A Bap­tist min­is­ter, Leland began preaching at age 20. From 1776 to 1790, he was in Vir­gin­ia, and thereaf­ter in Mass­a­chu­setts, mostly at Cheshire. His works in­clude:

• Sermons, Addresses, Essays and Autobiography (Lanesboro, Mass­a­chu­setts, 1845) (pub­lished posthumously his niece, Mrs. L. F. Greene)

Sources

Hymns

1. And if You Meet with Troubles
2. Christians, If Your Hearts Are Warm
3. Come, and Taste, Along with Me
4. Day Is Past and Gone, The
5. Morning Trumpet, The
6. O When Shall I See Jesus?