Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1901 — Poem by Longfellow Found. [ARTICLE]

Poem by Longfellow Found.

An unpublished hymn written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has been discovered among worthless papers and old letters at the Longfellow house Boston. The hymn is entitled “Christc Et Ecclesiae,” and was written for th« dedication of Appleton Chapel, which took place on Oct. 17, 1858. Dr. P. Q. Peabody read the hymn at morning prayers recently. Mrs. Longfellow does not wish to give out the poem for publication just now and she has not definitely decided where the hymn is first to be published.