Leech grew up in Hud­ders­field, York­shire, but at age 18 his fam­i­ly re­turned to Es­sex, mov­ing to Frint­on-on-sea. He served in the Na­vy, then stu­died at the Lon­don Bi­ble Col­lege, Bar­ring­ton College and North Park Sem­in­a­ry, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. Or­dained a min­is­ter in the Evan­gel­i­cal Co­ve­nant Church (ECC), he pas­tored in Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts; Mont­clair, New Jer­sey; San Fran­cis­co, Cal­i­for­nia; and at the Mon­te­ci­to Co­ve­nant Church, San­ta Bar­ba­ra, Cal­i­for­nia (1968-75). He al­so served on the ECC’s Hymn­al Com­mis­sion.

Sources

Hymns

1. All Things Are Yours (© 1989)
2. Come, Share the Lord (© 1984)
3. Glimpses of Glory (© 1994)
4. Great Hills May Tremble (© 1950, 1973)
5. I Know That My Redeemer Lives (© 1976)
6. Kind and Merciful God (© 1973)
7. Let God Be God
8. Let Your Heart Be Broken (© 1975)
9. Lord, When We Praise You (© 1989)
10. Make Room Within My Heart, O God (© 1973)
11. Our Father in Heaven (© 1991)
12. Spirit, Now Live In Me (© 1976)
13. Your Cause Be Mine, Great Lord Divine (© 1973)
14. This Is a Time to Remember (© 1982)
15. Through All the World (© 1970)
16. We Are God’s People (© 1976)
17. We Are Part of God’s Creation (© 1992)

Music

1. Bjorklund (© 1975)
2. Hubbard (© 1989)