Samuel was the young­er bro­ther of po­et Hen­ry Long­fel­low. Sam­u­el at­tend­ed both Har­vard Coll­ege and Cam­bridge Di­vin­i­ty School. Or­dained a Un­i­tar­i­an min­is­ter, he served church­es in Fall Riv­er, Mass­a­chu­setts (1848); Brook­lyn, New York (1853); and Ger­man­town, Penn­syl­van­ia (1860). His works in­clude:

• A Book of Hymns for Pub­lic and Pri­vate De­vo­tion, 1846, joint­ly ed­it­ed with Sam­u­el John­son. This col­lect­ion was en­larged and re­vised in 1860.
• Thalatta: a Book for the Sea­side, with Thom­as W. Hig­gin­son, 1853
• Vespers, 1859
• Hymns of the Spir­it, 1864 (joint­ly ed­it­ed with Sam­u­el John­son)
• The Life of Hen­ry Wads­worth Long­fel­low, 1886

Sources

Hymns

1. Again, as Evening’s Shadow Falls
2. Beneath the Shadow of the Cross
3. Eternal One, Thou Living God
4. Father, Give Thy Benediction
5. Go Forth to Life, O Child of Earth
6. God of Ages and of Na­tions
7. God of the Earth, the Sky, the Sea!
8. God’s Trumpet Wakes the Slumbering World
9. Ho­ly Spirit, Source of Gladness
10. Ho­ly Spirit, Truth Divine
11. I Look to Thee in Every Need
12. In the Beginning Was the Word
13. Light of Ages and of Na­tions
14. Lo, the Earth Is Risen Again
15. Love for All, and Can It Be?
16. Loving Friend to All Who Bowed, The
17. Now, on Land and Sea Descending
18. Now While We Sing Our Closing Psalm
19. Now with Crea­tion’s Morn­ing Song
20. O God, in Whom We Live and Move
21. O God, Thou Giver of All Good
22. O God, Thy Children Gathered Here
23. O Life That Makest All Things New
24. O Still in Accents Sweet and Strong
25. O Thou in Whom We Live and Move
26. O Thou Whose Liberal Sun and Rain
27. One Ho­ly Church of God Appears
28. Out of the Dark, the Circling Sphere
29. Peace, Peace on Earth!
30. Sweet June Days Are Come Again, The
    • Summer Days Are Come Again, The
31. Thou Lord of Life, Our Saving Health
    • Bless Thou the Gifts Our Hands Have Brought
32. ’Tis Winter Now, the Fallen Snow
33. Voice by Jordan’s Shore, A