Search Results

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Go gladden the lonely the dreary Refrain First Line: Make the world brighter, go gladly along Topics: Fellowship; Holy Spirit; Missionary Used With Tune: [Go gladden the lonely the dreary]

Tunes

Tune authorities

[Go, gladden the lonely, the dreary]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Frank A. Simpkins Incipit: 51765 43623 43476 Used With Text: Make the World Brighter

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Make the World Brighter

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Make His Praise Glorious #106 (1900) First Line: Go gladden the lonely the dreary Refrain First Line: Make the world brighter, go gladly along Topics: Fellowship; Holy Spirit; Missionary Languages: English Tune Title: [Go gladden the lonely the dreary]

Make the World Brighter

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: The Songs of Zion #246 (1918) First Line: Go gladden the lonely the dreary Refrain First Line: Make the world brighter, go gladly along Languages: English Tune Title: [Go gladden the lonely the dreary]

Make the World Brighter

Author: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Hymnal: Deseret Sunday School Songs #197 (1909) First Line: Go, gladden the lonely, the dreary Languages: English Tune Title: [Go, gladden the lonely, the dreary]

View 1 more instance

People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Carrie Ellis Breck

1855 - 1934 Person Name: Mrs. Frank A. Breck Author of "Make the World Brighter" in Make His Praise Glorious Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersy, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck.

Mrs. Frank A. Breck

Author of "Make the World Brighter" in The Songs of Zion See Breck, Carrie Ellis, 1855-1934

Frank A. Simpkins

1870 - 1939 Composer of "[Go gladden the lonely the dreary]" in Make His Praise Glorious Simpkins, Frank Addison. (Ashterville County, Ohio, June 8, 1870--March 4, 1939, Riverside, California). His childhood home was in the vicinity of the homes of other well-known hymn writers: Philip P. Bliss, James McGranahan and Charles C. Case. These, no doubt, influenced young Frank Simpkins. His schooling included a time at the Preparatory School, Hiram College. He was a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and traveled for a time with an evangelist. He wrote a number of hymns during the early 1900s. He entered the field of education and taught in Ohio: 1915-1916, Kinsman Township School; Music Director, 1916-1924; Assistant County Superintendent and Supervisor of Band and Orchestra in Trumbull County, 1924-1928; Music Director of Cortland Village School. He was known as the "Father of the School Band Movement in Trumbull County." After retirement, he moved with his wife, Matilda C. Simpkins, to Riverside, California. There he met hymn-writer Carlton C. Buck, and became a member of the Church where Rev. Buck was pastor. Through this association, he renewed his interest in hymn writing. Among his early hymns are: "Oh, for a glimpse of that city," "Scatter sunshine," "In the golden morning," "Am I ashamed of Christ?" and "I am coming, Lord, to thee." A pianist, he also wrote hymn tunes and collaborated during his retirement years on several hymns with his pastor. Among these are "Feasting in the center of His love," and the well-known "When God speaks." Funeral services were held on March 7, 1939, and in the interment was in Evergreen Cemetery at Riverside, California. --Carlton C. Buck, DNAH Archives