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Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets No. 4

Publication Date: 1946 Publisher: The Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company Publication Place: Winona Lake, Indiana Editors: Y. P. Rodeheaver; B. D. Ackley; The Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company

Through All the Years

Author: G. Y. H. Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Thru all the years One walks beside me Used With Tune: [Thru all the years One walks beside me]

Author: G. A. Y. Appears in 99 hymnals First Line: In shady, green pastures, so rich and so sweet Refrain First Line: Some thru the waters, some thru the flood Used With Tune: [In shady, green pastures, so rich and so sweet]

Sing Me a Song of Jesus

Author: A. H. A. Appears in 3 hymnals Refrain First Line: Sing of how He died for men Used With Tune: [Sing me a song of Jesus]

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Tunes

Tune authorities

[So precious is Jesus, my Saviour, my King]

Appears in 140 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 53334 32216 55777 Used With Text: He Is So Precious to Me

[In shady, green pastures, so rich and so sweet]

Appears in 72 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: G. A. Young Incipit: 13333 23555 31222 Used With Text: God Leads Us Along

[I may not know the reason why]

Appears in 14 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55121 41333 26721 Used With Text: The Lord Knows Why

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Be Thou Near

Author: Oswald J. Smith Hymnal: RGSD1946 #1 (1946) First Line: When my heart is filled with sorrow Refrain First Line: Be Thou near me, O my Saviour Languages: English Tune Title: [When my heart is filled with sorrow]

Wait for the Dawn

Author: Clara Tetirick Hymnal: RGSD1946 #2 (1946) First Line: Some days of life are bright and fair Languages: English Tune Title: [Some days of life are bright and fair]

The Hour That Refreshes

Author: Oswald J. Smith Hymnal: RGSD1946 #3 (1946) First Line: There's an hour that refreshes my spirit Refrain First Line: There's an hour that refreshes my spirit Languages: English Tune Title: [There's an hour that refreshes my spirit]

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People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

William C. Poole

1875 - 1949 Person Name: W. C. Poole Hymnal Number: 15 Author of "I Have Treasures Up There" in Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets No. 4 William C. Poole was born and raised on a farm in Maryland. His parents belonged to the Methodist church. He graduated from Washington College and became a Methodist minister in Wilmington, Delaware area. He was pastor of McCabe Memorial, Richardson Park and other churches. In 1913 he was superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Delaware. He wrote about five hundred hymns. The writing was done as recreation and a diversion from his pastoral work. His goal in writing as well as in being a minister was to help people. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

C. Austin Miles

1868 - 1946 Person Name: C. A. M. Hymnal Number: 43 Author of "The Stranger By the Sea" in Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets No. 4 Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel #2” (1905), “Songs of service” (1910), “Ideal Sunday school hymns” (1912). He wrote and/or composed 400+ hymns. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

James Rowe

1865 - 1933 Hymnal Number: 112 Author of "The Love of Jesus" in Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets No. 4 Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

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