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The People's Hymn Book

Publication Date: 1887 Publisher: The American Sunday School Union Publication Place: New York, N.Y. Editors: Samuel B. Schieffelin; The American Sunday School Union

Rescue the Perishing

Author: Fanny J. Crosby Appears in 798 hymnals Used With Tune: [Rescue the perishing]

Shall We Gather at the River?

Appears in 772 hymnals First Line: Shall we gather at the river Refrain First Line: Yes, we'll gather at the river Used With Tune: [Shall we gather at the river]

Shall We Meet Beyond the River?

Author: Horace L. Hastings Appears in 456 hymnals First Line: Shall we meet beyond the river Refrain First Line: Shall we meet, shall we meet Used With Tune: [Shall we meet beyond the river]

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Tunes

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[Come to the Saviour, make no delay]

Appears in 138 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. F. Root Incipit: 56535 12167 71231 Used With Text: Come to the Saviour

[Shall we meet beyond the river]

Appears in 179 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Elihu S. Rice Incipit: 12356 55171 22321 Used With Text: Shall We Meet Beyond the River?

[I have read of a beautiful city]

Appears in 45 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: O. F. Presbrey Incipit: 34545 67215 11171 Used With Text: Not Half Has Ever Been Told

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Instances

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Praise God, from whom all blessings flow

Author: Thomas Ken Hymnal: PHB1887 #1 (1887) Languages: English

From all that dwell below the skies

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: PHB1887 #2 (1887) Languages: English

Before Jehovah's awful throne

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: PHB1887 #3 (1887) Languages: English

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People

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Lydia Baxter

1809 - 1874 Person Name: Mrs. Lydia Baxter Hymnal Number: 247 Author of "The Precious Name" in The People's Hymn Book Baxter, Lydia, an American Baptist, was b. at Petersburg, N. York, Sep. 2, 1800, married to Mr. Baxter, and d. in N. Y. June 22, 1874. In addition to her Gems by the Wayside, 1855, Mrs. Baxter contributed many hymns to collections for Sunday Schools, and Evangelistic Services. Of these, the following are the best known:— 1. Cast thy net again, my brother. Patient toil. Given in the Royal Diadem, N. Y., 1873. 2. Go, work in my vineyard. Duty. Also given in the Royal Diadem, 1873, and Mr. Sankey's S. & Solos, No. 4. 3. I'm kneeling, Lord, at mercy's gate. Lent. In Coronation Hymns, &c, N. Y., 1879. 4. I'm weary, I'm fainting, my day's work is done. Longing for rest. Royal Diadem. 1873. 5. In the fadeless spring-time. Heavenly Reunion. In the Royal Diadem, 1873, I. D. Sankey's S. S. & Solos, No. 256, and others. It was written for Mr. H. P. Main in 1872. 6. One by one we cross the river. Death. In Songs of Salvation, N. Y., 1870, I. D. Sankey's S. S. & Solos, No. 357, &c. It dates cir. 1866. 7. Take the name of Jesus with you. Name of Jesus. Written late in 1870, or early in 1871, for W. H. Doane, and pub. in Pure Gold, 1871. It is No. 148 of I. D. Sankey's S. S. & Solos. 8. The Master is coming. Invitation. In Songs of Salvation, 1870, No. 38. 9. There is a gate that stands ajar. Mercy. In New Hallowed Songs, and also the Gospel Songs of P. Bliss, 1874. It was written for S. J. Vail about 1872. It has attained to some popularity. It is given in Mr. Sankey's S. & Solos, No. 2. -John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

H. R. Palmer

1834 - 1907 Hymnal Number: 254 Author of "Yield Not to Temptation" in The People's Hymn Book Palmer, Horatio Richmond, MUS. DOC, was born April 26, 1834. He is the author of several works on the theory of music; and the editor of some musical editions of hymnbooks. To the latter he contributed numerous tunes, some of which have attained to great popularity, and 5 of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London, 1881. His publications include Songs of Love for the Bible School; and Book of Anthems, the combined sale of which has exceeded one million copies. As a hymnwriter he is known by his "Yield not to temptation," which was written in 1868, and published in the National Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, from which it passed, with music by the author, into his Songs of Love, &c, 1874, and other collections. In America its use is extensive. Dr. Palmer's degree was conferred by the University of Chicago in 1880. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Palmer, H. R., p. 877, i. The hymn "Would you gain the best in life" (Steadfastness), in the Congregational Sunday School Supplement, 1891, the Council School Hymn Book, 1905, and others, is by this author. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

W. Howard Doane

1832 - 1915 Person Name: W. H. Doane Hymnal Number: 247 Composer of "[Take the name of Jesus with you]" in The People's Hymn Book An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman ============ Doane, William Howard, p. 304, he was born Feb. 3, 1832. His first Sunday School hymn-book was Sabbath Gems published in 1861. He has composed about 1000 tunes, songs, anthems, &c. He has written but few hymns. Of these "No one knows but Jesus," "Precious Saviour, dearest Friend," and "Saviour, like a bird to Thee," are noted in Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers. 1888, p. 557. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =================== Doane, W. H. (William Howard), born in Preston, Connecticut, 1831, and educated for the musical profession by eminent American and German masters. He has had for years the superintendence of a large Baptist Sunday School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resides. Although not a hymnwriter, the wonderful success which has attended his musical setting of numerous American hymns, and the number of his musical editions of hymnbooks for Sunday Schools and evangelistic purposes, bring him within the sphere of hymnological literature. Amongst his collections we have:— (1) Silver Spray, 1868; (2) Pure Gold, 1877; (3) Royal Diadem, 1873; (4) Welcome Tidings, 1877; (5) Brightest and Best, 1875; (6) Fountain of Song; (7) Songs of Devotion, 1870; (8) Temple Anthems, &c. His most popular melodies include "Near the Cross," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Pass me Not," "More Love to Thee," "Rescue the Perishing," "Tell me the Old, Old Story," &c. - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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