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Where Mother Knelt in Prayer
Author: Thos. MacKellar Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Once in my boyhood’s gladsome day Used With Tune: [Once in my boyhood’s gladsome day]
Where Mother Knelt in Prayer
[Once in my boyhood’s gladsome day]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. J. Lowe Incipit: 55456 54533 52343 Used With Text: Where Mother Knelt in Prayer
[Once in my boyhood’s gladsome day]
Where Mother Knelt in Prayer
Author: Thos. MacKellar Hymnal: Redemption Songs #78 (1889) First Line: Once in my boyhood’s gladsome day Lyrics: 1 Once in my boyhood’s gladsome day,
My spirits light as air,
I wandered to a lonely room
Where mother knelt in prayer,
Where mother knelt in prayer,
Where mother knelt in prayer,
I wandered to a lonely room,
Where mother knelt in prayer.
2 My hands were clasped in fervency,
Her lips gave forth no sound,
Yet, awestruck, solemnly I felt
I stood on holy ground—
Where mother knelt in prayer,
Where mother knelt in prayer,
I felt I stood on holy ground,
Where mother knelt in prayer.
3 My mother, all entranced in prayer,
My presence heeded not,
And rev’rently I turned away
In silence from the spot—
Where mother knelt in prayer,
Where mother knelt in prayer,
I turned in silence from the spot,
Where mother knelt in prayer.
4 An orphaned wand’rer, far from home,
In after time I strayed;
But God has kept me, and I feel
He heard her when she prayed,
He heard her when she prayed,
He heard her when she prayed,
But God has kept me, and I feel
He heard her when she prayed. Tune Title: [Once in my boyhood’s gladsome day]
Where Mother Knelt in Prayer
Where Mother Knelt in Prayer
Author: Thos. MacKellar Hymnal: Sacred Trio #78 (1889) First Line: Once in my boyhood’s gladsome day Tune Title: [Once in my boyhood’s gladsome day]
Where Mother Knelt in Prayer
Once in my boyhood's gladsome day
Author: Thos. MacKellar Hymnal: The Sacred Trio #78 (1892) Topics: Prayer
Once in my boyhood's gladsome day
Thomas MacKellar
1812 - 1899 Author of "Where Mother Knelt in Prayer" Mackellar, Thomas, was born in New York, Aug. 12, 1812. At the age of 14 he entered the printing establishment of Harper Brothers. In 1833 he removed to Philadelphia and joined the type-foundry firm of Johnson & Smith, as proof reader. He subsequently became a foreman, and then a partner in that firm, which has been known from 1860 as Mackellar, Smiths, and Jordan, type-founders of Philadelphia. His publications include The American Printer, 1866, a prose work, and the following in verse:—
(1) Droppings from the Heart, 1844; (2) Tam's Fortnight Ramble, 1847; (3) Lines for the Gentle and Loving, 1853; (4) Rhymes Atween Times, 1872. The last contains some of his hymns. (5) Hymns and a few Metrical Psalms, Phila. 1883 (71 hymns, 3 psalms), 2nd edition, 1887 (84 hymns, 3 psalms).
Those of his hymns in common use include :—
1. At the door of mercy sighing. Lent. Published in his Rhymes Atween Times, 1872, as, "Long of restful peace forsaken," and again in Dr. Hitchcock's Hymns & Songs of Praise, 1874, as "At the door of mercy sighing."
2. Bear the burden of the present. Resignation. Written in 1852, and published in his Lines for the Gentle and Loving, 1853; and Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868. Part of this hymn, beginning "All unseen the Master walketh," was in common use in Great Britain.
3. Book of grace, and book of glory. Holy Scripture. Written in 1843. It was given in the Sunday School Union Collection, 1860, and his Hymns and a few M. Psalms, &c, 1883, and a few collections, including Allon's Children's Worship, 1878, &c.
4. Draw nigh to the Holy. Jesus, the soul’s Refuge. In Sumner's Songs of Zion, 1851, and the Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868, in 5 st. of 8 1ines.
5. Father, in my life's young morning. A Child's Prayer. Written in 1841.
6. In the vineyard of our Father. Work for God. Written in 1845. It was given in the Hymns for Church & Home, Philadelphia, I860, and other collections.
7. Jesus! when my soul is parting. Continued presence of Jesus desired. Written in 1848, and included in Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868, in 4 stanzas of 6 lines, and entitled "Jesus first and last."
8. There is a land immortal. Heaven. Mr. Mackellar says that this hymn was written
"One evening as a fancy suddenly struck me of a religious nature, I laid aside the work in hand, and pursuing the new idea, I at once produced the hymn, ‘There is a land immortal,' and sent it to the editor [of Neale's Gazette], who referred to it as a religious poem from ‘Tam,' my assumed name, under which I had already acquired considerable notoriety. This was in 1845. It was widely copied, and afterwards inserted in a volume published by me." Duffield's English Hymns, &c, 1886, p. 551.
Mr. Mackellar was an Elder of the Presbyterian Church. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Mackellar, T., p. 708, ii. Additional hymns are:— (1) "I have no hiding-place" (Safety in Jesus), (2) “I will extol Thee every day" (Praise to God). These are dated 1880 and 1871 respectively in Stryker's Church Songs, N. Y., 1889. He died Dec. 29, 1899.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Mackellar, T., pp. 708, ii.; 1578, ii. He died Dec. 29, 1899. His hymn, “O the darkness, O the sorrow" (Redemption through Christ), was written in 1886, and added to the latest 1668 editions of his Hymns & Metrical Psalms. It is found in Summa Corda, 1898, and several other collections. His Hymns and Poems were collected and published in 1900. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Thomas MacKellar
J. J. Lowe
Composer of "[Once in my boyhood’s gladsome day]" in Redemption Songs John J Lowe. He was a professor who sang duets with his wife at evangelical meetings. One such meeting at Ocean Grove, NJ, was noted (8/10/1891) on the Hymntime website. His name is also associated with Philadelphia, PA, and in conjunction with other gospel song writers of his period in the Philadelphia area.
John Perry
J. J. Lowe
