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| Short Name: | R. G. Staples |
| Full Name: | Staples, R. G. (R. Griffin) |
| Birth Year: | 1833 |
Robert Griffin Staples. He was born Robert Griffin on January 24, 1833 in Washington DC. Both of his parents died in a carriage accident when he was an infant; he was then adopted by his mother's sister, Mary Ann King, and her husband, Samuel Johnson Staples and he was given the name Robert Griffin Staples. He was a captain in the Union Army during the Civil War and after the war was promoted to Major. He then worked as chief clerk in the Portsmouth United States Navy Yard. Religion was an important part of his life, as well as music. He died June 20, 1891 in Portsmouth, VA.
Dianne Shapiro, from Jean Brickey (great-granddaughter)
Tunes by R. G. Staples (124) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A call from Jesus comes to me] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 53217 67155 67123 |
| [A home in heaven! 'tis the Christian's hope] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Alas! and did my Savior bleed] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 53332 16551 23325 |
| [All hail the power of Jesus' name] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 51532 16556 55721 |
| [Almost persuaded] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Anywhere with Jesus] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 32156 12123 23453 |
| [Be merciful to us, O God] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 4 | 51232 34354 31712 |
| [Beautiful diamond of night] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 34565 45567 17655 |
| [Beautiful the little hands] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 54336 65671 76532 |
| [Behold, He stands waiting, and knocks at thy heart] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 35435 43643 23456 |
| [Beyond the things that perish] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 4 | 34565 51556 17653 |
| [Bright was the guiding star that led] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | |
| [Calm on the listening ear of night] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 4 | 51231 21665 12325 |
| [Christ, the Lord, is risen today] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 55113 21432 12234 |
| [Christian, the field for faithful labor] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Christians, awake! salute the happy morn] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 33453 21232 34433 |
| [Christians, lo! the fields are whitening] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 10 | 31656 16535 12312 |
| [Come and join our great command] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 56513 21671 23234 |
| [Come and sing with joy and gladness] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 34532 16555 53212 |
| [Come and welcome, to the Savior, who in mercy bids you come] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 34554 51171 21765 |
| [Come join in our Sabbath song] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 55555 35166 55767 |
| [Come to Jesus, little one] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 34565 55617 65432 |
| [Come unto me, come unto me] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 51231 32123 45653 |
| [Come ye children join to sing] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 13543 21234 54323 |
| [Dark was the night when the Savior of men] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 32171 35671 17651 |
| [Dear children, come to God] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Dear refuge of my weary soul] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 51353 14653 21235 |
| [Each morn of God's most holy day] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 51122 36532 17125 |
| [Chill the air and hard the ground] | Robert G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 33321 76565 17124 |
| [Ever on, ever on, like the swift, rolling tide] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 34531 22343 23345 |
| [Give us Jesus—hope deceives us] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 51316 16556 53512 |
| [Glad we meet this Sabbath morning] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Go, bury thy sorrow] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 4 | 33456 55432 33345 |
| [God made the world] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 56535 12316 62767 |
| [Great is the Lord, great is the Lord] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 34455 67117 12321 |
| [Happy here again we meet] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Hark to the notes, which come from glory] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 12344 45653 17651 |
| [Have mercy on us, Lord, we come] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 35654 31653 43216 |
| [He died, He died on the tree] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [He that goeth forth with weeping] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 12334 43222 23443 |
| [Heavenly Father, Lord of all] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 31354 32123 45617 |
| [I know not, the way is so misty] (Staples) | Robert Griffin Staples (Composer) | 4 | 12321 54321 23445 |
| [Help me, my God, to speak] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 55456 51511 62271 |
| [Here I'm kneeling by my bedside] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Ho! my comrades, see the signal] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 5 | 53513 21567 12321 |
| [I know not the time of His coming] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 5 | 34534 51234 33333 |
| [I love to sing of heaven] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [I love to think of Jesus] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| DAVENANT | R. G. Staples (Arranger) | 1 | 32121 13546 11765 |
| [I would love Thee, God and Father] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 13432 16171 23432 |
| [In some way or other] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [In that far distant land where the angels of light] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 34554 56717 65556 |
| [In the heart of London city] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 34532 12161 23653 |
| [In the land so bright and golden] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 12323 45354 31232 |
| [Is your light shining brightly, my brother?] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 6 | 12321 55321 56465 |
| [Jesus Christ, our loving Savior] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 32151 21665 51234 |
| [Jesus is coming, is coming again] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 6 | 56551 12123 32121 |
| [Jesus of Nazareth passeth this way] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 33332 34346 54322 |
| [Just as I am, without one plea] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 35432 17134 32123 |
| [Life's rosy morn her golden light] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 35545 65356 54332 |
| [List! the merry chiming of the Sabbath bells] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 4 | 55555 55565 17655 |
| [Little child, thy Father loves thee] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Lo! the heathen at your doors] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Long I've wandered from the Master] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 4 | 55451 23121 71432 |
| [Lord, I hear of showers of blessing] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 54343 23561 53432 |
| [Lord, who lovest little children] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Men of God, arouse to action] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 51312 43217 13532 |
| [Naught can I do that will save] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 54334 56655 56532 |
| [Nothing, Lord, have I to bring] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 6 | 35556 15436 53234 |
| [Nothing to keep me, dear Lord, from thee] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [O city of the jasper wall] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 53432 14653 21713 |
| [O God, thou holy one] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [O sinner, haste to Jesus, come] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 55555 65423 44445 |
| [O Thou from whom all goodness flows] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 51231 67155 12342 |
| [O why do you carry your burden alone] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 4 | 51513 21216 53532 |
| [Over the dark wave of Galilee] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| RESTORATION (Southern Harmony) | R. G. Staples (Arranger) | 1 | 13171 33175 77171 |
| [O Christian man, thy Savior] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [O I would sing of Jesus] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 51236 53123 43251 |
| [O the bright sunny land, 'tis the city of God] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [On Jordan's stormy banks I stand] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 54345 56116 53234 |
| [On life's voyage we are sailing] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 51234 32165 35132 |
| [Onward, pressing onward, in the narrow way] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 54324 31234 54321 |
| [Open the windows of Heaven] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 55553 56555 55171 |
| [Open Thou mine eyes, O Lord] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 4 | 54323 65123 14325 |
| [Our sins, alas! how strong they are!] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 4 | 34555 56111 71232 |
| [Plead, O plead thou my cause, precious Savior divine] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Above the fearful wrecks of time] (Staples) | Robert Griffin Staples (Composer) | 3 | 12343 21123 36721 |
| [Praise we bring to thee, O Father!] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 31321 23121 23432 |
| [Praise ye the Lord, O praise Him, all ye people] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 6 | 11115 67123 27771 |
| [Precious Savior, Lord of all] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Ring, ring the bells, for a Savior is born] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 33454 32123 44323 |
| [Sad the silence at parting] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 4 | 54321 61122 42533 |
| [See the streamlet bounding] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [My shepherd is the Lord] (Staples) | Robert Griffin Staples (Composer) | 3 | 34565 35671 21176 |
| [Show me Thy face, one transient gleam] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 13453 43234 65433 |
| [Sinner, hear the voice of love] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Some sweet day our Lord will call us] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 13534 56523 45655 |
| [Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness] (Minor) | R. G. Staples (Arranger) | 1 | 55565 31112 16555 |
| [Stand up, stand up for Jesus] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 53333 43332 12353 |
| [Sweet child, look upward to the sky] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [The angel is flying from bright heavenly portals] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 34534 51121 66565 |
| [The Gospel message sent] | Robert G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 53123 15644 65566 |
| [The happy morn is come] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 33455 61765 33455 |
| [The waters are troubled] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 55345 33321 53432 |
| [There is a fold whence none can stray] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 53212 36532 23425 |
| [There remaineth a rest to the people of God] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 51333 32146 65556 |
| [There's a beautiful home] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [They who would do the Master's will] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 51345 66551 76517 |
| [Though the tempest rages] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 3 | 34556 71543 21233 |
| [Thy goodness, Lord, now bringeth me] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 51236 54223 21655 |
| [To Thee, in youth's bright morning] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Tripping lightly, tripping over the verdant lawn] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 4 | 33333 33351 32346 |
| [Trusting Jesus when in sorrow] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 5 | 56532 17126 56714 |
| [Up and away, like the dew of the morning] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Wake the song of jubilee] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 34565 32117 65653 |
| WATKINSON | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 6 | 32123 45331 55555 |
| [We pray for those who do not pray] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 53213 21665 13123 |
| [We shall meet beyond the river] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 4 | 33332 15113 21712 |
| [We thank thee, O our God] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 5 | 53322 12354 32533 |
| [Work for the Savior's glory] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Father, I cannot see the light] | Robert Griffin Staples (Composer) | 3 | 11113 21615 13223 |
| [Ye valiant soldiers of the cross] (Staples) | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 2 | 34565 67165 34511 |
| [Yonder, amazing sight! I see] | R. G. Staples (Composer) | 5 | 13216 54354 65321 |
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