were taken from this form of the poem for inclusion in Hedge and Huntington’s _Hymns for the Church of Christ_, 1853, but already Clarke had taken from his poem, and largely rewritten, three stanzas to make the hymn beginning as above. In this later form it was included in his _Service Book_, 1844, in Longfellow and Johnson’s _Book of Hymns_, 1846, in the _Disciples Hymn Book_, 1852, and in many later collections down to the present day. 4. _For all thy gifts we bless Thee, Lord_ Written for a Unitarian Convention in New York City, held on October 22, 1845, and included in _Hymns for the Church of Christ_, 1853. 5. _Hast thou wasted all the powers_, Included in _Hymns for the Church of Christ_, 1853. 6. _To him who children blessed_ (Christening) 7. _To Thee, O God in heaven_ (Christening) Both of these tender and beautiful hymns for a christening appeared in the _Service Book_, 1844, and have passed into a good many other collections, although hymns are now seldom sung at such a service. Of the above no. 3 was included in Longfellow and Johnson’s _Book of Hymns_, 1846, attributed to Clarke, and nos. 1, 5 and 6 were included as Anonymous. In their _Hymns of the Spirit_, 1864, these hymns were correctly attributed to Clarke. He was the author of a limited quantity of pleasing religious verse acceptable to his many friends rather than a hymn writer of distinction, his best ones being nos. 3, 5 and 6. _The New Hymn and Tune Book_, 1914, includes nos. 3 and 6; _The Pilgrim Hymnal_, 1935, includes nos. 3 and 5; _Hymns of the Spirit_, 1937, has only no. 3. J. 235, 1556 Re-written, H.W.F. Collyer, Rev. Robert, D.D., Keighly, Yorkshire, England, December 8, 1823—November 30, 1912, New York, New York. His education in childhood was very limited, and in early manhood he became a blacksmith, which had been his father’s trade. He joined the Methodist Church in 1847 and three years later sailed for America, settling at Shoemakertown, Pennsylvania, where he was both a blacksmith and a preacher. Having become acquainted with Dr. W. H. Furness, _q.v._, of Philadelphia, he accepted Unitarian beliefs and left the Methodist Church. His great intellectual abilities and natural gifts as a preacher brought him an invitation in 1859 to go to Chicago to take charge of the newly organized Unity Church in that city, which he served until 1879, when he accepted a call to the Church of the Messiah (Unitarian), New York. He was a widely popular lecturer and author of many published sermons, other articles, and a few occasional verses. The church of which he was minister was destroyed by the great Chicago fire of 1870 but was soon rebuilt. For the dedication of the new building in December 3, 1873, he wrote his one fine hymn beginning,