Printed in three 4-line stas. There is no evidence as to the authorship of this hymn, but its sentiment is completely in line with Longfellow’s. Included in _Hymns of the Spirit_, 1864, and in _The New Hymn and Tune Book_, 1914. 50. _God is in his holy temple._ Printed in four 4-line stas. One line is almost identical with one found in S.L.’s earlier hymn “Written for the dedication of the New Chapel of the First Parish, Haverhill, Mass.”, which had had no use beyond the occasion for which it was written, but which Miss Longfellow included in _Hymns and Verses_. The recurrence of this line in the hymn here listed suggests the probability that the whole hymn is by S.L. though he preferred to cite it as “Anon.” 51. _Supreme disposer of the heart._ This appeared in the 1848 edition of the _Book of Hymns_, where it is cited as from “Breviary”, and was included by Miss Longfellow in _Hymns and Verses_ with the same citation. She probably assumed that it was a translation by S.L. from a Latin hymn. It is, however, a largely rewritten version of John Chandler’s translation of the hymn _Supreme motor cordium_, in his _Hymns of the Primitive Church_, 1837, p. 31. Longfellow retained the general pattern of Chandler’s five stanzas, and kept a few of his lines unchanged, or altered by only a word or two, but rewrote the rest, the fourth and fifth stas. being wholly S.L.’s, differing from Chandler’s in both phrase and significance, and even further from the Latin original. The _Isles of Shoals Hymn Book_, 1908, contains a hymn in two stanzas, 8.6.8.6.D., beginning 52. _The heavens thy praise are telling_, Given as “Anon.” but Mrs. Emma Marean, _q.v._, who was exceptionally well informed about that book, attributed it to “Spitta-Longfellow,” i.e., by S. Longfellow based on a German hymn by C. J. P. Spitta. It is possible that this is the case but the original by Spitta has not been traced and Longfellow did not claim this arrangement. H.W.F. Loring, Louisa Putnam (1854-1924) of Boston and Pride’s Crossing, Massachusetts, compiled _Hymns of the Ages_, published in 1904. Her literary and musical standards were high, and the book was handsomely printed, but its appeal was limited and it had to compete with several other excellent hymnbooks then on the market for use among Unitarians. It included Miss Loring’s own morning hymn beginning, _O Thou who turnest into morning_, (1902) also included in _The New Hymn and Tune Book_, 1914. H.W.F.