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The Gospel Hymn Book
Publication Date: 1903 Publisher: The Lorenz Publishing Company Publication Place: Dayton, Oh., New York Editors: D. B. Towner, Mus. Doc.; The Lorenz Publishing Company
The Gospel Hymn Book
The Mercy Seat
Author: Hugh Stowell Appears in 1,287 hymnals First Line: From ev'ry stormy wind that blows Topics: Prayer Used With Tune: [From ev'ry stormy wind that blows]
The Mercy Seat
Nearer, My God, to Thee
Author: Sarah F. Adams Appears in 2,513 hymnals Used With Tune: [Nearer, my God, to thee]
Nearer, My God, to Thee
[Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear]
Appears in 1,102 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ritter Incipit: 11117 12321 3333 Used With Text: Sun of My Soul
[Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear]
[All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name]
Appears in 1,296 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Oliver Holden Incipit: 51133 21232 13212 Used With Text: All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name!
[All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name]
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Author: Elizabeth C. Clephane Hymnal: GHB1903 #1 (1903) Topics: Christ, Death of Languages: English Tune Title: [Beneath the cross of Jesus]
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
The Blessed Old Book
Author: Harriett H. Pierson Hymnal: GHB1903 #2 (1903) First Line: Give me the Bible, God's message divine Refrain First Line: God's message of love, sent down from above Topics: The Bible Languages: English Tune Title: [Give me the Bible, God's message divine]
The Blessed Old Book
God Helping Me, I'll Stand
Author: W. C. Martin Hymnal: GHB1903 #3 (1903) First Line: A worthy soldier I would be Lyrics: 1 A worthy soldier I would be
Of Christ, who gave himself for me,
Obeying his command;
And with the gospel shield and sword,
For truth and right, with Christ my Lord,
God helping me, I'll stand.
Chorus:
God helping me, I'll stand,
With his unyielding band;
All times and ev'rywhere for Christ,
God helping me, I'll stand.
2 When over me shall grandly wave
The banner of the martyred brave,
God's faithful, steadfast band,
Beneath which none e'er fought in vain,
All foes and dangers I'll disdain;
God helping me, I'll stand. [Chorus]
3 Tho' I be weary in the fight,
And Satan's legions, in their spite,
Attack on ev'ry hand,
I'll stand by Christ, my faithful Friend,
And steadily unto the end,
God helping me, I'll stand. [Chorus] Topics: Faith; Young People Languages: English Tune Title: [A worthy soldier I would be]
God Helping Me, I'll Stand
A. L. Peace
1844 - 1912 Person Name: Albert L. Peace Hymnal Number: 249 Composer of "ST. MARGARET" in The Gospel Hymn Book Albert Lister Peace DMus United Kingdom 1844-1912. Born at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, son of a warehouseman and woolstapler, he was extremely gifted as a musician, largely self-taught, playing the organ at Holmfirth Parish Church near Huddersfield at age nine. He married Margaret Martin Steel Gilchrist, and they had three children: Lister, Archibald, and Margaret. In 1865 he was appointed organist of Trinity Congregational Church in Glasgow, Scotland. He obtained his doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 1875. He became organist at Glasgow Cathedral in 1879. In 1897 he succeeded William Best as organist at St George’s Hall, Liverpool. In later years he was in much demand to play the organ in recitals. He did so at Canterbury Cathedral (1886), Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (1888), and Newcastle Cathedral (1891). He composed orchestrations, sonatas, cantatas, and concert and church service anthems. He was an arranger, author, and editor. He died at Blundelsands, Liverpool, England.
John Perry
A. L. Peace
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
1809 - 1847 Person Name: Felix Mendelssohn Hymnal Number: 250 Composer of "[We would see Jesus—for the shadows lengthen]" in The Gospel Hymn Book Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes.
Bert Polman
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
William W. Walford
1772 - 1850 Person Name: W. W. Walford Hymnal Number: 55 Author of "Sweet Hour of Prayer" in The Gospel Hymn Book William W. Walford, a blind preacher of England, is the author of the hymn beginning "Sweet hour of prayer." This hymn first appeared in print in the New York Observer September 13, 1845. The contributor who furnished the hymn says:
"During my residence at Coleshill, Warwickshire, England, I became acquainted with W. W. Walford, the blind preacher, a man of obscure birth and connections and no education, but of strong mind and most retentive memory. In the pulpit he never failed to select a lesson well adapted to his subject, giving chapter and verse with unerring precision, and scarcely ever misplacing a word in his repetition of the Psalms, every part of the New Testament, the prophecies, and some of the histories, so as to have the reputation of knowing the whole Bible by heart."
Rev. Thomas Salmon, who was settled as the pastor of the Congregational Church at Coleshill in 1838, remained until 1842, and then removed to the United States, is believed to have been the contributor who says of the hymn: "I rapidly copied the lines with my pencil as he uttered them, and send them for insertion in the Observer if you think them worthy of preservation."
From: Nutter, C. S., & Tillett, W. F. (1911). The hymns and hymn writers of the church, an annotated edition of The Methodist hymnal. New York: Methodist Book Concern.
William W. Walford
