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Leonard Marshall

Short Name: Leonard Marshall
Full Name: Marshall, Leonard, 1809-1890
Birth Year: 1809
Death Year: 1890

Marshall, Leonard. (Hudson, New Hampshire, May 3, 1809--July 1, 1890, Hudson, N.H.) Baptist. Voice pupil of John Paddon of London and Charles Zenner, harmonist. Tenor soloist of Handel and Haydn Society ca. 1844-1850. Music director at Twelfth Congregational Church, Boston, Massachusetts, 1836-1957; Bowdoin Square Baptist Church, ca.1867-1870; Harvard Street Baptist Church, ca.1870-1875, and other Boston churches. Chorus director at Tremont Temple, 1857-1867. Author of popular songs, "Don't Give Up the Ship" and "The Mountaineer," and of thirteen church music books; published The Sacred Star hymnal, 1861, Boston. Wrote words of Easter hymn commencing, "Jesus Christ, our precious Savior," and hymn "Ever gracious, loving Savior, Come and bless us from on high."

--E.F. Quinn, DNAH Archives

Note: Typewritten copy of obituary from the Boston Evening Transcript 3 July 1890, is in the DNAH Archives.


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by Leonard Marshall (32)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A new shrine stands in beauty rearedLeonard Marshall (Author)2
Another year has goneLeonard Marshall (Author)English4
Behold the Savior callingLeonard Marshall (Author)English1
Children in the sunday schoolLeonard Marshall (Author)2
Christ doth love my wandering soulLeonard Marshall (Author)English2
Christ, who art the King of gloryL. Marshall (Author)English2
Come, let us journey on our wayL. M. (Author)English2
Delightful is the Savior's voiceLeonard Marshall (Author)English2
Eternity, Eternity, O blest EternityLeonard Marshall (Author)2
Ever gracious, loving SaviorL. M. (Author)English2
Glad tidings of great joy I bringL. M. (Author)English2
God doth watch us on our wayL. Marshall (Author)English2
How bright, how glorious is the sightLeonard Marshall (Author)English2
I love to go to Sunday school, And hear God's Holy WordLeonard Marshall (Author)English1
Jesus Christ, our precious SaviorLeonard Marshall (Author)English2
Jesus little children lovesLeonard Marshall (Author)English2
Loud hosannas let us raiseLeonard Marshall (Author)English2
O come to Jesus earlyL. M. (Author)English2
O why not come to Jesus now, And trust Him for His grace?Leonard Marshall (Author)English2
Our Savior through this world did passLeonard Marshall (Author)English2
Sailing over an ocean, To a foreign shoreLeonard Marshall (Author)English1
See the snowflakes falling, Carpeting the earthL. Marshall (Author)English2
Sound aloud Jehovah's praises, Sing with joy his holy nameL. M. (Author)English2
Swiftly the hours speed onL. M. (Author)English2
The Sabbath school with joy we hailLeonard Marshall (Author)English2
The Savior now is calling, Come, children, follow meLeonard Marshall (Author)English3
The Sunday school is my delight, I love it more and moreLeonard Marshall (Author)English2
There is a land of restL. M. (Author)English2
There is a world where Jesus reignsLeonard Marshall (Author)English2
'Tis sweet to hear the children singLeonard Marshall (Author)English2
When I would seek the SaviorLeonard Marshall (Author)2
When we hear the musicLeonard Marshall (Author)1
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