Printed in Hys. Sp. 1864, under title of “John and Jesus”; in H. & V., no date. 2. _Again as evening’s shadow falls._ (Evening) Published in _Vespers_, New York, 1860, headed “Nox et tenebrae,” in 2 stas. of 8 l., and reprinted in Hys. Sp. 1864, with the title “Vesper Hymn,” in 4 stas. of 4 l.; also in H. & V. in which it is the fourth and concluding hymn of a group called “Vesper Hymns,” and dated 1859, the 3^d and 4^th of which were included in Hys. Sp., 1864. 3. _Beneath the shadow of the cross._ (Sacrifice) Written in Fall River, 1848, and published in the _Supplement to A Book of Hymns, Second Edition_, Boston, 1848, with the title “The New Commandment,” in 3 stas. of 4 l.; in H. & V. 4. _Eternal One, Thou living God._ (Anniversary) Written in 1875 for a church anniversary, possibly for the 25^th anniversary of the Preble Chapel in Portland, Maine; 5 stas. of 4 l. In H. & V. the original reading of the last two lines, “Afloat upon its boundless sea, Who sails with God is safe indeed.” are changed to the inferior reading, “That truth alone can make us free; Who goes with God is safe indeed.” 5. _Every bird that upward springs._ Included in _Supplement to Bk. Hys._, 1848, attributed to Neale, and also in Hys. Sp., 1864. It is in fact S.L.’s adaptation of part of a hymn by Neale for St. Andrew’s Day, included in his “Hymns for Children”, 1842; see pp. 360-1 of the _Collected Hymns, Sequences and Carols of J. M. Neale_, 1914. S.L. used stas. 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Neale’s hymn in 8 stas. Of the 16 lines in S.L.’s version 9 are taken unchanged from Neale, 6 contain part of Neale’s wording, and only 1 is wholly S.L.’s. S.L. writing in 1880 said, “I may say that hymn 585, [i.e. Every bird, etc.] is mine—I did not put my name because two lines were not mine—“. (see H. W. Foote, _The Anonymous Hymns of Samuel Longfellow_, Harv. Theol. Rev. Oct., 1917.) This letter illustrates the fallibility of human memory. In the 32 years which had elapsed since he had adapted Neale’s verses for the _Supplement to Bk. Hys._ his own contribution to the final result had come to bulk much larger than it really was. S.L. was right in ascribing the hymn to Neale, as he did in 1848 and 1864, tho he might properly have marked it as “Neale, altered.” 6. Father, give thy benediction. (Dismissal) One stanza, 8 lines, printed anonymously in Hys. Sp.; described by S.L. as “of no importance”, but included in his H. & V. Listed as “Anon.” in the first edition of the _Pilgrim Hymnal_. Included in the _Isles of Shoals Hymn Book_, 1908. (H. W. Foote, _The Anonymous Hymns of Samuel Longfellow_, Harv. Theol. Rev. October, 1917). See J. 1563. 7. _Go forth to life, O child of earth._ (Life’s mission)