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Author: W. E. M. Hackleman Meter: 12.12.12.12.12.9 Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: Speed away! Speed away! Take the Gospel of light Topics: Activity Missions Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:16 Used With Tune: [Speed away! Speed away! Take the Gospel of light]

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[Speed away! Speed away! Take the Gospel of light]

Meter: 12.12.12.12.12.9 Appears in 116 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. E. M. H. Tune Sources: From Woodbury Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 55555 55554 53333 Used With Text: Speed Away

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Speed Away!

Author: W. E. M. Hackleman Hymnal: Make Christ King #89 (1912) First Line: Speed away! Speed away! Lyrics: 1 Speed away! Speed away! Take the Gospel of Light To the lands that are wrapped in the darkness of night; “Go ye into the world,” ’tis the Savior’s command That the light of the Gospel shine o’er every land. Then, go forth in His name, and the Gospel proclaim, Speed away! Speed away! Speed away! 2 Speed away! Speed away! Take the message of Love To the souls that know not of the Father above, Who so loved this dark world that He gave His own Son, Thro’ whose blood shed on Calv’ry redemption was won. Let us haste while ’tis day, not a moment delay, Speed away! Speed away! Speed away! 3 Speed away! Speed away! Take the Word that gives life To the nations in which Satan’s kingdom is rife; For the Word if believed and obeyed will give peace; To the captives of Satan it will bring release. To the rescue make haste, there is no time to waste, Speed away! Speed away! Speed away! Languages: English Tune Title: [Speed away! Speed away! Take the Gospel of Light]

Speed Away

Author: W. E. M. Hackleman Hymnal: Brotherhood Hymns #10 (1911) First Line: Speed away! Speed away! Take the Gospel of Light Languages: English Tune Title: [Speed away! Speed away! Take the Gospel of Light]

Speed Away

Author: W. E. M. Hackleman Hymnal: Church Hymnal, Mennonite #513 (1927) Meter: 12.12.12.12.12.9 First Line: Speed away! Speed away! Take the Gospel of light Topics: Activity Missions Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:16 Languages: English Tune Title: [Speed away! Speed away! Take the Gospel of light]

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I. B. Woodbury

1819 - 1858 Composer of "[Speed away! Speed away! Take the Gospel of Light]" in Make Christ King Woodbury, Isaac Baker. (Beverly, Massachusetts, October 23, 1819--October 26, 1858, Columbia, South Carolina). Music editor. As a boy, he studied music in nearby Boston, then spent his nineteenth year in further study in London and Paris. He taught for six years in Boston, traveling throughout New England with the Bay State Glee Club. He later lived at Bellow Falls, Vermont, where he organized the New Hampshire and Vermont Musical Association. In 1849 he settled in New York City where he directed the music at the Rutgers Street Church until ill-health caused him to resign in 1851. He became editor of the New York Musical Review and made another trip to Europe in 1852 to collect material for the magazine. in the fall of 1858 his health broke down from overwork and he went south hoping to regain his strength, but died three days after reaching Columbia, South Carolina. He published a number of tune-books, of which the Dulcimer, of New York Collection of Sacred Music, went through a number of editions. His Elements of Musical Composition, 1844, was later issued as the Self-instructor in Musical Composition. He also assisted in the compilation of the Methodist Hymn Book of 1857. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives

W. E. M. Hackleman

1868 - 1927 Author of "Speed Away" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite William Edward Michael Hackleman USA 1868-1927. Born at Orange, IN, he grew up on a farm. At age 17 he was teaching singing classes and leading singing in meetings. He later taught public school for four years and studied music in Toronto, Canada, at the Conservatory of Music, under Italian composer, Francesco d'Auria, and also with other private teachers in New York City. He married Pearl C MNU, and they had four children: Edwin, Florence, Grace, and Gladys. He edited songbooks, composed music and lead music at state and national conventions of the Christian Church. He was an evangelist and served as president of the National Association of Church Musicians, and for five years was secretary to the Indiana Missionary Society. He led singing at the Centennial Convention in 1909 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, PA, for an estimated crowd of 30,000. He also ran the Hackleman Music Company in Indianapolis, IN. He published 15 religious songbooks, some lyrics and many tunes. He died in an auto accident in St. Elmo, IL, enroute to a church convention. John Perry