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| Short Name: | Frank M. Lamb |
| Full Name: | Lamb, Frank M., 1858-1945 |
| Birth Year: | 1858 |
| Death Year: | 1945 |
Lamb, Frank M. (Poland, Maine, January 30, 1858--December 24, 1945, Bath, Maine). Baptist. Studied voice in Boston, 1877-1880. Entered evangelism. Led singing in evangelistic services With Rev. C.C. Frost. Conducted singing at conventions and special meetings in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Minnesota, and Missouri. After serving as assistant pastor in Lowell, Mass., he was ordained at Mount Vernon, N.Y., Maine, and Massachusetts before retiring in 1937, after serving the Baptist church at Mechanic Falls for 13 years.
He composed several hymns. His earliest was "What is Thy Life?" suggested by James 4:14. Probably his best loved was "The Bird with the Broken Wing." Other hymns include "Is My Name There," "All, All for Me," "Glad Was My Soul When the Rest Was Given."
He compiled Hymns of Faith and Love in Gospel Meetings (1894). Another Baptist hymn writer, C.C. Luther, published in 1887 a pamphlet Beautiful Beckoning Hands and included his own hymns and added other hymns, mostly by Lamb.
Tunes by Frank M. Lamb (6) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A great rock stands in a weary land] (Lamb) | F. M. Lamb (Composer) | 3 | 51111 23433 33211 |
| [Child of God when thou art weary] | Rev. F. M. Lamb (Composer) | 2 | 33333 33333 44123 |
| [I am going to a city] (Lamb) | Rev. F. M. Lamb (Composer) | 4 | 54333 33335 54123 |
| [I love to steal awhile away] (Lamb) | F. M. Lamb (Composer) | 2 | 33214 32123 55464 |
| [I walked through the woodland meadows] (Lamb) | F. M. Lamb (Composer) | 13 | 55671 17556 77433 |
| [In the crimson blush of morning] | Rev. F. M. Lamb (Composer) | 5 | 55542 71355 54231 |
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