ Written before 1853 and included in Hedge and Huntington’s _Hymns for the Church of Christ_, published in that year. It is a selection of 4 stanzas, numbers 4 to 7, from a longer poem entitled _Nature and the Soul_, printed in full in Putnam. 6. _Lord of all, we bow before Thee_ Entitled “Christian Benevolence.” 7. _O God of Light and Love_, Written for the annual meeting of the American Unitarian Association, Boston, 1845. 8. _O Lord of Life! to Thee we pray_, Written for the dedication of a church. 9. _One sweet flower has drooped and faded_, Included in the Cheshire _Collection_, 1844, entitled “Death of a Pupil.” In Putnam the opening line reads “_One bright flower has drooped_”, etc. and the hymn is entitled “On the Death of a Child”, with a note, “Sung by her classmates.” 10. _Theories, which thousands cherish_, (Truth) Published in _The Religious Monthly_, Boston, and included in several collections. 11. _Thou who didst aid our sires_ (On leaving an old house of worship) Written for the last service of worship held in the Federal Street Meeting House, Boston, March 13, 1859. All of these hymns, and a number of other poems by Waterston, are included in Putnam’s _Singers and Songs_, etc., but few of them are dated or annotated as to use. The author was a popular writer of verses which were respectable expressions of the religious thought and feeling of his community, in which they had considerable vogue, but they rarely rise above mediocrity and have long since dropped out of use. J. 1235, 1724 H.W.F. Weir, Hon. Robert Stanley, D.C.L. 1856-1926. Judge in Admiralty of the Exchequer Court of Canada. He translated, from the original French by Calixa Lavallée, the hymn beginning, in his English version, _O Canada, our home, our native land_, which was adopted by the Canadian government as Canada’s national hymn. It is included in _The New Hymn and Tune Book_, 1914. He was a member of the Church of the Messiah (Unitarian), Montreal. H.W.F.