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 by his niece, Mrs. L. F. Greene)

• Brown, pp. 274-75
• Hughes, p. 471
• Raynor, pp. 173-75

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?