2. _We pray for truth and peace_, 3. _We will not weep, for God is standing by us_ In both books his surname is spelled Hurlbut. J. 545 Revised by H.W.F. Johnson, Rev. Samuel, Salem, Massachusetts, October 10, 1822—February 19, 1882, North Andover, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1842 and from the Harvard Divinity School in 1846. He served from 1853-1870 as minister of the Independent Church, Lynn, Massachusetts which he organized and which ceased to exist when he resigned. He refused to identify himself with any denomination, though in belief he was a Unitarian and in the public mind was associated with the churches which adhered to the liberal wing of the Congregational order. He was author of a book on _Oriental Religions_, one of the earliest American studies in the History of Religions. In 1846 he and his classmate in the Divinity School, Samuel Longfellow, _q.v._, while still students, prepared their _Book of Hymns_, because they and some of their friends thought the Unitarian hymn books then in use were too traditional. This book appeared in enlarged edition in 1848, and made a notable contribution to American hymnody in its freshness of outlook and its inclusion of hymns by hitherto unrecognized writers, notably John Greenleaf Whittier. Johnson contributed 7 hymns to the edition of 1846, viz: 1. _Father [Savior] in Thy mysterious presence kneeling_ (Worship) 2. _Go, preach the gospel in my name_ (Ordination) 3. _Lord, once our faith in man no fear could move_, (In Time of War) 4. _Onward, Christians, though the region_ (Conflict) Altered in _Hymns of the Spirit_, 1864, to _Onward, onward though the region_ 5. _Thy servants’ sandals, Lord, are wet_ (Ordination) In the edition of 1848 he included 6. _God of the earnest heart_, (Trust) which he had “Written for the Graduating Exercises of the Class of 1846, in Cambridge Divinity School.” In 1864 he and Longfellow published their second and no less important collection, _Hymns of the Spirit_, (not to be confused with the book of the same title published in 1937 by the American Unitarian Association). To this volume he contributed 7 more hymns, viz: 7. _City of God, how broad, how far_, (The Church Universal) 8. _I bless Thee, Lord, for sorrows sent_ (Purification through suffering) This was “Written at the request of Dorothea L. Dix for a collection made by her for the use of an asylum.” (Miss Dix was engaged in a notable reform of institutions for the insane.) 9. _Life of Ages, richly poured_ (Inspiration) 10. _Strong-souled Reformer, whose far-seeing faith_ (Jesus) 11. _The Will Divine that woke a waiting time_ (St. Paul) 12. _Thou whose glad summer yields_, (Worship)