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Give them a home, a Christian home
Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: I hear a cry, a mournful cry
Give them a home, a Christian home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Appears in 99 hymnals First Line: I looked over Jordan, and what did I see
Swing low, sweet chariot
I will trade the old cross for a crown
Author: Johnson Oatman Appears in 31 hymnals First Line: I shall not bear the cross through yon city Refrain First Line: Yes, I'll trade the old cross for a crown
I will trade the old cross for a crown
If all the rest were just like you
Author: Johnson Oatman Hymnal: P1924 #d1 (1924) First Line: A question comes to me today Languages: English
If all the rest were just like you
In that happy home above
Author: Homer F. Morris Hymnal: P1924 #d2 (1924) First Line: Ah this heart with anxious throbbing Refrain First Line: No more sorrow, no more dying Languages: English
In that happy home above
My sins are forgiven
Author: W. C. Martin Hymnal: P1924 #d3 (1924) First Line: All of my sins have been laid on the Lord Refrain First Line: All of my sins are forgiven Languages: English
My sins are forgiven
John Wesley Work
1873 - 1925 Person Name: John W. Work Hymnal Number: d53 Author of "Somebody's knocking at your door" in Praises John W. Work, Jr. (b. Nashville, TN, 1872; d. Nashville, 1925), is well known for his pioneering studies of African American folk music and for his leadership in the performance of spirituals. He studied music at Fisk University in Nashville and classics at Harvard and then taught Latin, Greek, and history at Fisk from 1898 to 1923. Director of the Jubilee Singers at Fisk, Work also sang tenor in the Fisk Jubilee Quartet, which toured the country after 1909 and made commercial recordings. He was president of Roger Williams University in Nashville during the last two years of his life. Work and his brother Frederick Jerome Work (1879-1942) were devoted to collecting, arranging, and publishing African American slave songs and spirituals. They published two collections: New Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers (1901) and Folk Songs of the American Negro (1907).
Bert Polman
John Wesley Work
R. H. Cornelius
1872 - 1933 Hymnal Number: d7 Author of "O I want to see him, look upon his face" in Praises R.H. Cornelius, known as Rufus Cornelius by his friends, was born in Blount Co., AL., January 24, 1872. He was educated in the public schools of Oneonta, the county seat. He began teaching in the public schools at an early age and at one time was associate Principle of the Oneonta High School. It was while teaching in the high school that he became interested in church music and began to study with some of the best teachers of the time. His first major teacher was the late A J showalter in one of his normals at Eden, AL. He continued his study with this wellknown teacher until he had finished the courses a second time. He soon felt that the study of harmony was his first love in his study and soon became one of the best harmon teachers of his time.
Near the close of the century, he moved to Texas and settled in Midlothian, Ellis Co., where he established a publishing house and published many fine gospel song books that sold by the thousands. However, before coming to Texas, he was associated with The Showalter-Patton Co. who published his first compositions. Soon after coming to Texas, he devoted much time to teaching singing schools (Cornelius Normal Musical Institute) and soon became one of the best known teachers of that great state, often having many more calls for schools than he could have time for. In many cases his schools were dated years ahead. he had possessed a beautiful tenor voice and was of a very pleasant personality. This caused his to be loved by all who knew him. About 1914 he was called to Southwestern Baptist Seminary as head of the music department. After several years here in the Baptist School in Ft Worth, Texas, he felt he was more needed back in the field of teaching and songbook publishing. Soon after coming to Texas, he married Maycon Temperance Burleson, who was a fine singer and musician and wrote many songs.During the first 32 years of the 20th Century, this couple of musicians blessed the State of Texas with their singing and teaching. Of all the fine song written by Mr. Cornelius, "Oh, I want to See Him" will carry his memory for years to come. The Cornelius' were members of the Baptist Church and were devoted Christians.
Mr. Cornelius passed away in 1932. Mrs. Cornelius lived only about two years, passing away in 1934. In the passing of these fine gospel singer and teachers, church music suffered a great loss. By C C Stafford
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R. H. Cornelius
W. C. Martin
1864 - 1914 Hymnal Number: d3 Author of "My sins are forgiven" in Praises Rv William Clark Martin USA 1864-1914. Born at Hightstown, NJ, he graduated from the Peddie Institute in Hightstown in 1884, and in 1891 from the Crozer Theological Seminary, Upland, PA. He became minister of the Grace Baptist Church, Camden, NJ,(1891-1894); Noank Baptist Church, Noank, CT (1894-1900); Tabernacle Baptist Church, New Albany, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Seymour, IN (1902-1904); First Baptist Church, Bluffton, IN (1904-1909); Grace Baptist Church, Somerville, MA (1909-1912); and First Baptist Church, Fort Myers, FL (1912-1914). In 1891 he married Euretta (Etta) May Wilcox, and they had at least three children (no names found). He penned many hymn lyrics. He died of heart failure at his farm in Rialto, FL.
John Perry
W. C. Martin
