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T. Martin Towne › Tunes

Short Name: T. Martin Towne
Full Name: Towne, T. Martin (Thomas Martin), 1835-1911 or 1912
Birth Year: 1835
Death Year (est.): 1912

Towne, T. Martin. (Coleraine, Franklin County, Massachusetts, May 31 [sic], 1835-- ). Methodist. Attended Williston's Seminary, East Hampton, Mass. 1855 to Hudson, New York, then Albany. Taught in Ypsilanti, Michigan, then Detroit. Settled in Janesville, Wisconsin. Served in the Civil War. Settled in Chicago; married Belle Kellogg.

Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives


Tunes by T. Martin Towne (186)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[I love to come to Sunday school]T. Martin (Composer)355555 61143 23215
[A pledge, a pledge to water pure]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255671 65311 43321
[A song of love]T. Martin Towne (Composer)455331 64427 25243
[Action, action, action is the word today]T. Martin Towne (Composer)211335 36651 71535
[All along the Christian's pathway]T. Martin Towne (Composer)311765 65311 44617
[All around on every side there's work to do]T. Martin Towne (Composer)353213 36651 32123
CORONATION (Holden)T. Martin Towne (Arranger)151133 21232 13212
[All is well, my soul is singing]T. Martin Towne (Composer)234555 55535 66666
[I am on a shining pathway]T. Martin Towne (Arranger)232111 77665 32123
APIAThomas Martin Towne (Composer)451117 12553 33
[Are you weary of the fetters]T. Martin Towne (Composer)234532 17616 51712
[Are your hearts ever open to the wooing of His love?]T. Martin Towne (Composer)212354 56543 52234
[As we sing our parting song]T. Martin Towne (Composer)256532 31671 23123
[At Christmas time the world is glad]T. Martin Towne (Composer)234511 34511 57646
[Awake to the conflict, awake!]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251111 53515 22227
[Our youthful hearts for temperance burn]T. M. T. (Arranger)111551 16643 12711
[Be active in the battle field]T. Martin Towne (Composer)351112 32123 56543
[Be the present dark or bright]T. Martin Towne (Composer)212332 15671 71322
[Beautiful faces are those that wear] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)256717 12176 56543
[Beautiful forms in mellow light]T. Martin Towne (Composer)355556 71235 43325
[Behold that blood stained banner of the King]T. Martin Towne (Composer)455456 53216 53121
[Blessed was the life of Jesus]T. Martin Towne (Composer)332345 65317 67121
THE BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLANDT. M. T. (Arranger)151765 67133 42151
[Burdened soul, in sin and woe]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255123 16665 55551
[Can I be silent, when I know]T. Martin Towne (Composer)355112 32176 61433
[Cherish kindly feelings, children]T. M. Towne (Composer)251321 76151 36551
[Children, children speak the truth]T. Martin Towne (Composer)235653 51134 33223
[Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255555 55356 54323
[Dear children all, whose beaming eyes]T. Martin Towne (Composer)333432 22321 11217
[Did you hear the angry word?]T. Martin Towne (Composer)355653 12311 11755
[Oh, glorious in beauty]Thomas Martin Towne (Composer)211236 53171 23211
[Eternal Power of truth and right]T. M. Towne (Composer)253171 43223 55453
[Ever new the name of Jesus]T. Martin Towne (Composer)332432 32165 67123
FIRM AND SURE, ETERNALLYT. Martin Towne (Composer)2
[For salvation are you praying]T. Martin Towne (Composer)351321 61535 22513
[Give me a harp on the hills of glory]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251765 12352 32134
[Give me thy heart, O wayward child]T. Martin Towne (Composer)232343 12344 43212
[Go, crystallize thy love]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251176 56512 34312
[God notes the little sparrow's fall]T. Martin Towne (Composer)211772 21133 22431
[Good will to men]T. Martin Towne (Composer)455111 17123 34565
[He is risen, day of wonder]T. Martin Towne (Composer)4
[He will watch over, He will guard you]T. Martin Towne (Composer)335117 65356 12173
[Heaven is worth the earnest seeking]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251123 65323 43235
[Help us, O help us dear Savior]T. Martin Towne (Composer)256534 56545 42343
[Kleine Hände, zart und fein]T. M. T. (Arranger)151117 22334 22115
[Herr, bleib' bei mir]T. Martin Towne (Composer)211127 13576 54435
[I am but a penny, penny]T. M. Towne (Composer)215556 16156 53222
[I am His, I am His]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255611 35432 44432
[I gave my cup of water]T. Martin Towne (Composer)253217 65512 31251
[I have seen a mother weeping]T. Martin Towne (Composer)1454556 14333 34231
[I long for a romp beneath the old elm's shade]T. M. T. (Composer)212334 55564 65321
[I love to sing of Jesus' love]T. Martin Towne (Composer)253455 65151 23425
[I open wide my door beloved]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255135 65353 11171
[I want to live that I may learn]T. Martin Towne (Composer)2
[I would not live without thee]T. M. Towne (Arranger)154333 35313 22344
[I would not own a groggery]T. Martin Towne (Composer)217222 72223 44323
[If I were a sunbeam, I know what I would do] (Towne)T. M. Towne (Composer)353217 66567 12553
[I'll pledge my heart, I'll pledge my hand]T. Martin Towne (Composer)351115 11152 22522
[I'm trusting, I'm trusting in Jesus today]T. Martin Towne (Composer)455653 43216 16512
[In some way or other the Lord will provide] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)211236 71512 35565
[In the service of our King]T. Martin Towne (Composer)254653 21243 54432
[In the valley, lone and weary] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)235131 51353 13565
[It is time to be thinking of heaven]T. Martin Towne (Composer)455513 54326 11765
SALVATIONIST (HAYS)T. M. T. (Arranger)113556 55312 11651
[I've found a Friend, O such a Friend] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)251117 66612 32617
[Jesus bids us shine with a clear, pure light] (Towne)T. M. Towne (Composer)451111 71222 52222
[Jesus! I love Thy charming name] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)251333 21764 46513
[Jesus is waiting, O sinner, for thee] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)256534 32161 57246
[Jesus, list to us as we pray]T. Martin Towne (Composer)233321 23244 43236
[Jesus loves the little children] (Towne)T. M. Towne (Composer)253321 21671 51123
[Jesus, make us pure and spotless]T. Martin Towne (Composer)332353 12325 21242
[Jesus, precious Savior] (Towne)T. M. Towne (Composer)333123 51222 34333
[Jesus reigns, his people saving]T. Martin Towne (Composer)2
[Jesus, the Wonderful]T. Martin Towne (Composer)356712 33243 25671
[Jesus, Thou art ever lovely]T. M. Towne (Composer)234531 32161 17651
JUANITA (54332)T. M. T. (Arranger)154332 23443 65543
[Jubilant voices gladly ring]T. Martin Towne (Composer)211111 71213 33332
[Kind friend, we welcome you to our School]T. Martin Towne (Composer)355117 12755 44323
[Launched on the wave, is the ship Prohibition]T. Martin Towne (Composer)253515 13217 66661
[Let down your net tonight, O brother]T. Martin Towne (Composer)332317 61651 71323
[Let us come before the Lord today with singing]T. Martin Towne (Composer)2
[Let us gather up the sunbeams] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)212332 15123 44323
[Like Samuel of old we wait]T. Martin Towne (Composer)355117 62217 76765
[Like the birds and blossoms]T. Martin Towne (Composer)353132 54272 13431
[Lo! the summer sun is shining]T. Martin Towne (Composer)232176 11153 21112
[Lord God of holiness]T. Martin Towne (Composer)232117 12432 21235
[My heart it is bright with a heavenly light]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251113 21234 33455
[No time to pray] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)333333 43211 77512
[Not as I will, dear Christ]T. Martin Towne (Composer)254565 31432 54565
[Not my will, but Thine, be done] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)251321 43271 23432
[O bring your best songs to our Savior today]T. Martin Towne (Composer)353212 16536 55671
[O come, all ye children, and give me your love]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255555 35123 22222
[O hearken to the Savior's voice!]T. Martin Towne (Composer)353217 65617 12325
[O how sweet is the song]T. Martin Towne (Composer)234546 51324 67655
[O sinner, God is calling thee]T. Martin Towne (Composer)355113 65533 22621
[O what can I do for my Savior today?]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255653 21565 31234
[O wondrous love, the Father's love]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255117 76665 65435
[Of all the vile things some people will hug]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251111 56665 12212
BLUMENTHALT. M. T. (Arranger)133335 43112 24323
[O praise the Lord! O praise the Lord!]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255133 44321 71325
[O sing once again the old story]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251123 21535 65256
[O so proudly she rides on the ocean's waves]T. Martin Towne (Composer)334555 54653 13344
[O welcome, sweet hour of devotion]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255556 66531 11321
[O what are you doing for Jesus] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)355135 43327 72465
[Only by Him I walk]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251232 12343 51232
[Only the heart that is loving can know]T. Martin Towne (Composer)533343 21232 22276
[Our Father in heaven] (Towne)T. M. Towne (Composer)255345 35432 35671
[Our parting song of praise and love]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251117 12222 33323
[Our pennies, our pennies are dropping in]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255556 53123 55556
[Out of sin's sad bondage, Jesus bids us come]T. Martin Towne (Composer)235556 51122 33543
[Rally round the standard of the Savior King]T. Martin Towne (Composer)333335 51112 32223
[Ready, Savior, I would be]T. Martin Towne (Composer)256533 22454 72113
[Rejoice, O yes, rejoice]T. Martin Towne (Composer)351176 71556 65325
[Rows of cheerful faces]T. Martin Towne (Composer)312345 31713 21234
SALVATION (Towne)T. M. Towne (Composer)355665 45561 12321
[Savior, I will trust Thee]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251765 65345 12325
[Sing, if you love your Savior]T. Martin Towne (Composer)232117 12676 55132
[Sing, O sing, Little ones sing]T. Martin Towne (Composer)453332 11144 45653
[Sing the sweetest song of all]T. Martin Towne (Composer)312117 76767 66554
[Singing, marching, Like a little soldier band]T. M. Towne (Composer)253531 23432 24242
[Soft fell the mother's lullaby] (Carpenter)T. M. T. (Harmoniser)253172 16515 55424
[Something for Jesus! O what shall it be]T. Martin Towne (Composer)333332 11365 52223
[Suffer little children, suffer little children]T. M. Towne (Composer)234565 31234 31671
[Look ye, brothers, time is rolling]Thomas Martin Towne (Composer)611123 45653 65432
[Take my life, and let it be] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)253217 66572 55135
[Teach me, O God, to know Thy will]T. Martin Towne (Composer)317776 72155 65651
[The children are sleeping! snug in their beds]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255655 32343 34443
[The life that has no aim]T. Martin Towne (Composer)453332 35311 32125
[The Lord my Shepherd is] (Towne)T. M. Towne (Composer)251132 12335 32233
[There are pathways dark and lonely]T. Martin Towne (Composer)354565 33221 23466
[There is a sunny side to every path below]T. Martin Towne (Composer)451231 53477 77522
[There was a hungry one, fainting for bread]T. Martin Towne (Composer)354565 31351 74434
[There's a beautiful home prepared for me]T. Martin Towne (Composer)234543 43234 55671
[There's a measure for us all]T. Martin Towne (Composer)256533 21513 53255
[There's a place for the Christian to hide]T. Martin Towne (Composer)212333 32122 34443
[There's a song that the angels never sing]T. Martin Towne (Composer)256711 21667 65356
[This day of all the year]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251176 56554 46617
[This is the voice of God]T. Martin Towne (Composer)451545 35532 12175
[Though our pathway may be dreary]T. Martin Towne (Composer)933321 35652 34323
[Though temptation, the envoy of wrath]T. Martin Towne (Composer)454321 67153 51712
[Tired the feet in the marching]T. Martin Towne (Composer)355671 23433 32132
['Tis Children's Day, 'tis Children's Day]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255155 64217 57553
['Tis love, 'tis love, 'tis wonderful love]T. Martin Towne (Composer)751531 54327 23423
[To Jesus I belong]T. Martin Towne (Composer)256512 33532 15654
[Traveler, though your feet are worn]T. M. Towne (Composer)234551 76523 43323
['Twas a gift so divine from the Father above]T. Martin Towne (Composer)312333 32114 44654
[Unbar the door of your heart tonight]T. Martin Towne (Composer)353332 17665 77125
[Under the shadow of Thy wings]T. Martin Towne (Composer)2
[Up, my brother, duty calls you]T. Martin Towne (Composer)233332 12315 61532
[Very grateful children we]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255351 65442 53553
[Voyager over life's storm fretted sea]T. Martin Towne (Composer)354565 67671 11712
[Waken a song to the Lamb that was slain]T. Martin Towne (Composer)311133 35465 55575
[Walking with God, walking with God]T. Martin Towne (Harmonizer)132352 12333 33235
[We always look quite happy]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255321 51121 23255
[We are cradled in His love]T. Martin Towne (Composer)212321 71215 55553
[We are journeying day by day]T. Martin Towne (Composer)233212 16551 12326
[We are parting, we are parting]T. M. T. (Harmonizer)112334 33223 44543
[We are traveling home]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255111 17656 66617
[We come to worship Thee, O Holy One]T. Martin Towne (Composer)655532 17651 33234
[We come with banners waving]T. Martin Towne (Composer)317267 51562 26517
[We greet the smiling Eastertide]T. Martin Towne (Composer)3
[We love to praise the Savior's name]T. Martin Towne (Composer)211776 65551 12231
[We will never drink the first glass]T. Martin Towne (Composer)254345 11743 23476
[We will never sip, sip wine or beer]T. Martin Towne (Composer)233332 21157 12123
[We will sing and be glad]T. Martin Towne (Composer)334567 17666 21765
[We'll make our heaven here, below]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255456 51233 44445
[We'll sow the seeds of kindness in the blush of morn]T. Martin Towne (Composer)555671 32676 55171
[We're a band of happy children] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)434517 12666 56543
WERE YOU THERET. M. T. (Arranger)551333 21321 13555
[O where is the Hope of the world?]T. Martin Towne (Composer)755123 21443 32212
[What does little birdie say] (11223)T. M. T. (Arranger)211223 45356 53121
[What, O what have I beside Thee]T. Martin Towne (Composer)233553 35522 44224
[When I know that He is near]T. Martin Towne (Composer)211123 44425 43333
[When Jesus was asked by His servants one day]Thomas Martin Towne (Composer)755555 45666 66777
[When the children are safe in the Land of Nod]T. M. Towne (Composer)255111 17125 55671
[When the evening came and the doors were barred]T. M. T. (Harmoniser)212333 23444 34553
[When the gloomy shadows gather round your way]T. Martin Towne (Composer)235134 32162 21717
[When wandering and doubting in sadness and sin]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255432 17671 55123
[Wheresoever you journey]T. Martin Towne (Composer)353322 13556 55433
[While on thy heart is falling]T. M. Towne (Composer)156717 65432 66652
[Why do you tarry, O sinner]T. Martin Towne (Composer)254565 45311 13212
[Wir sind nur Pilger hier] (Towne)T. Martin Towne (Composer)234332 21232 34332
[With songs of joy and gladness]T. Martin Towne (Composer)255313 26431 13255
[Work, work! where shall we work]T. Martin Towne (Composer)455456 55222 34355
[Workers all with God are we]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251234 32162 21765
[Would you have your life all sunshine]T. Martin Towne (Composer)251321 21665 61512

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