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Short Name: | Judson W. Van DeVenter |
Full Name: | Van DeVenter, Judson W. (Judson Wheeler), 1855-1939 |
Birth Year: | 1855 |
Death Year: | 1939 |
Judson W. Van DeVenter was born 15 December 1855 on a farm near the village of Dundee, Michigan. He was educated in the country and village schools, and at Hillsdale College. He later moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. He wrote about 100 hymns.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
Tunes by Judson W. Van DeVenter (60)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[A little while to tarry here] | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 2 | |
[Alone in the world are you roaming tonight] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 3 | 53213 21412 33326 |
[Always in the front line] | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 2 | 32123 12171 23212 |
[Arouse! ye men of war] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 31112 32333 45543 |
[Awake from your slumber, for danger is near] | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 2 | 51356 55543 22444 |
[Can I forget the story old] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 3 | 33344 32355 65433 |
NETTLETON | J. W. Van De Venter (Arranger) | 3 | 32113 52235 65321 |
[Death and darkness hovered over me] | J. W. Van de Venter (Composer) | 2 | 34554 56543 42543 |
[Don't answer unkindly when tempted and tried] | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 2 | 33456 53234 35523 |
[Each step forward, forward day by day] | J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 34651 77677 67646 |
[Give me a love that knows no ill] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 5 | 34456 55434 67176 |
[Hear the Savior calling] (Van DeVenter) | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 33234 47654 36666 |
[I am going up, dear papa] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 4 | 34511 21721 71675 |
[I journey over mountain and desert] | J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 55653 65541 76545 |
[I never will leave my Savior] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 53231 56113 21532 |
[I want to know more about Jesus] (Van DeVenter) | J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 54333 34565 34555 |
[I was a slave in the bondage of sin] | J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 33332 16111 55565 |
[I will follow Jesus where He leads me] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 3 | 34556 55354 23477 |
[I will go to sleep with Jesus] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 32217 66565 44443 |
[I will work for Jesus] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 3 | 51123 15566 54432 |
[If you only knew my Savior] (DeVenter) | J. W. Van de Venter (Composer) | 2 | 55531 35534 51765 |
[In a weather-worn old cottage] | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 2 | 13653 21317 62232 |
[In the Master's service] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 3 | 11767 62276 51121 |
SURRENDER (Weeden) | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 3 | 33432 23211 43231 |
[Jesus knows how much I need Him] | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 2 | 33213 56556 53212 |
[Jesus the Master came down from above] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 2 | |
[Lead me, O Thou blessed Jesus] | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 2 | 32156 52312 35234 |
[Lo, the enemy advances, let the mighty men arise] | J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 54311 11171 25555 |
[My Savior is with me wherever I go] (Van DeVenter) | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 3 | 55123 33455 65554 |
[O I know that the blessed Redeemer] | J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 54333 21651 12222 |
[O mother, don't weep for your boy] | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 2 | 53436 76511 76514 |
[O sinner, take heed] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 4 | 56532 44325 32347 |
[Over the ocean of time is a beautiful land] | J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 34566 56716 15551 |
[I am on a shining pathway] | J. W. V. (Arranger) | 1 | 32111 77665 32123 |
[Onward up the highway] (Van DeVenter) | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 2 | 53123 15562 24432 |
[Out in the streets and byways] (DeVenter) | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 3 | 33344 32111 76566 |
[Over the river faces I see] | J. W. Van Deventer (Composer) | 95 | 32311 32344 34225 |
[Press on, renew the battle] | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 2 | 55321 17654 44355 |
[Some day my earthly sun will wane] | J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer) | 3 | 53343 67152 23275 |
[Sometime we'll stand before the judgment bar] | Judson Wheeler Van DeVenter (Composer) | 58 | 51133 21615 51133 |
TAMPA | Judson Wheeler Van DeVenter (Composer) | 14 | 34565 34565 55654 |
[The debt I owed I could not pay] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 4 | 53243 32252 13221 |
[The Holy Ghost has fallen] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 51127 11233 42334 |
[The little deeds of kindness] | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 4 | 55333 15555 66555 |
[The loving Savior found me] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 3 | 13333 32344 44424 |
[The Savior calls for volunteers] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 3 | 55333 31556 22227 |
[The Savior found me dying] | J. W. Van de Venter (Composer) | 2 | 55313 32442 76555 |
[There are foes that must be conquered] | J. W. Van de Venter (Composer) | 22 | 55113 21535 11321 |
[There are friends I recall] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 4 | 34532 11766 72176 |
[There came from the skies in the days long ago] | J. W. Van de Venter (Composer) | 17 | 53234 32112 33321 |
[There is only a veil interposing our view] | J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 34565 32117 65345 |
[There is work that must be done] (DeVenter) | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 2 | 32136 45321 36523 |
[There waits a crown beyond the skies] | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 4 | 53211 16744 12617 |
[There's a form walking with me wherever I go] | J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 34565 32117 65345 |
[Though a sinner, sick and dying] | J. W. Van de Venter (Composer) | 5 | 34513 21555 56453 |
[We are soldiers of the Lord] (Van DeVenter) | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 2 | 12156 71676 54322 |
[We're volunteers for Jesus] | J. W. Van De Venter (Composer) | 5 | 55654 32154 44432 |
[When night-shades are falling] (Van DeVenter) | J. W. Van DeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 55674 33372 11267 |
[When the days are dark and dreary] (Deventer) | J. W. Van de Venter (Composer) | 3 | 34551 23321 72165 |
[Who will testify for Jesus?] | J. W. VanDeVenter (Composer) | 2 | 55153 65355 77671 |