11. _Look from Thy sphere of endless day_ (Home missions) Dated 1840. Included in _Songs for the Sanctuary_, New York, 1865; in Horder’s (British) _Congregational Hymns_, 1884, and in the _Pilgrim Hymnal_, 1935. 12. _Lord, who ordainest for mankind_ (Thanks for Mother Love) Written at the request of Rev. Samuel Osgood of New York for inclusion in his _Christian Worship_, 1862, and included in Martineau’s _Hymns_, etc., 1873. 13. _Mighty One, before whose face_ (Ordination) Dated c. 1820. It was included in Hedge and Huntington’s _Hymns_, etc. 1853, H. W. Beecher’s _Plymouth Collection_, 1855, and elsewhere. 14. _Not in the solitude_, (God in the city) Dated 1836. Included in Martineau’s _Hymns_, 1873. 15. O God, whose dread and dazzling brow (God’s compassion) Included in Hedge and Huntington’s _Hymns_, etc. 1853, and in the _Hymn and Tune Book_, Boston, 1868. 16. _O North, with all thy vales of green!_ (Reign of Christ) Included in the author’s privately printed _Hymns_, 1869, undated. It passed into several British collections, e.g., the Scotch _Church Hymnary_, 1898; _Worship Song_, 1905; _The English Hymnal_, 1906; and is included in the American Episcopal _Hymnal_, 1940. 17. _O Thou, whose love can ne’er forget_ (Ordination) One of Bryant’s early hymns, perhaps written for the ordination of Rev. William Ware, December, 1821, as minister of the First Congregational Society of New York, (now All Souls Church). Included in Beard’s English _Collection_, 1837. 18. _O Thou Whose own vast temple stands_ (Opening of a house of worship) Written in 1835 for the dedication of a Chapel in Prince Street, New York. The building was soon afterwards destroyed by fire. This hymn is the most widely used of all those written by Bryant. It was included in Beard’s English _Collection_ in 1837, and in Martineau’s _Hymns_, 1873. In Putnam’s _Singers and Songs_, etc., the opening line reads, _Thou, whose unmeasured temple stands_, and in this form it was included in Lunt’s _Christian Psalter_, 1861, and in the American Presbyterian _Psalms and Hymns_, Richmond, 1867; in Horder’s _Congregational Hymns_, London, 1884; and elsewhere. 19. _Standing forth in life’s rough way_ (On behalf of children) Included in Dr. Allon’s (British) _Children’s Worship_, 1878; in Horder’s _Congregational Hymns_, 1884; and elsewhere. 20. _Thou unrelenting past_ (The Past) Dated 1836. A poem of 14 stanzas, a few of which were included in Martineau’s _Hymns_, 1873. 21. _When doomed to death the Apostle lay_ (On behalf of Drunkards) Included in the Methodist Episcopal _Hymnal_, 1878. 22. _When he who from the scourge of wrong_ (Hope of Resurrection)